Please tell me what is our most popular and favorite recipe for apple pie? Well, of course, Charlotte! This is not only the most popular, but also the simplest pie recipe you can come up with.
And now, when Apple Day was celebrated just a week ago, it’s time to bake charlottes. There were a lot of apples this year! Summer is hot, and the apples have had time to fill with sunlight, taste and incredible aroma. They are delicious to eat fresh, and even in pies - there are simply no words. Sometimes it seems that apples taste best in pies.
Take the famous “Tsvetaevsky” pie, it’s just a song. But, of course, you have to tinker with it to bake it.
Either way - charlotte! Knead the dough for 5 minutes. Chop the apples, another 5 minutes. Yes 30 minutes to bake. And what a delicious pie it turns out! For several days now I have been baking different charlottes every evening for tea. To share the cooking process with you. And my people are so happy! And they don’t get tired of it. The day comes and everyone asks if there will be cake for tea today.
As you probably already understood, today I am sharing with you different recipes for making charlotte. There will be five of them, according to the number of days for which I prepared them. So choose any one to suit your taste.
The first recipe will be the main one - the classic one. This is the basis on which all other cooking methods rest. Knowing the basis, you can prepare absolutely any charlotte. And it is prepared not only with apples, you can add other fruits, as well as nuts and raisins. You can cook it in the oven, slow cooker and even in the microwave.
So, let's start with the first recipe.
Charlotte with apples classic recipe
We will need:
- flour - 1 cup
- sugar - 1 glass
- eggs - 4 pcs
- baking powder - 1 teaspoon
- vanillin - on the tip of a knife
- apples - 350-400 g (4-5 pieces)
Preparation:
1. Take the eggs out of the refrigerator and beat them into foam. The eggs must be cold, this will allow the dough to become fluffy. For whipping we use a mixer.
2. Add sugar and beat everything together. If you don’t like very sweet pies, you can add a little less than a glass of sugar. I add a partial glass because for our taste, with a full glass, the pie turns out too sweet.
3. Add vanillin or vanilla sugar. Or you can add cinnamon - 2 teaspoons. Let's add one thing. Mix.
4. Gradually add flour in small portions. Mix thoroughly each time. Again, to make the dough airy, it is best to sift the flour. This way it becomes more saturated with oxygen.
5. Add baking powder. Or instead, you can add soda on the tip of a knife, slaked with vinegar.
6. This ingredient is not in the recipe, since it is not in the description of classic recipes, but I always add a teaspoon of cognac to the biscuit dough. You can also add brandy or rum. With the addition of alcohol, the dough becomes even more tasty and airy.
7. Cut the apples into pieces at your discretion. You can cut it into slices, into cubes, or into cubes. The main thing is not to cut it too finely, otherwise the apples will be difficult to find in the pie.
Apple pieces can be sprinkled with vegetable oil and sprinkled with sugar. This way they will better retain their shape when baked in the pie. You can also sprinkle them with lemon juice, in this case they will not darken.
8. Add apples to the dough and mix.
9. Prepare the form. If you are using a springform pan, line the bottom with parchment paper. And then grease the bottom and walls with vegetable or butter. If your mold is silicone, then it is also better to grease it with oil.
10. Place the dough together with the apples in a mold and bake in an oven preheated to 180 degrees.
11. Bake for 30-40 minutes. Readiness can be determined using a toothpick. If you pierce the charlotte in several places and there is no dough left on it, then it is completely ready.
During baking, it may happen that the top of the charlotte is already browned, but the inside is not yet baked. In this case, remove it from the oven and cover with a piece of foil. And put it back in the oven.
12. When ready, allow it to cool and transfer to a large flat plate.
13. If desired, sprinkle with powdered sugar, cocoa powder or leave as is.
14. Place on plates and eat with pleasure.
This is the basic recipe, it is the simplest and easiest. But that doesn't make it any less delicious. Therefore, it is prepared most often when it comes to charlotte.
But there are also other very tasty recipes. Where, along with the main ingredients, additional ones are added.
How to cook charlotte with kefir
Another interesting recipe for making charlotte is using kefir.
The recipe for this pie includes the following products.
2 cups of flour, 1 cup of kefir, three eggs, 5-6 apples, 1 cup of sugar, 1 teaspoon of soda or baking powder.
We prepare the apples by washing and peeling them. You don't have to remove the peel. Cut the apples into thin slices.
We take flour and first sift it. Beat eggs with sugar, then add a pinch of soda. Add kefir and mix everything thoroughly. While stirring, gradually add flour. Make the dough a little thicker than for pancakes.
