Name: Caramel apple streusel pies
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 55 min
Ingredients: 1 1/4 cup (185g) plain (all-purpose) flour; 1/4 cup (55g) firmly packed light brown sugar; 125 gram butter, chopped; 1 egg yolk; 2 teaspoon iced water, approximately; 1/3 cup (50g) self-raising flour; 1/3 cup (50g) plain (all-purpose) flour; 1/3 cup (75g) firmly packed light brown sugar; 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 80 gram cold butter, chopped; 400 gram canned apple; 2 tablespoon golden syrup or treacle; 1 tablespoon pouring cream; 2 teaspoon icing (confectioners') sugar

Ingredients

1 1/4 cup (185g) plain (all-purpose) flour

1/4 cup (55g) firmly packed light brown sugar

125 gram butter, chopped

1 egg yolk

2 teaspoon iced water, approximately

1/3 cup (50g) self-raising flour

1/3 cup (50g) plain (all-purpose) flour

1/3 cup (75g) firmly packed light brown sugar

1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

80 gram cold butter, chopped

400 gram canned apple

2 tablespoon golden syrup or treacle

1 tablespoon pouring cream

2 teaspoon icing (confectioners') sugar

Method

1.Make pastry. Process flour, sugar and butter until crumbly. Add egg yolk and enough of the water, processing until ingredients come together. Knead dough on a floured surface until smooth. Enclose pastry in plastic wrap, refrigerate 30 minutes.

2.Grease a 12-hole (¹/³-cup/80ml) muffin pan. Roll pastry between sheets of baking paper until 5mm (¼-inch) thick. Cut 12 x 8cm (3¼-inch) rounds from pastry, press rounds into pan holes. Prick base of cases well with fork. Refrigerate 30 minutes.

3.Preheat oven to 180°C (160°C fan forced).

4.Bake pastry cases about 12 minutes. Cool.

5.Meanwhile, to make streusel topping, process flours, sugar, cinnamon and butter until combined. Roll dough into a ball, enclose in plastic wrap, freeze about 15 minutes or until firm.

6.Combine apple, golden syrup and cream in a medium bowl, spoon mixture into pastry cases. Coarsely grate streusel topping over apple mixture.

7.Bake pies about 25 minutes. Stand 10 minutes before serving, dust with icing sugar.

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