
Crunchy Apple Tart
Ingredients
- 200g digestive biscuits.
- 50g butter or margarine.
- 2x large or 3x small apples – peeled, cored and sliced thinly into segments.
- 1 tablespoon sugar.
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon.
Method
- Turn oven on to gas mark 6/electric 180.
- Smash the biscuits into crumbs in a large bowl (with hands or the end of a rolling pin).
- Heat the butter/margarine in a microwave or in a pan over a low heat.
- Once melted, add the butter/margarine to the biscuit crumbs and mix.
- Press the mixture into the base of a 20cm tart/flan/pie dish or tin.
- Arrange the apple slices on top of the base.
- Sprinkle on the cinnamon and sugar.
- Bake in the oven for 35-40 minutes until the apples are soft and golden.
- Serve and enjoy!
Equipment
- Access to oven + oven gloves.
- Access to kitchen hob + saucepan or microwave + microwavable bowl.
- Large bowl.
- Rolling pin for smashing biscuits (or use hands).
- 20cm tart/flan/pie dish or tin.
- Weighing scales.
- Peeler.
- Tablespoon or tablespoon measurer.
- Teaspoon or teaspoon measurer.
- Chopping board.
- Sharp knife.
Considering Carbon Footprint
Carbon footprint (per serving): 0.25 kgCO2e. This is the same as making 12 mugs of tea.*
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*Calculations made using the Carbon Footprint Calculator created by the Consumer Data Research Centre at University of Leeds.
More Useful Information
- Tastes lovely with custard, cream or ice-cream!
- If your pie/flan/tart tin ISN’T metal, then the dish can be cooked in the microwave for 7-8 minutes on high.
- This recipe is from our Recipe Station programme. To find out more, get in touch at reception@barca-leeds.org.
- Here’s our active Facebook page where community members share photos of what they’ve made.
"I have loads of apples so have made another one since getting the recipe."
Yes, but I used ginger biscuits for the pie! I served it to my Bridge Group friends and they enjoyed it – it was delicious!
Hi Pip! Wow, ginger biscuits sounds like a delicious variation of this recipe!! If you have any photos, please do email them to info@foodwiseleeds.org as we’d love to see them 🙂