My apple pie

I learned how to make Short crust pastry yesterday.. It's half fat to flour. plus egg, cold water, sugar and salt... Then u knead, knead and knead.. but not too much. Don't handle the flour too much or else it'll turn 'rubbery' when it's baked...

Here's the recipe:
Ingredients - For dough

• 1 egg
• 2 bowls of all purpose flour
• 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda/Baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 3 tbs Icing sugar
• Cold water to bind the flour
• 1/2 bowl shortening
• 1/2 bowl butter/margarine

Method:

1. Sieve together flour, bicarbonate of soda, salt and icing sugar.
   
2. Add in shortening and butter.
3. Use a butter knife to cut fat into small pieces to blend with the flour until it resembles fine bread crumbs.
4. Add in the egg yolk only.
   
5. Add in cold water a little at a time to bind the flour together using hands.
6. The dough is ready when it does not stick to the sides of the bowl and your hands.
7. Now, knead the dough with the palm of your hands.
   
8. Roll the dough with a rolling pin and place it into a pan.
   
9. Done.
   
10. Pre- bake the dough for 5 mins at 150

Sieved flour and fat.

Fine bread crumbs...

Add in egg yolk followed by cold water and bind it together; then knead

The dough is ready

pictures taken fr:http://www.pastrywiz.com/cakes/piedough.htm

THE DOUGH IS NOW READY.... YEHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH......

Ingredients - Filling

• 6 Granny Smith green apples
• 1 lemon
• 1/2 bowl raisins
• Ground Cinnamon
  
• 1 tbs soft brown sugar

Method

1. Peel and grate the apple
   
2. Add in the lemon juice, the raisins and the sugar.
3. Sprinkle the cinnamon onto the mixture and mix it thoroughly
4. Done

Then,

1. Add the filling into the dough and baked for 15-20 mins.
   
2. Keep an eye to make sure you don't get a burnt offering.. Hahahahahahhahahahahaha.

With the short crust pastry ready, my mom and I made the apple pie filling.. Yum, yum...

While pre- baking the pastry, I made pop corn. Cinnamon popcorn to be exact, it was not bad. Lite 'n' sweet popcorn with a slight cinnamon taste.

Took pictures of the pastry and popcorn.. Will upload it later..