There’s something universally appealing about a warm flaky crust topped with apples and cinnamon. This recipe for apple galette isn’t hard to make and is full of old world deliciousness. It’ll soon become a dish your family returns to over and over again.
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Jump to RecipeWhile I’m a big fan of pumpkin pie, my hubby (who’s the baker at our house) prefers anything with apples. This Apple Pecan Bundt Cake with Maple Glaze is another great recipe for apple lovers.
While you might think by simply looking at the photo that this is a complicated recipe, it’s not. If you can mix, roll, and fold, you can master this recipe. And the results are definitely worth it.
What You’ll Need To Make Apple Galette
- cutting board
- small knife – my Aunt Linda turned my mother on to this brand of knives. They’re really good!
- 14-inch pizza pan
- mixing bowls
- measuring cups & measuring spoons
- rolling pin
How To Make Apple Galette
First, always gather your ingredients. There’s nothing worse than discovering you’re missing something right in the middle of preparation!
Prepare the apples by slicing them pretty thinly. The recipe says to peel them but hubby either forgot or decided not to. It still turned delicious and not peeling them certainly saves some time.
Form the ingredients into a ball. It will look something like this (not the prettiest sight but tastes great when done).
Roll the dough ball out to form a circular crust. You can see where he had to “repair” a few patches but it didn’t diminish the taste one bit.
Put the dough on your pizza pan and top with apples and spices.
Gently fold the edges of the crust up to form a “bowl”. This will help contain all of that warm apple cinnamon deliciousness. You’re now ready to pop it in the oven.
Your house will smell wonderful while this is baking.
Apple Galette
a flaky crust with a warm topping of apples and cinnamon
Ingredients
for the crust:
- 2 cups flour
- 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
- 2 Tablespoons sugar
- 1/3 cup water
- vegetable shortening enough to grease a 14-inch diameter pizza pan
for the filling:
- 4 medium to large apples peeled and sliced
- 3 Tablespoons sugar
- 2 Tablespoons lemon juice
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 400 degrees
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In a mixing bowl, mix the flour, and sugar.
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With a pastry knife, cut the vegetable shortening into the flour until well combined.
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Add the water a little at a time while mixing with a spatula to form a dough.
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Grease a pizza pan with vegetable shortening and dust the surface with flour. Roll the dough into a 14 inch diameter circle.
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Peel and slice your apples and arrange them on the center of the dough while leaving 2 inches around the edge to turn up.
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Combine the sugar, nutmeg, and cinnamon.
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Sprinkle the surface of the apples with the lemon juice and then sprinkle the sugar-spice mixture.
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Fold the edges of the crust up around the apple filling and transfer the galette to a 400 F pre-heated oven.
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Bake the galette for about 1 hour or until the apples are tender and the crust is golden brown.
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Let the galette cool on the pan on a wire rack until it is warm enough to touch without burning your fingers.
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Slice and serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
We’ve Been Watching The Budget At Our House
One thing I love about this recipe is that it’s not horribly expensive to make (unlike many desserts). Like a lot of people, we’re watching our grocery budget as closely as we can to avoid having a heart attack when we check out of the store.
A few years ago I took a course called the Grocery Budget Makeover. I learned a lot even though I thought I was already pretty frugal. The course is reasonably priced and it’s hard not to end up saving much more than it costs.
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