But then I decided it'd be fun to try making these pretty Butterscotch Apple Mini Galettes. Seriously, check out that link, hers are beautiful! Don't they just beg you to try them? Plus, if I made them then I could manufacture a Thanksgiving thing to blog about. How could this go wrong?
It crossed my mind that I could bake my little pies on Tuesday, but then I got busy and figured there was always Wednesday. Should have baked Tuesday 'cuz Wednesday was not my day.
Things started off ok; the butterscotch came together nicely (though, it's actually scotch-less butterscotch since I didn't have any whisky on-hand), but it was still sweet and tasty.
The filling wasn't a problem; it's difficult to mess up sliced apples tossed in sugar, flour and lemon juice.. but then came the crust. Not all pie crusts are created equal.
In my cookbook there's a recipe that I generally use when making crust from scratch. However, this time I thought, Bakerella's a professional, hers probably will be better than my old stand-by, I'll do it her way.
But, no.. while her picture is clearly very soft and malleable, mine was crumbly and kind of tough (too much flour?? over kneaded??)... Either way, not a promising beginning... Still, I managed to work them into an approximation of what they were supposed to look like, and into the oven they went!
Then it got really exciting. According to the recipe, you're supposed to start off by baking them for 20 minutes at 425 degrees. Turns out, my parchment paper is only supposed to go up to 420 degrees... much smoke and fire-alarm-screaming ensued.
Happily, all was not lost. I was able to salvage the little pies. I tossed the parchment paper (happily, before anything burst into flames) and just cooked the pies on my pans directly. They were a little crispy around the bottoms (since all the butterscotch sauce ooozed out the cracks in the crust 'til they were swimming in very, very over-caramelized butterscotch) but we brought them for Thanksgiving all the same.
And, when all was said and done, they were pretty tasty!
1 comment:
those look super yummy! Maybe we'll have to talk you into making some next time you're up this way. Next time maybe you could try tin foil under the pies.
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