Simple pie with dried apricots

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 1 hr

1. STEP 1

   

   How to bake a simple pie with dried apricots? Add flour with sugar and baking powder to a bowl. Add flour gradually, in small portions, focusing on the desired consistency of the dough. Keep in mind that you may need a little more or less flour. Add a pinch of salt to improve the taste of the dough. Mix dry ingredients. Then add the chicken egg and softened butter.

2. STEP 2

   

   Knead the shortbread dough. Form into a ball. Wrap in cling film and refrigerate for half an hour.

3. STEP 3

   

   Wash the seedless dried apricots. Place in a pan of cold water and boil for ten to fifteen minutes after the water boils. Drain the water.

4. STEP 4

   

   Transfer the boiled dried apricots to a blender and grind it. Mix dried apricots with sugar. The amount of sugar is given arbitrarily. Add according to the sweetness of your dried apricots, it can be different. The filling is ready.

5. STEP 5

   

   Free the shortbread dough from the film and separate two-thirds with a knife. Roll out this larger portion of dough to a height of three to four millimeters.

6. STEP 6

   

   Spread the dough in a greased pan so that it forms a border approximately three centimeters high. Prick the crust with a fork.

7. STEP 7

   

   Roll out a smaller portion of the dough into a thin layer and cut into long strips one centimeter wide with a knife.

8. STEP 8

   

   Pour the dried apricot filling onto the dough. Slightly adjust the height of the sides so that they look harmonious.

9. STEP 9

   

   Decorate the pie with strips of dough. Bake in an oven preheated to two hundred degrees for about forty minutes. Just before serving, sprinkle the pie with powdered sugar.

Comments on the recipe

marakesh

19.11.2023

5

I think it will be delicious, thank you. Pie with fresh apricots can also be prepared this way. Simple but very tasty. Perfect for tea!

mashaz

19.11.2023

4.6

I don't understand where all the rave reviews for this recipe come from. The number of ingredients does not match. The shortbread dough did not work out - there is a lot of flour for such a volume - it does not roll into a ball, but crumbles into crumbs.