Tuesday 1 November 2016

MINI APPLE PLUM PIES

MINI APPLE PLUM PIES  


INGREDIENTS

1 portion of COCONUT OIL PIE CRUST
3 medium sized apples, peeled
3 plums
1-2 tbsp coconut sugar
¼ tsp cardamon
a few dashes of cinnamon
5-6 3-inch silicone muffin liners 


METHOD


1. Prepare dough for COCONUT OIL PIE CRUST
2. Divide dough in 5 pieces
3. Place a parchment paper on your working surface
4. Lightly flour parchment paper, dough and rolling pin
5. Roll each piece of dough into circles and the size of your muffin liners, about ⅛-inch / 0.3 cm thick
6. Peel the dough off the parchment paper, using a spatula and drape the crust into your muffin liner (or place your one hand under the parchment paper, flip it onto your other hand so that you hold the dough and slowly peel off the parchment paper)
7. With the remaining dough decorate your pies using cookie cutters of your choice
8. Preheat oven to 180°C / 350°F
9. Cut apples in halves and thinly slice each half (the thinner, the softer it gets during baking)
10. Also cut the plums in halves and slice each half
11. In a medium mixing bowl, add apple and plum slices and mix with coconut sugar and cardamon
12. Add the apple and plum filling to the muffin liners
13. Sprinkle a dash of cinnamon over each pie
14. Cover the top of the pies with pastry decorations
15. Bake for 20-30 min or until golden brown on the edges
16. Let pies cool down for 20-30 min and remove from muffin liners (don't do it when they come right out of the oven as the crust is very fragile when its still hot)
17. Optional: Sprinkle with another dash of cinnamon