I have to confess, that even though I mostly bake (and cook) using recipes found online, I simply adore cookbooks. I don't have a huge collection, but there is a designated shelve holding all my treasures.
I have some of those beautiful, hardcover volumes with amazing pictures and very accessible "shortcut" recipes, but I also have a couple of my grandma's books with old time wording and very "frugal" titles. I don't usually attempt cakes calling for dozens of eggs, bushels, and quarts, but I have a few that are brilliant in their simplicity.
This apple pie is one of them. It's just handful of ingredients, mostly apples, and no fat. I mean... you can almost call it healthy! I definitely don't hesitate to eat it for breakfast.
Oldschool apple pie
1 kg apples
breadcrumbs (2-3 tbsp)
150-200 g sugar
4 eggs
250 g flour
1 tsp baking powder
vanilla essence
optional:
cinnamon
walnuts
raisins
Line the cake pan with baking paper and cover the bottom with the breadcrumbs. (The cake batter goes on top, so breadcrumbs "hold" the bottom of the pie). Peel and roughly chop the apples and place them in the cake pan. Sprinkle with cinnamon, nuts, and raisins.
Mix the eggs with sugar until pale and creamy. Gently mix the flour with baking powder. Pour the batter over the apples. Bake at 170°C for 50-60 min (golden brown but soft).
Sprinkle with powdered sugar and enjoy!
