But the bread tasted skunked. They were sweet but the bittersweet ganache filling and espresso, which is quite noticeable, prevented them from being overly so. I think it would be great with a dark chocolate glaze. Maple Glazed Apple Galette: The perfect fall dessert. EYB will contact you soon. In a large nonstick skillet, melt butter over medium high heat. Easy too. My cookies must have been slightly large, as I only got 34. Very moist and delicious. Fabulous pie! There's a discrepancy between the volume and weight measurements given for the water; I used the weight (the larger amount). A nice, basic muffin recipe. ), which I coated with flour as needed during rolling. This slice is very affordable to make, I bought my apple slices from countdown for only $1.50. So good! • Scotch-a-Roos Not any more work than a basic chocolate chip cookie recipe but the oats and cinnamon sugar really took these to another level. Iced 7 regular cupcakes. They disappear fast! I had an extra 100 g blueberries so I added them in. WOW! Made them slightly too big got 8 instead of 12 muffins. Preheat your oven to 350°. Make these Apple Slices and you’ll have this iconic Chicago-style bakery treat at home. Cut several slits in top dough for steam vents. Having read the notes here, I meant to use half ww flour, but totally forgot (it was one of those days). Tasted like Italian bread. Step 2 In another very large bowl, mix the flour and 1-1/2 teaspoons salt. And I used a smaller jelly roll pan, not a full or even half sheet size. I used 180g egg whites. This pie is amazing! ...is a love letter to bakes of the Midwest...The recipes and stories are written in Shauna's engaging voice. I used a Ghiradelli 60% cacao bar. Crunchy sugar topping really make it special. Whatever I did, the cake turned an unsightly blue and my homemade jello never quite set, it just made a weird textured cake. As Shauna recommends, half the icing (in my case 1/4) was plenty. Oh, wow. Automatically add future editions to my Bookshelf. These are great! After 60 minutes up oven temperature up to 350. New technique for me, making a cake-y base and deliberately deflating it to give a flatter bar. Thanks for posting this recipe! The flavors are incredible. Spread apple filling evenly over the dough. My only beef is why is there no volume/weights for how much batter to take out to mix the chocolate with and also for distribution of layers. Bake in 400º oven for 40 minutes, until crust is nicely browned, rotating pan halfway. Spray a 9 X 13 baking dish with cooking spray. I made them for my son's birthday celebration at school and his teacher said they reminded him of the oatmeal cookies he ate as a child. I baked the pie from frozen which added 20 minutes to the bake time. Like you I’d go to the bakery and eat the apple slice on the way home, great memories, Thanks again, I grew up in Whiting, across the border in Indiana, just south of Chicago, and there was a small bakery within walking distance of our house that made apple and cherry slices and those yummy fudge brownies I saw mentioned in comments on here. @Kelly, I just made and canned my own apple pie filling this week and these iconic apple slices are my husbands favorite! Really delicious...chocolatey and not too sweet. I baked them in a slightly larger pan so mine were thinner but they did take the full 25 minutes to bake (internal temp of 196F). The cookies took 15-16 minutes to bake. Agree with Jviney - lightly pressing the crispy mixture into the pan is KEY to soft, chewy bars. I used the larger amount of water 113g and the dough came out nice and soft and easy to work with. A couple of suggestions: 1) The recipe suggests serving the pie cold, but try it at room temperature, or slightly warm (30 seconds in the microwave should do it) 2) One more Nice to have with coffee. Next time I won't bother brushing them with butter as they don't need it and it made them kind of greasy to hold, and I may try brushing with egg white rather than whole egg to see if that gives a crisper exterior. I left the danishes in the square shape but I would like to try a more elaborate shape next time. I made this for a Father’s Day dinner and it seemed mediocre - a surprise from this book. I pressed the dough in the bottom of the pan with my fingers. Fold in the walnuts and apple chunks. The recipe yields about 12 to 24 slices, depending on the size you cut them. Nice slight aftertaste of salt. No 5 spice so used pumpkin spice. We use all familiar apple pie ingredients for today’s slab pie. How to Make Apple Hand Pies. This made a very nice flaky dough. I certainly miss those bakeries, my gram made these apple slices and in our move south somehow I lost the recipe, so this is awesome!! We live in the southwest suburbs of Chicago and the bakeries here still make them, which is a fabulous thing! White whole wheat flour worked well in these. Cut up any large pieces of fruit in the preserves. These slices are very portable and travel well for your potluck or next get-together! I used graham flour (whole wheat pastry flour) instead of regular whole wheat. Delicious. Brown Sugar Glazed Apple Cake. After 10 minutes internal temperature 205f. I will make this again. The cornstarch left an aftertaste. One thing these bakeries had in common were big sheet pans of apple slices in their cases or sitting out on the counter. A few notes: I lined the pan with parchment which made for easy removal of the chilled cake for slicing and serving; I used half Dutch process and half black cocoa for the cake and followed ingredient