Grease a baking dish with oil and lay out the apples. Fill everything with the prepared dough and put it in the oven for 45 minutes.
The most airy recipe for charlotte with apples, step by step with photos
We will need:
- flour - 180g
- sugar - 1 glass
- eggs - 3 pcs
- apples – 350 gr
- vanilla sugar - 10 g (or cinnamon - 2 teaspoons)
- potato starch - 2 tbsp. spoons
- baking powder - 1 teaspoon
- cognac -1 teaspoon
- lemon juice - 1 tbsp. spoon
- black sesame - 2 tbsp. spoons
Preparation:
1. Mix cooled eggs with sugar and beat with a mixer until the mass doubles in volume.
If you don’t like very sweet baked goods, you can add a little less sugar. This applies to all recipes.
2. Separately mix flour, starch and baking powder.
3. Gradually add all this to the mixture of eggs and sugar. Add vanilla sugar, vanillin or cinnamon. Only one thing.
Instead of vanilla and cinnamon, you can add orange or lemon zest to the dough. It turns out very tasty!
4. Add cognac. You can also add rum or brandy instead.
5. Cut the apples into slices, sprinkle them with lemon juice and sprinkle with sugar.
6. Grease the pan with oil and sprinkle with black sesame seeds.
7. Pour half of the dough.
8. Place the apples in the mold as desired.
9. Add the remaining dough. Let stand for a while until the dough settles. And also sprinkle sesame seeds on top.
10. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees.
11. Place the pan in the oven and bake for 30-40 minutes until done.
12. Take out the finished charlotte and let it stand for 10-15 minutes. Then transfer the finished pie to a large flat plate.
13. Serve with tea. Enjoy eating!
Charlotte according to this recipe turns out very fluffy and airy. Therefore, bake it in a mold with high sides. It tastes very tender, just melting in your mouth. Once you eat it, you can’t stop! It is so tasty and aromatic!
With sour cream
- Time: 60 minutes.
- Number of servings: 6 persons.
- Calorie content of the dish: 202 kcal.
- Purpose: for breakfast.
- Cuisine: French.
- Difficulty: easy.
If the proposed photo caught your attention, then don’t hesitate, but you can safely start preparing this magnificent pie. Charlotte with sour cream and apples is a delicious dessert, the taste of which will definitely be appreciated by every member of your family of any age. To get excellent baked goods that exude a pleasant aroma, simply mix the ingredients and bake them.
Ingredients:
- sugar – 180 g;
- sour cream 30% – 120 ml;
- Antonovka or other sour variety – 140 g;
- baking powder – 1 tsp;
- flour – 200 g;
- eggs – 3 pcs.
Cooking method:
- Beat the eggs and sugar until foamy, stirring continuously, add sour cream, then flour in small portions. Add baking powder.
- Cut Antonovka into thin slices.
- Pour half of the dough into a heat-resistant form, arrange fruit slices on the surface, then add the rest of the mixture.
- Bake the product for 40 minutes, setting the oven temperature to 180 degrees.
Charlotte with apples and cottage cheese - a simple and delicious recipe
We will need:
- cottage cheese - 250 gr
- sugar - 1 glass
- semolina - 1 glass
- butter - 100 g
- egg - 1 pc.
- cognac - 1 teaspoon
- vanillin, or vanilla sugar, or cinnamon - optional
- baking powder -1 teaspoon
- lemon juice - 1 tbsp. spoon
- apples -350-400 gr + 2-3 apples for decoration
- powdered sugar -1-2 tbsp. spoons
- breadcrumbs - 0.5 cups
1. Remove the butter from the refrigerator in advance and let it stand until it becomes soft. If you forgot to get it or didn’t have time, then melt it in a water bath. In this case, it is not advisable to use a microwave.
2. Remove the egg from the refrigerator and mix it with sugar while cold. Beat the resulting mixture into a fluffy foam.
3. Add melted butter. The oil should not be hot.
4. Pour baking powder into the mixture. Mix everything until smooth.
5. Beat the cottage cheese using a blender. It shouldn't be grains. The better you punch, the better the dough will be. And no one will even guess that it contains cottage cheese.
6. Add semolina to the butter-egg mixture and mix well.
7. Then combine the two masses into one, and stirring, knead the dough.
8. Add 2 tablespoons of cinnamon. To change up the flavor, we'll make this recipe with cinnamon instead of vanilla. Then add cognac. It will add not only flavor, but also fluffiness to the finished dish. Let stand for 15 minutes. During this time, the semolina will swell and you can bake the cake.
