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Apple Dessert Recipe: Apple Crumble Tarts

Delicious Twist On Dutch Apple Pie, Loved By Apple Pie Fans!

If you love Dutch apple pie, you'll love these delicious apple crumble tarts, made with fresh apples, and homemade vegan pie crust.

The advantages of apple tarts over apple pie: Smaller: if you can stop at one, you're better off. Easier: you can pick up and eat them with your fingers. More elegant: strictly a subjective judgement.

Total prep & cook time: 40 min

12 Servings

Nutrition Data Per Serving, 139 g: 214 calories, 43 g carbohydrate, 4 g fat, 150 mg sodium, 4 g dietary fiber, 4 g protein, low in Saturated Fat, very low in Cholesterol, good source of Selenium, and very good source of Manganese. Estimated glycemic load: 21

Besides an oven, you'll need:

A muffin tin
A veggie peeler, and a sharp paring knife
A heavy wooden or marble rolling pin, something like this
A sturdy pastry blender with flat blades, not wires. Here's a good example. Here's another one. You can use two knives, or a fork, but it's laborious
A couple of large bowls

Apple Tart Ingredients:

1 recipe vegan pie crust
6 med-large apples
1/2 cup sugar
Crumb Topping:
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/3 cup brown sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
1/3 cup melted vegan margarine

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Roll out pie crust to 1/8 inch thickness, and cut into twelve 3 1/2 inch rounds
Place rounds into muffin tins
Peel, quarter, and core apples
Cut each quarter in half lengthwise and slice each half into 1/4 inch thick pieces

Mix the apple pieces with the sugar and fill each tart with the apples
Mix all topping ingredients together with your fingers to form a crumbly mixture
Sprinkle topping over apples
Bake for about 35 minutes until the apples are bubbling and the crust and topping are golden
Cool the tarts in the pan for at least 1/2 hour before (carefully) removing from tins