Old Fashioned Apple Pie
Old Fashioned Apple Pie
Serves: Serves 8 (Makes 1, 22cm 9-inch pie)
Prep Time: 15 Minutes
Ingredients
- For the pastry:
- 2 cups plain flour
- 90 g canola margarine
- 2 tbsp SPLENDA® Low Calorie Sweetener Granular
- 1 large egg, beaten
- ¼ cup reduced fat milk
- For the apple mixture:
- 7 cups baking Apples, thin-sliced, cored, peeled
- 1 cup SPLENDA ® Low Calorie Sweetener Granular
- 3 tablespoons cornflour
- ¾ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
Method
Pastry Method:
Preheat oven to 220°C (425°F)
In a mixing bowl, rub margarine into flour until mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Stir through SPLENDA® Granular, egg and milk. Rest dough in the refrigerator for ½ hour and then roll out ½ dough to make crust for a 22 cm pie dish.
Apple Mixture Method:
Place sliced apples into a large mixing bowl and set aside.
Combine SPLENDA® Granular Sweetener, cornflour, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt in a small bowl.
Sprinkle mixture over apples and toss.
Spoon apple mixture into piecrust.
Roll out remaining dough to make pastry crust over apples.
Seal edges, trim and flute. Make small openings in the top crust.
Bake for 40-50 minutes or until the top crust is golden. Serve warm or chilled.
Notes
This recipe, when compared with a traditional recipe has a 27% reduction in kilojoules, a 36% reduction in carbohydrates and a 66% reduction in sugars.
Nutritional Information
Per serve
| Protein | 5 | g |
| Fat | 9 | g |
| Carbohydrate | 48 | g |
| Fibre | 4 | g |
| Energy | 1261 | kj |
| Sugars | 16 | g |
| Sodium | 106 | mg |
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