9. Grease the bottom of the pan with butter and lightly sprinkle with breadcrumbs. Because we will put apples on the bottom, and if you don’t sprinkle it with breadcrumbs, it will be inconvenient to eat the charlotte. The first layer will be apples, and they will become soft and crumbly when baked.
10. Cut them into slices and place them in any shape.
11. Place the resulting thick and viscous dough on top. While the dough is standing, prepare the apples for decoration. Peel them and cut them into two halves. Cut out the core and cut with an accordion without cutting to the end, about 0.5 cm each. Sprinkle with lemon.
12. Place apples for decoration on top of the dough.
13. Heat the oven to 220 degrees.
14. Set to bake for 5 minutes. Then reduce the temperature to 180 degrees. And bake for 40-45 minutes. After about 20-25 minutes, look into the oven. By this time, the top of the charlotte will already be browned. And you can cover the pan with foil. So that the top does not burn, and the middle is baked.
15. Take out the finished charlotte, cool until warm and transfer to a large flat plate.
16. When the top is barely warm, sprinkle powdered sugar on both the apples with which you decorated the top and the pie itself.
17. Serve with tea. Eat and enjoy the aroma and taste of a wonderful apple dessert.
Charlotte according to this recipe turns out surprisingly tasty. It will be difficult to guess that the composition does not contain flour. The dough is unusual, you want to eat it and eat it. The apples are crumbly and very juicy. And everything together makes up a wonderful dessert ensemble called charlotte!
Now it's time for the next recipe. Get ready! Once you bake it until you finish the whole pie, you won’t be able to stop!
Charlotte with apples - recipe with nuts and raisins
We will need:
We make this charlotte tall, so we use the main composition of the products, but increased by one and a half times.
- flour - 1.5 cup
- sugar - 1.5 cups (a little less is possible)
- eggs - 6 pcs
- sour cream - 2 tbsp. spoons
- baking powder - 1.5 teaspoons
- vanillin - on the tip of a knife
- apples – 500 gr
- walnuts - a handful
- raisins - a handful
- breadcrumbs -0.5 cups
- butter - for greasing the pan
Preparation:
1. Beat cold eggs with sugar into a fluffy foam using a mixer. Add vanillin
2. Add baking powder to the sour cream and add this mixture to the mixture of eggs and sugar.
3. Then add flour. Mix the dough until smooth.
4. Grease the mold with butter and sprinkle with breadcrumbs.
5. Place apples in the pan. Better in two layers. There is a lot of dough, so it would be better to have more apples too.
6. Sprinkle apples with chopped walnuts. You don’t need to grind them too much so that you get tangible pieces when you eat them. Add washed and dried raisins.
7. Fill everything with dough. Let stand for 5 minutes. The dough is quite runny and the apple and nut pieces will rise slightly in the dough. Some apples will rise to the very surface.
8. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees.
9. Bake for at least one hour. It took me 1 hour and 10 minutes. 20 minutes after the start of baking, the top was already covered with a crust, and I covered the pie with foil. We bake it covered the rest of the time.
10. Take the finished pie out of the oven and let it cool. Then transfer to a large flat plate. Then cut and place on serving plates or saucers.
11. Eat and enjoy the taste of dough, crumbly apples, pieces of nuts and raisins you come across. And just feel the crazy aroma of this whole miracle called Charlotte!
Apple pie in the oven with kefir. Grandma's recipe for making charlotte
Grandma's recipe for fluffy apple charlotte with kefir. It is very simple, requires very little time to prepare, and the baked goods are simply amazing. Ingredients: Apples - 3 pcs. Kefir - 1 cup Flour - 1.5 cups Chicken eggs - 2 pcs. Sugar - 1 glass Soda with vinegar - 0.5 tsp. Cinnamon - to taste Vanillin - to taste Sunflower oil - for greasing the mold Semolina - for sprinkling the mold
Preparation:
Wash the apples, remove the seeds, cut off the skin and randomly cut into small pieces.
Pour a glass of kefir into a deep bowl. Add a glass of sugar there. Let the sugar dissolve a little and mix everything.
Break two eggs into a bowl and mix again.
Pour in flour, knead the dough.
Add slaked soda with vinegar and a little vanilla to the dough. Mix the dough one last time. The dough should turn out like thick sour cream.
Grease the mold with vegetable oil. Sprinkle with semolina. Lay out the apples and distribute them evenly across the bottom of the pan. Sprinkle apples with cinnamon.
Pour the dough and lightly shake the mold so that it spreads evenly. Bake the pie in a well-heated oven for 40 minutes at 200 degrees. Be sure to check its readiness with a match. Use the clean end of a match to pierce the pastry in several places; if the tip is dry, then the cake is ready; if there are pieces of wet dough, continue baking.
