As much as I love pie, I cannot make a pie crust to save my life. I have tried and tried and tried, and have accepted I am just not destined to be pie baker. So, I decided to come up with my version of an apple pie, and it's easy... easier than pie!
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| how deLISH does this look! |
Easier than Apple Pie 
Remember the
Bunny Food recipe that used carrot cake cake mix? Well, since I had left overs of the mix, I decided to use it in this. If you don't have or want to use a cake mix, just add an additional 1/2 c. of sugar and 1/2 c. of flour.
Ingredients:
- 6 medium apples, peeled and thinly sliced (I used Gala and McIntosh apples)
- 1 c. carrot cake cake mix
- 2 c. flour
- 1 c. brown sugar
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1 stick of melted butter
- 3 eggs
- 1 1/2 c. milk
- 1 Tbsp. Nutmeg, Cinnamon & Chinese Five Spice
I have this lovely apple corer/peeler. This amazing tool makes dealing with peeling and coring apples SO much easier. True, it's not
needed, but it LOVELY to use. Plus, it makes these darling, pretty strands of apple peels that I could've taken a million pictures of, as the textures are great and intriguing.
Directions:
- Preheat Oven to 375 degrees.
- Mix all the dry ingredients together.
- Mix wet ingredients together.
- Blend wet and dry ingredients together.
- Set aside.
- Lay one layer of apple slices in the bottom of a large pie dish (10")
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| batter covered apples |
- Cover with batter, repeat until all the apples are layered in batter.
- Cover with remaining batter
- Bake for 1 hour, and 10 minutes.
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| Isn't it pretty? |
You should let it cool for about 10-15 minutes, but I couldn't wait- I had been smelling this awesome pie cooking for an hour! I HAD to break into it!
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| Easier than Apple Pie ala mode, drizzled in caramel sauce |
SOOO yummy! SOOO easy! LOVE it!
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