Apple Pie

Name: Apple Pie
Ingredients: 4 large cooking or firm eating apples; 4 large cooking or firm eating apples; juice of 1 lemon; 10 tablespoons self-raising flour; 6 tablespoons caster sugar; 4 tablespoons oil; a drop of vanilla essence; 125 ml (4 fl oz) milk; 2 eggs; a pinch of salt; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon (more if you like); sugar, for dusting; 50 g (2 oz) butter; 25 g (1 oz) walnuts, almonds or hazelnuts, roughly chopped (optional); 25 g (1 oz) walnuts, almonds or hazelnuts, roughly chopped (optional); 25 g (1 oz) walnuts, almonds or hazelnuts, roughly chopped (optional)

Preparation info

6-8
servings

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Paupers Cookbook

By Jocasta Innes

Published 2014

About

Serve hot, with cream, for pudding, or cold for tea.

Ingredients

4 large cooking or firm eating apples
juice of 1 lemon
10 tablespoon

Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Peel, core and slice the apples and pour the lemon juice over them to stop them browning. Grease a medium-sized flan dish or cake tin.

Put the flour and sugar in a bowl, make a well in the centre and add the oil, vanilla essence, milk, eggs, salt and cinnamon to taste. Beat well to incorporate all the flour and form a smooth, thick batter. Alternatively, put all the ingredients in a foo