Place the finished pie on a plate. We use a cutting board for this. We cover the mold with a board as a lid, and sharply turn this entire structure over, the cake should be upside down on the board.
Then cover it with a plate and turn it all over again. Charlotte is ready. You can invite guests. Bon appetit!
Loaf charlotte with apples
This recipe became simply mega-popular during the Soviet era. Then everything was in huge shortage. And for charlotte, all products could be freely purchased. And that’s why they prepared it according to this recipe everywhere!
We will need:
- loaf - 200-300 g
- egg - 4 pcs
- milk - 300 ml
- sugar - 1 cup (or a little less)
- vanillin - on the tip of a knife (or cinnamon)
- apples 4-5 pieces
- lemon juice - 1 tbsp. spoon
- butter - for greasing the pan
Preparation:
1. Cut the loaf into pieces 1 cm thick. The loaf can be used either fresh or yesterday. It is very good to use an already sliced loaf, which is now always sold in the store.
If the loaf is already slightly stale, then you can first hold it a little in milk, but you don’t want it to become completely leavened.
2. Grease the mold with oil and place the loaf pieces in an even layer on the bottom. The loaf can be laid out in whole pieces, or you can cut it into cubes.
3. Cut the apples into pieces, slices, circles, as you wish. Place them in a thick layer on the loaf. Sprinkle with lemon juice and lightly sprinkle with sugar. You can even lay it out in two layers.
4. Mix eggs with sugar and milk. Add vanillin; if desired, you can replace it with cinnamon. I mix the dough with cinnamon.
5. Pour the mixture over the apples.
6. Place in an oven preheated to 180 degrees and bake for 30 minutes. Check readiness with a toothpick.
7. Remove the finished charlotte from the oven and cool completely. Then transfer it to a dish or large plate.
If desired, you can make this charlotte multi-layered. That is, a layer of loaf, then a layer of apples, then again a layer of loaf. The top can be left with apples, or you can cover it with a loaf. The walls can also be laid out from a loaf. If we are making such a multi-layer cake, then we need to do more filling.
You can add butter to the charlotte. Cut the butter onto the apple layer into large pieces in random order. The quantity is taken from 50 to 70 grams. In this case, the pie turns out tasty, but higher in calories.
Nuts and raisins are also added to the charlotte as a filling, and honey is used instead of sugar. All of these are already variations, and each housewife can add what she likes.
Here are five basic recipes that will always give you a very tasty charlotte. All recipes are very simple and affordable, as are the products used.
In general, I call any charlotte a “Guests on the Doorstep” pie. When friends suddenly called and said that they would like to see each other in half an hour, Charlotte was a real lifesaver. It is made quickly, and is always eaten with a bang!
And in conclusion, let's highlight those moments that will make your pie simply fabulous.
How long does it take to bake charlotte in the oven?
Many novice cooks are concerned about this question. The baking time for charlotte depends on the type of dough from which it is prepared. Pies prepared according to traditional recipes take approximately 30-40 minutes to cook.
Oven temperature is 180-200 degrees. Shortbread or puff pastry charlotte is baked for about 20-30 minutes. You can also check the readiness of the baked goods using a toothpick. Pierce the charlotte in the middle. If there is no dough on the toothpick and it is completely dry, then the cake is ready. The presence of a characteristic crust also indicates the readiness of the pie.
Read: Tangerine charlotte
Secrets of making delicious charlotte
- To make the dough fluffy, be sure to use it to beat eggs from the refrigerator
- use sifted flour
- beat the dough well
- add baking powder or slaked soda to the dough
- You can extinguish soda with lemon juice
- add alcohol to the dough - cognac, rum, brandy
- for flavor, use vanilla sugar, vanillin or cinnamon, one or the other
- you can also add orange and lemon zest (do not use only the white part of citrus fruits, it gives bitterness)
- To prevent apples from darkening, sprinkle them with lemon juice
- cut the apples in any way desired, just not very finely so that they do not get lost in the pie
- apples can be laid out both on the bottom of the mold, and in the middle, and on the top
- apples are either mixed with the dough or laid out separately
- Along with apples, other fruits, such as pears, plums, or any others, can be used as a filling.
- poppy seeds, sesame seeds, nuts, raisins, honey can also be added
- sour cream, kefir, butter, cottage cheese, semolina can be used in preparing the dough
By following all these simple and basic rules. You will always delight your family with delicious and aromatic pastries. Therefore, prepare Charlotte and eat to your health!
Bon appetit!
