Tequila apple pies

Warning: Do not make these early in the morning. The smell was way too intense!

40g tequila
Juice of 1 lime
1/4tsp cinammon
1 1/2tsp vanilla
4 granny smith apples, peeled and diced
6tbsp flour
3/4c brown sugar

- Combine the tequila, cinnamon, lime juice and vanilla in a medium sized bowl. Soak the apples for 15 minutes. Drain apples but don't discard the liquid, you need it later!
- Add the flour and sugar to the apples and combine well.
- Cut pastry to fit into a greased muffin tray (I used puff pastry, possible not the best idea, as the tops exploded!) - I think next time I will bake them in ramekin dishes instead, that usually works out better for me
- Pour in the apples, and top with more pastry or a crumble mix or whatever you want!
- Bake at 180deg C for 20 minutes odd (I didn't actually take notice of the time, but I made them in the morning and then reheated them for another 15 minutes that night which probably took total baking time to closer to 40 minutes, and they weren't overcooked, they were crispy and delicious)

As angry as I was that the tops exploded off these pies, they looked really cute! I combined the rest of the tequila liquid with some cream and icing sugar to make tequila cream! yum! The tequila wasn't noticeable at all, these pies were so so good, I'd definitely make them again. And there was none left after our dinner party, which is always a good sign.

Berry custard pie

Ingredients

150g frozen berries

1 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tbsp custard powder

1/2 tbsp sugar

1/2c milk

- Place berries and cinnamon in a bowl, mix, pour into ramekins or a pie dish

- Combine custard powder and sugar, add a little milk and mix to a paste. Stir in remaining milk and stir over a low heat until custard has formed

- Pour over fruit and bake at 180 deg C for 25-30 minutes

This was okay. I definitely prefered my apple sauce pie from a few weeks ago, but Tom enjoyed this. I think I'm just not a fan of warm berries. And I forgot the cinnamon! Was quick and easy though, and I got to add my new favourite thing- whipped cream in a can.

Mini applesauce pies

Today I felt like a fraud because I made muffins out of a box, and was equally upset because I had nothing to blog about. But alas, tonight after making thai chicken curry pie, I had leftover pastry and decided to make some applesauce pies with Tom's mum's homemade applesauce.

1 egg
1/2c sugar
1/4c melted butter
1 tbsp flour
1/4tsp vanilla
1tbsp lemon juice
1/2c apple sauce

Combine all ingredients in a bowl, pour into ramekins, top with flaky puff pastry and bake for 30-40 mins on 180deg C.
If you want to make a regular sized pie the recipe was originally double these ingredients.

These are delicious! I couldn't eat a whole one, it's quite sweet, we topped them with whipped cream in a can. What an awesome end to the weekend!

P.s. Can you guess which one is Tom's!?