Features of "Apple Shortbread Tart"

Served as dessert. Vegetarian dish. Speciality: Low Sodium, Low Protein diet.

Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 55 minutes
Serves: 6-8
Time to make: < 60 min

Ingredients for "Apple Shortbread Tart"
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Crust
1 1/4 cups unbleached White Flour
1 Tablespoon Sugar
1 teaspoon Baking Powder
1/2 cup Butter, at room temperature,cut into eight pieces
1 Egg Yolk
1 Tablespoon Heavy Cream

Filling
7 medium Tart Apples, peeled,cored,and sliced thinly
1/2 cup Sugar (or to taste)
2 Tablespoons Butter, softened
1 1/2 Tablespoons unbleached White Flour
1/2 teaspoon ground Cinnamon

Method of cooking "Apple Shortbread Tart"

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Place the dry ingredients for the crust in a large bowl and blend them. Add the butter, egg yolk, and cream. Using your hands, work the mixture quickly until it is crumbly. Press it into the bottom of a 9-inch spring form pan. For the filling, arrange the apples in a pattern over the dough. Mix the rest of the filling ingredients together until crumbly. Sprinkle this over the apples. Bake for about 40 minutes.