German Apple Torte (krummeltorte)

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 lbs cooking apples
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• whipped cream

Recipe

• 1 to make the filling: peel, core and quarter apples; cut each quarter crosswise into 5 or 6 pieces.
• 2 place in empty saucepan; stir in 1/2 cup of the sugar.
• 3 cover and simmer for 7 minutes or until apples are partially cooked.
• 4 place in sieve to drain.
• 5 to make the pastry: in bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.
• 6 cut in butter until mixture resembles fine crumbs.
• 7 lightly beat together egg and vanilla.
• 8 stir into flour mixture and mix well until ball of soft dough forms.
• 9 (if dough seems too stiff, add a few drops of water.) rolls out half the pastry to about 1/8 inch thickness and cut to fit bottom of lightly greased 8-inch springform pan.
• 10 place drained apples on top of pastry, leaving 1/2 inch space between apples and inside edge of pan.
• 11 crumble remaining pastry dough into currant-sized crumbs.
• 12 drop half the crumbs into the space between apples and edge of pan.
• 13 flatten top surface of apples and sprinkle with remaining pastry crumbs.
• 14 sprinkle torte with remaining sugar.
• 15 bake in 425 f.
• 16 oven for 25 to 30 minutes or until well browned.
• 17 remove hinged ring and serve torte on pan base.
• 18 serve warm, garnished with whipped cream.
• 19 makes 8 servings.
• 20 canadian living.