You've got leftover apples, and you're craving something sweet, smooth and cinnamony? Try this recipe for a German apple pie, 'Apfelkuchen', filled with slices of apples. Its texture is brilliant, and so is the clean list of ingredients with clear origins - no artificial sugars, just plenty of fibre from the oat flour and a proper dose of protein from the eggs and Greek yoghurt. It makes an excellent and balanced snack or a cheeky sweet breakfast.🍎
Nutrition (1 serving)
- 273 kcal
- 35 g carbohydrates
- 12 g fats
- 6 g protein
Per 10 portions
- 200 g plain flour
- 50 g oat flour
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 12 g baking powder
- 100 g of grass-fed ghee
- 90 g coconut sugar
- 2 eggs
- 100 ml milk
- 100 g Greek yoghurt
- 4 apples
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 180 °C and prepare a round baking tin (we used a 20cm diameter one).
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Mix the eggs and 70g of coconut sugar into a foam (keep 20g of sugar to sprinkle on top of the pie). Add the melted ghee, Greek yoghurt, milk, and mix well.
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In a separate bowl, mix the flours, baking powder and cinnamon. Gradually mix in the dry mixture into the wet one.
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Using a spatula, softly mix in the sliced apples.
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Pour the batter into the tin and cover with the remaining coconut sugar (20g). Bake for 35‑40 minutes, until it turns golden.
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Let it cool and serve it with a little bit of quark or drizzled with your favourite nut butter.
Enjoy!