weights which meant a little more oil in the cake than the volume measurement; I used a 1" piping tip for the buttercream as directed which resulted in bumps much larger than those in the book's photo. I made 1/2 recipe in a quarter sheet pan and half of it was gone by the end of the day. This is now my favourite pie crust too. It is so good and easy. I patted with my hands, you could also try a mini roller. It was very sweet, but the coffee and brown sugar did help temper the sweetness. I'll let you know how it goes. We enjoyed every bite. I used walnuts and semi sweet chocolate chips as that was what was quickest for me. This was really good - and, as noted by Zosia, almost instant gratification. My pic did not look the same but I am trying again Thanksgiving and will post a better one. I need to make my own filling next time! The discs were by accident, but ended up working out beautifully! Peal and slice apples, I use a variety of apples. Like Zosia, next time I will try whole wheat flour, as I don't think it would be noticeable. I peeled a few Granny Smith apples, rolled out some pastry and slid this Maple Glazed Apple Galette … It was fun to try but family prefers the whole grain English muffins that I buy. It was an impressive dessert that took very little effort to make - and family loved it - so I would make this again with a darker chocolate. Cake is thick layers and chocolate without being fudgy or super rich. Served with Julia Turshen’s nacho cheese sauce. This pairs wonderfully with coffee and I'd make it again. Drizzle cinnamon glaze over the top! Not the best and I debated about this post since my top crust was rather pathetic-looking. I expected the glaze to be more icing-like - I'm not sure if I glazed the cake too soon (I let it cool for 20 minutes prior to making the glaze), or if I didn't thicken the glaze enough, but it was pretty runny, although it set quickly. The recipe I adapted included the following directions to make the apple filling: Mix 1¼ cups sugar, 2 tablespoons cornstarch, 1 teaspoon cinnamon and ¼ teaspoon salt in a saucepan; add 1¼ cups water. This recipe called for lard, no butter. Comes together so easily ! A very quick bread to make. This is so tender, and not very sweet. These were big and soft, as promised, not quite like Bavarian pretzels, which are crisper on the outside and chewier within, but really delicious nonetheless. This tasted great and was just as flaky as promised. Baked Apples. Heat until preserves are melted. My neighbor just gave me three bags of apples. Advertisement Step 2 Unpopular opinion, I think, but nevertheless... Update from a few days later: I didn’t love this fresh, but toasted the next few days and slathered in butter...and especially with tomato soup? It’s on my top five for this book. Sooo delicious. Melt the butter in a medium skillet over medium heat. Easy method, good result. This is a tasty loaf with a fun, crunchy sugar topping. It is very crisp, very buttery and very good according to family et al. : Dozens of Puffalicious Recipes, Pure Vanilla: Irresistible Recipes and Essential Techniques, Real Sweet: More Than 80 Crave-Worthy Treats Made with Natural Sugars, Click here to add past issues of the magazine to your Bookshelf. Apple pie filling. They were so delicious. Makes a really big batch - 8 big servings. Ingredients. Apples: I always recommend using a mix of apples for more complex flavor in each bite– a sweeter variety and a tart variety, too. Really delicious. I baked it for the stated time and it may have been slightly overdone, so next time I'll check early. The European butter adds a richness to them, and they were crisp on the outside and soft in the centers. Made with 70% cacao chocolate, the mousse was quite sweet. I really had to work hard to spread it on my sheet. • Smoky Cheddar-Crusted Cornish Pasties. I wasn’t diligent in that and ended up baking it much longer ! I too used only 1 teaspoon of salt. Used really ripe bananas. It baked in 50 minutes in my oven. I used a half batch of dough to make 4 slightly larger pastries. The crust was very good too. This is super easy to make and absolutely delish, just glazed apple goodness. $18.81 + shipping . The rolls needed extra time to rise in the morning; they still hadn't risen much after 1.5 hours, but at least started to look puffy, so I went ahead and baked them and they expanded nicely in the oven. Lovely and moist and sugar topping was a revelation. Lizzy made these - they were quite good, though she found them a bit fussy. Apple Slices. I also took them out at 196f. Butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon glazed baked apples – such an easy recipe! I agree with Lepa it took me 70 minutes as well. The chocolate part is so richly, deeply chocolate. Make sure to spread the cookie base very thin. The bakery always had Apple Slices and I loved them. Perhaps my new "go-to" brownie recipe. Are you sure you want to delete this book from your Bookshelf? Used natural cocoa powder, instead of Dutch-process because that was what I had at home. A nice crunchy cookie. My loaf got quite dark and baked up lopsided for some reason. Gooey Butter Cake recipe available here : https://www.thekitchn.com/gooey-butter-cake-22931814. Cut into 2- or 3-inch squares and enjoy! This smelled fantastic as it was cooking, and looked great coming out of the oven. I use lard for all my pie crusts and I highly recommend it. All definition in the crimped edge was lost but there was no shrinkage at all. 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