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APPLE PIE

Pie is a dish made of crispy and flavored dough and some juicy aromatic filling. There are different types of pies both sweet and salty. One of the most popular types is the apple pie. I decided to make a healthier variation of that pie and I didn’t use any refined sugar and white flour in this recipe.

SPELT

In this recipe I used whole-grain spelt flour. Spelt is a crop used since the ancient times. Later it is moved aside by wheat because it could not be artificially fertilized and this doesn’t allow high yields. The bran of the spelt grain is stronger and this prevents it from peeling and absorbing heavy metals.

Spelt contains higher percentage of proteins than wheat and great amount of fibers, minerals and vitamins. It contains gluten with different structure than the gluten in wheat which makes it easier to absorb. This makes the spelt more suitable for people who avoid gluten foods.

Mini apple pies

Why choose whole-grain flour?

The main difference between whole-grain flour and white flour is in the way wheat is being processed. Every grain has bran, endosperm and a germ (embryo).

Whole-grain flour is made by milling the whole wheat grain.

During white flour processing the bran and the germ of the grain are removed. The endosperm is the only thing that remains in white flour we are buying and it contains almost none healthy substances.

Apple mini pies

Not only these mini pies contain wonderful whole-grain spelt flour but they have only 50 g of brown sugar in the filling and 3 tablespoons in the dough. The rest of the products are not many and let’s go for them.

INGREDIENTS FOR APPLE PIE

Pie dough

For the filling

APPLE PIE

INSTRUCTIONS FOR APPLE PIE

Before I start with the instructions I’d like to say that if you don’t have enough time for mini pies with these products you could make one big pie and cut it into pieces after baking. Making pies’ tops takes time and they are 12 in number.

I used my kitchen robot for the dough but you may also knead it with hands.

Sift the flour and put the cold butter cubes, the sugar and the salt and rub between your fingers until you have crumbs. Add the water and form a ball. It is important to knead the dough as little as possible so that you don’t warm up the butter too much.

Pie dough
Pie apples

Don’t forget that I’ll be glad if you tag me in your apple pies photos on Instagram.

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