Cinnamon Crust

Name: Cinnamon Crust
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: butter for greasing; 2 eggs; 3 tablespoons plain flour; 1½ teaspoons baking powder; 25 g (1 oz) walnuts, chopped finely; 2 tart cooking apples, weighing about 750 g (1½ lb), peeled and diced; 50 g (2 oz) raisins; a pinch of salt; 2 teaspoons cinnamon; 250 g (8 oz) soft dark or light brown sugar

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
55 min

Appears in

American Baking

By Patricia Lousada

Published 1986

About

Chopped apples are mixed with an egg and cinnamon-sugar batter. When it is baked a hard cinnamon crust appears, which hides the soft apples below.

Ingredients

2 eggs
250 g (8 oz) soft dark or light brown sugar

Americas
United States
Dessert
Baking
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

Preheat the oven. Using an electric beater, whisk the eggs and sugar for about 4 minutes, until pale and thick. Whisk in the dry ingredients just long enough to blend them. Stir in the apples, raisins and walnuts. Butter a 20 cm (8-