Your pie fairy godmother has arrived, my solo sweet-eating friends. This is the perfect recipe for the pie season (which is every season am-I-right?). Bake off your pie dough scraps as is, cook down some flavorful apples, and whisk up a two-ingredient whipped cream. For the single-serve sweet treat of fall, this scrap apple pie will fill all your cozy, comfortable, baking requirements.
Equipment
- Baking Tray
- Parchment Paper
- Small pot
- Spoons
- Whisk
- Measuring Cups
- Measuring Spoons
- Peeler
- Knife
- Pastry Brush
Ingredients
- ½ cup scraps of pie crust
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp turbinado sugar
- 1 large apple peeled
- Dash of cinnamon
- Dash of salt
- ½ tbsp butter
- ¼ tsp lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons water
- 2 tsp flour
- 1 ½ tbsps sugar
- ¼ c heavy cream
- 1 tsp powdered sugar sifted
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 400 and line a baking tray with parchment paper
- Lay your pie crust scraps onto your baking tray, leaving a little space in between but these can be relatively close as they won't grow much as they bake
- In a bowl, whisk together your egg with a splash of water or milk until no gloops of egg whites are visible. Brush your egg wash onto your pie crust pieces and sprinkle with turbinado sugar
- Bake for 7-10 minutes, this will vary depending on how big your scraps are, so keep an eye on them!
- Cut your peeled apple into ½-inch slices and place in a small pot
- To the pot add your cinnamon, salt, butter, lemon juice, water, and flour
- Stir and place on the stove on medium-low heat, cook for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally
- Place a lid over your pot and cook for 35-40 minutes until the apples are tender (you can easily cut through them with the side of a spoon). Stir every 5 minutes, there isn’t a lot in the pot so you don’t want it to get gloopy at the bottom if you don’t stir it
- While your apples are cooking, make your whipped cream by whisking together your heavy cream and powdered sugar in a bowl until thick. Place in the fridge until ready
- For assembly, place your baked pie scraps in a bowl, top with your cooked apples, and fresh whipped cream
- Enjoy!
Notes
If you’d like to dust your pie scraps with spices, go for it! Cinnamon and/or cardamom would be so delicious. You can also get fancy and use a cookie cutter to cut out shapes from your pie crust if you prefer, you do you, my friends!
Your apples will release liquid as they break down, but they take a minute to do so. If you need to add a little bit more water to your pot at the start of the cooking process, do so a tablespoon at a time - stirring, cooking, and seeing if you need more after that
