Vegan Apple Tartlets Recipe

How to make it

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• Rub the spread into the flour with your hands and when it has mixed well, add enough water to make it into a ball of dough. This can be the tricky part, so please be careful about how much water you use.
• Wrap the dough in some greaseproof paper and stick in the refrigerator for a few hours.
• When you are ready to roll the pastry, take the dough out and bring to room temperature.
• Flour a nice big wooden chopping board or any work surface and roll out the pastry.
• Take a round cookie cuter and make 24 little pastry pieces.
• Place the pastry pieces in a mini tart tin. They are available at most department stores.
• Bake the pastry for 20 minutes or until lightly browned at 200°Celsius (390°Fahrenheit). Let cool for 1 hour and they will turn into nice hard shortcrust pastry cases for your apple tartlet.
• Peel and chop the apples and put into a saucepan (pot) and simmer along with the white and brown sugar, until the apples have softened. Stick in the cinnamon stick or sprinkle in as much cinnamon to your liking. I usually put a lot in because I just love the stuff. :)
• Simmer for 15 minutes.
• Get the pastry cases ready and with a teaspoon, fill in each case with the apple mixture.
• There should just be enough to make 24 tartlets.
• Once filled, put apple tartlets into the refrigerator overnight to set.
• When ready to eat sprinkle tartlets with sifted icing sugar. This part is optional. I was inspired by the snow outside to use the icing sugar.
• These apple tartlets will fill your mouth with fabulous flavors.
• ©Cooking With Dia
• For more pictures and recipe link see here: http://diadesigns.com/blog12/2009/02/03/dias-apple-tartlet/