Apple Tart
Ingredients
- 4 apples peeled, cored, and sliced
- 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 Juice of lemon
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp vanilla bean paste
- 1 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
- 10 tbsp butter melted
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 2 tbsp butter cut into small cubes
- Melted apricot preserves
Instructions
Filling
- In a medium bowl, combine brown sugar, lemon juice, cinnamon and vanilla, mix well
- Add sliced apples and mix well, set aside
Crust
- In a medium bowl, combine flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, salt and mix well
- Pour in melted butter, mix until it before a dough ball
- Press onto a pie pan or tart pan, try to be as even as possible.
- Preheat oven to 350F
- Put the apple slices into the tart carefully as the fruit would be macerated and breaks easily. Try to pack it in as tight as possible, since the apples shrink when baked.
- Sprinkle some sugar on top of the apples for some carmelization, and space out the cubes butter on the apples.
- Bake for 60 minutes, remove from oven, and brush the melted apricot preserve for that professional bakery shine.