Shortcrust pastry apple muffins - what could be better than homemade baked goods? Delicate, soft, tasty, melt in your mouth. We will learn how to cook them in a step-by-step recipe with a photo. Video recipe.
Various products are prepared from shortcrust crumbly dough - cakes, cookies, cakes, pies … Today we will make cupcakes with apples from shortcrust pastry. Loose shortcrust pastry that melts in your mouth and tender baked apples are a delicious treat, aren't they? Delicious and unusual portioned small cupcakes are obtained. Although, if desired, one large cake-pie can be made using the same technology. Products are prepared easily and quickly, but it turns out amazing! These are simple everyday baked goods and a great use for apples. It is worth noting that the range of products here is minimal, which cannot but please the thrifty housewives. These muffins are based on a soft shortcrust pastry crust, aromatic apple filling and weightless shortcrust pastry shavings. Since the dough contains a lot of fat (butter or margarine), friability is ensured to the products.
If desired, the cupcakes can be varied. In the filling, raisins, dried berries, nut crumbs, lemon zest, all kinds of spices (vanilla, star anise, cinnamon, ginger, cardamom, cloves) will be appropriate. Although unadulterated, apple muffins are admirable - ruddy, delicious, flavorful, homemade and incredibly atmospheric!
See also how to whip up tangerine muffins.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 525 kcal.
- Servings - 12
- Cooking time - 1 hour 15 minutes
Ingredients:
- Margarine - 100 g
- Flour - 220 g
- Salt - a pinch
- Apples - 5-6 pcs. depending on the size
- Eggs - 1 pc.
- Sugar - 100 g
Step-by-step preparation of apple muffins from shortcrust pastry, recipe with photo:
1. Cut the margarine into medium-sized pieces. It should be cold, not room temperature or frozen. Use it from the refrigerator. Add a raw egg to it.
2. Next, add flour, which sift through a fine sieve, so that it is enriched with oxygen, and the baked goods become softer. Add salt and sugar.
3. Use your hands to stir the dough, rubbing the margarine with your fingers to form a flour crumbs.
4. Gather the dough and form it into one lump. Wrap the dough in a plastic bag and refrigerate for half an hour or freezer for 15 minutes. Although it can be kept in the refrigerator for 3 days, and in the freezer for up to 3 months. Therefore, you can prepare the dough in advance, and bake the product when necessary.
5. Roll out the dough into a thin layer about 5-7 mm thick, cut it in a round shape and place the cakes in a portioned muffin tins, as shown in the photo. There is no need to lubricate the molds, because the dough contains a lot of fat and the baked goods will not stick to the containers.
6. Wash, dry the apples and remove the core with a special knife.
7. Cut apples into small cubes or grate on a coarse grater. Place them in dough tins. Sprinkle them with sugar and ground cinnamon if desired.
8. Grate the rest of the dough and sprinkle with the apple filling so that it is covered on all sides. Heat the oven to 180 degrees and send the shortcrust pastry apple muffins to bake for 20-30 minutes until golden brown.
See also a video recipe on how to make apple pie from shortcrust pastry.
