Whole wheat apple pie

I live in the country of savoury pies, but to be honest, pies will always be sweet to me. I tried a lot of different fillings, but I always go back to the basics: apple. This is my recipe, it is made from whole wheat flour only, and just a wee drop of brown sugar, so it is perfect, if you want to bake something impressive, but still want to stick to your diet. 

Ingredients

Dough:

500 g whole wheat flour

250 g butter or baking margarine

pinch of salt

ice cold water

Filling:

1 kg of apples

2 tablespoons of cinnamon

1 tablespoon of brown sugar

3 tablespoons of oats

Method

Cut your butter/margarine up to small cubes. We need it cold and hard, so this way it is going to be easier to crumble it together with the flour. Mix the salt in with the flour, then add the butter cubes, and work them together, till you can only see crumbles of the butter. Then add the water, small amounts at a time. Try to be as quick as possible, so the butter won't melt from the heat of your palms. Once it is done, throw the dough in the fridge, while you are preparing your apples. 

Peal the apples, then cut them up. I like to leave them quite chunky, the more rustic the better the pie. :) Sprinkle them with the cinnamon and the brown sugar, and put them aside. Preheat your oven to 180 degrees (Celsius). Make two balls from your pie dough. Roll one of them flat, measure it to your pie dish (I use this from IKEA). It has to be bigger than your dish, so your filling won't come out of it. Once it is big enough, roll the dough on your rolling pin, then put it in your pie dish. The dough breaks easily, but this way you have your best chances. :) Sprinkle your oats at the base of your pie, it will absorb all the yummy apple juice that comes out during baking. Then add your apples. For the top layer of dough you can just roll an other sheet of dough, and put it over the fruits. Just make sure you poke some holes in the dough with a fork, so the steam can come out. Or you can do what I did. It takes longer, but it is sooo pretty it worth the time. Just cut 1 cm thick strips from your dough, then start putting them on your pie, and weave them together. 

When you are finished, go around your pie and cut the excess dough off, then push the bottom and the top layer together with a fork. To make sure the outer edge of your pie won't burn, protect it with a strip of tinfoil like this. Now it is time for baking. Halfway through (when you can see the top getting a bit brown), take your tinfoil off. The pie should be in the oven for 25-30 minutes. 

After removing from the oven, let it cool down, because it can easily fall apart when you cut in it while still hot. Try to be patient, I know it smells like heaven. :) 

Let me know if you try this recipe out, I would love to see photos as well!