Apple pie
- 400 gms plain flour
- 200 gms butter
- ½ Teaspoon baking powder
- Pinch of salt
- 4 tablespoons sugar
- 6 tablespoon ice-cold water
For filling:
- 1 cup ground sugar
- 2 tablespoons plain flour
- ½ Teaspoon simba mbili cinnamon powder
- Pinch of salt
- 1 kg cooking apples (cut into small pieces)
- 1 – 2 teaspoon lemon juice
- Butter for glazing.
- Sieve flour, add salt, cold butter. Mix very nicely with your fingertips till it looks crumbly. Then add water and bind it.
- Put on the flat surface and knead the dough. Then divide into 2 parts, one larger than the other. Roll out the bigger half and cover the pie dish completely.
- Place foil on top and bake the pie pastry for 10 minutes.
- Mix ground sugar, plain flour, cinnamon powder, and salt together.
- Cut apples and add lemon juice so that they don’t change the colour. Mix the apples and the above mixture together.
- Take out the pie dish and place the apple mixture in the dish. Cover it tightly with the other half rolled pastry, joining the edges firmly with a fork.
- Make holes using a fork in the middle of the pie to let the air out.
- Glaze with milk and sprinkle sugar on top.
- Bake at a moderate heat for 45 minutes, or until golden brown.
