Toaster Oven Apple Tart Food

APPLE PIE THAT KIDS CAN MAKE IN THE TOASTER OVEN/CARRIE SHERIDAN

Steps:

• Preheat toaster oven to 350.
• While coring and slicing apples (you can peel them but it isn't necessary -- especially for organic apples), melt butter in a 1-cup stainless steel measuring cup (or any oven-safe small dish in the toaster oven as you are preheating it for baking. Remove from toaster oven and add 1/2 cup flour (can use Pamela's Gluten Free baking mix) and 1/4 cup sugar to the butter. Add egg, if desired.
• Fill a stainless steel breading tray (available at amazon.com or williams-sonoma and a great size for cooking or baking in a toaster oven) with thinly sliced apples. Sprinkle lemon juice over apples, if desired.
• Mix a little less than 1/4 cup white sugar wirh 1 to 1-1/2 teaspoons of cinnamon OR cardamon and sprinkle this over the apples.
• Sprinkle th butter, flour and sugar mixture over the apples.
• Return the stainless steel breading tray to the preheated toaster oven and set timer for 20 minutes at 350 degrees. At 20 minutes, check to see if the apples are soft enough and if the topping is cooked enough. Bake for an additional 5-20 minutes until the topping is cooked well enough.
• Let cool. Serve with ice cream, if desired.

APPLE TART

Steps:

• Take 1 taco shell and cut out a circle. Brush it with melted butter. Sprinkle with granulated sugar. Put it between 2 cookie sheets and bake at 275 degrees for about 15 minutes.
• Cover an oven proof plate with tightly secured plastic wrap. Brush generously with melted butter. Peel the apple and core it. Thinly slice the apple with a mandoline. Fan out the slices on the plastic wrap so it is the same size as the cut taco shell circle. Brush the apple with melted butter. Sprinkle with granulated sugar. Bake at 360 degrees for about 10 minutes. Let it cool, but not completely. Slide the apple over the taco shell making sure it keeps its shape. Serve.

TOASTER OVEN APPLE TART

Steps:

• In a small bowl, mix together the sugar and cinnamon. Brush the tortilla with half of the melted butter and sprinkle it with half of the cinnamon sugar. Toast in the toaster oven until slightly toasted but not browned, about 3 minutes. Arrange the apple slices on the tortilla in a fan shape. Brush with the remaining melted butter and sprinkle with the remaining cinnamon sugar. Return to the toaster oven and toast until the apples are soft and the sugar is bubbly, 8 to 10 minutes. Remove and sprinkle with salt to taste. Drizzle with caramel sauce, if using.

APPLE TART

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Combine flour and salt in a bowl. Rub butter into flour and salt with your fingers. Add water to make a dough and stir with a knife. Form into a ball with your hands. Roll out the pastry evenly and line a pie dish or tart pan. Leave in the refrigerator.
• Peel, quarter and core the apples and cut into thin slices. Neatly arrange the apples on the pastry.
• Whisk the egg and sugar together in a bowl. Add the double cream slowly. Add the cinnamon. Whisk together thoroughly so the cinnamon does not make any lumps. Pour the cream mixture over the apples. Place the apple tart in the oven and bake for 25 minutes, until golden on top.
• Serve with good vanilla ice cream.