American Apple Pie

Try out this wonderful American classic - apple pie!

Ingredients (12 servings):

Crust:

• 4 dl all-purpose flour
• 2 tbsp sugar
• 150 g butter, cold
• 1/2 dl cold water 

Filling:

• 1 kg green apples
• 1/2 dl lemon juice
• 1 1/2 dl sugar
• 1 1/2 tbsp all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp vanilla sugar (or vanilla extract)
• 25 g butter, melted

Directions: 

1. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees C. 
2. In a small bowl, mix together flour, sugar and cold butter (crumble the butter with your hands). Add water. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes. 
3. Peel the apples, remove the seeds and the center, and cut them into small cubes. In a large bowl, incorporate the apples with lemon juice. Add flour, cinnamon, vanilla sugar and melted butter. 
4. Divide the dough into two unequal parts: one larger and one smaller. Take the larger part and roll out the dough. Place it into a 26-30 cm diameter baking form. Make sure that the rolled out dough is slightly larger in diameter than the baking form, so that the edges of the dough come out to the walls of the form. 
5. Place the filling on top. Roll out the remaining part of the dough, and place it to cover the filling. Using your fingers to close the pie by attaching together the edges of the two parts of the dough. Use a knife to make small incisions in the crust.
6. Bake for 35 minutes. Serve with ice cream or vanilla cream.  

Banoffee Pie

This pie might seem complicated, but I assure you it’s one of the easiest pies I’ve made. It doesn’t even require any baking! The combination of banana flavor and a layer of toffee along with sugar coated pecan nuts is simply amazing. I strongly encourage everone to try out this recipe!

The recipe was adapted from Valio. 

Lemon Meringue Pie

Once I decided to invite some friends over and I wanted to offer them something sweet, so I found this lemon meringue pie recipe. My guests really liked it and actually asked me to share the recipe on my blog. The pie is very light and tender, with a delicate and pleasant lemon scent. The recipe was taken from pirkka.fi.