Apple pie pops
A weekend Dominica dessert. Ready in about 52 minutes. Difficulty: more effort.
- 27 minPrep (about)
- 25 minCook (about)
- 52 minTotal time
- 4Servings
- More effortDifficulty
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Join the waitlist Not nowIngredients
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1 ½ cups all purpose flour
- 4 oz unsalted butter
- 1 tbsp shortening
- ¼ cup cold water
- 1 lb apples
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 3 tbsp unsalted butter
- ¾ tsp lemon juice
- Topping sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 tsp water
Spices & seasonings (4): salt, cinnamon, ground nutmeg, salt
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- ½ tsp ground nutmeg
- ½ tsp salt
How to make it
Steps in our own plain words.
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Need Lollipop sticks.
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Instructions for crust.
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Mix the salt, sugar and flour to a food processor bowl.
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Mix using the pulse setting.
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Add butter and shortening and pulse around 10 -12 times till the texture is changed to small pebbles.
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Add ¾ of your ice water and pulse some more times till your dough takes the shape of a ball.
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Add more water as needed.
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Don't overmix.
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Place dough ball on the counter and flatten in a flat disc.
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Wrap it in plastic wrap.
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Refrigerate for at least hour or overnight.
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Instructions for pie filling.
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Heat butter over medium heat, until golden.
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Add lemon juice, salt, spices and brown sugar.
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Stir to mix ingredients.
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Add diced apples.
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Stir.
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Let apples to cook for around 5-7 minutes, over medium heat.
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Take it off the heat.
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Let the apple mixture cool.
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Place apples in your refrigerator to speed up the process.
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Mix egg plus water for an egg wash.
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Roll out pie dough.
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Do it to 1 8 inch thickness.
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Cut out rounds of 2 ½.
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Do it to 3 inches.
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Place them on parchment paper.
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Roll out your extra dough left over scraps from cutting.
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Cut out shapes or holes.
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Keep going for ventilation purposes in half of the rounds.
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Press one lollipop stick around halfway up each round on the other half of the rounds.
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Place one tablespoon of apple mix in the center of each round.
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Place each round over the top of apples seal the edges.
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Brush each pie pop with egg wash.
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Sprinkle sugar on top.
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Bake 15-20 minutes until golden.
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Join the waitlistRecipe from TheMealDB, adapted from the original. Steps rewritten in our own words. Times are estimates.