CALA News & Views | Issue 50 | Dining

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MINI APPLE pie

Ingredients: Shortbread Crust ½ cup unsalted butter, melted ¼ cup sugar 1 tsp vanilla ¼ tsp salt 1 cup all-purpose flour

Apple Filling 2 large apples, peeled and diced small 2 tbsp all-purpose flour 3 tbsp sugar 1 tsp ground cinnamon 1/8 tsp ground nutmeg 1/8 tsp ground clove

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Streusel ½ cup coarse whole rolled oats 1/3 cup brown sugar

¼ tsp ground cinnamon ¼ cup all-purpose flour ¼ cup unsalted butter, cold and cubed

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Instructions: 1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees.

2. Make the crust: Stir the melted butter, sugar, vanilla and salt together in a small bowl. Add the flour and stir until everything is combined. Place mixture on cutting board and cut into 10 even portions. Place in greased cupcake tins. Mold to form pie shells. Bake for 10 minutes then pull from oven, mold pie shells while hot. 3. Make apple pie filling: Combine the diced apples, flour, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and clove together in a small bowl until apples are evenly coated. Set it aside. 4. Make the streusel: Whisk oats, brown sugar, cinnamon and flour together in a small bowl. Add cubed butter to flour mixture. Mix until resembles coarse crumbs. Set it aside. 5. Turn the oven to 350 degrees. Place apple pie filling into pie shells. Fill till one inch above the pie shell. Press down on filling. Sprinkle streusel on top of apples. Bake for 30 minutes or until golden brown. 6. Remove from oven and let cool for 20 minutes.

CALA NEWS & VIEWS I ISSUE 50 | AUGUST 2024

Dessert submitted by Jesse Garcia, Avista Dining Service Director, Avista Senior Living Magnolia , for the Culinary Knockout Competition.

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