Apple Torte (Easy-Only 3 Apples)

Oolala's Note:

From the Star Ledger. Published in "Jersey Fresh Cooks" (NJ Dept. of Agriculture) from Harriet Kurtzman. This is easy and good!

• Total Time: 1 hrs 10 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs

Ingredients:

Serves: 8

Yield: 1.0 pie/torte

• 4 tablespoons butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 cup flour
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 3 large apples, peeled, cored, cut into crescent slices

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Cream toghether butter and sugar. Add egg and beat.
3. Sift together flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
4. Beat dry ingredients into butter mixture.
5. Stir apples into batter, which will be thick and hard to stir.
6. Turn into a buttered 9" pie pan and spread smooth.
7. Bake for 1 hour, until just brown.

Reviews

[Irenabobena]

Great recipe, although I used 1/2 c white sugar and 1/4 c brown sugar.

[cooledskin]

I followed other reviewers' suggestions and cut the sugar, but I went down to 1/4 cup, and then used 1/4 cup of applesauce & agave nectar mixed. I also subbed two egg whites for the egg, a soy and whole wheat flour blend for the flour, and used canola oil instead of butter. And you know what? This was still phenomenal - only without the saturated fat and blood sugar spike! Thank you for posting!

[DreamoBway]

I like that this comes together in a snap with ingredients I almost always have in the house. I was lazy so instead of cutting my apples into pretty wedges, I just cut them into chunks and stirred everything together. I also used half white splenda and half splenda brown sugar with excellent results. Of course, this dessert was extra fab with big scoop of butter pecan ice cream on top. Thank you for posting!