Whole Wheat Apple Tart

Good morning!

Last night on our Facebook page I shared a photo of an apple tart, and I promised you the recipe...

Well, here it is!

Whole Wheat Apple Tart

What is great about this recipe is that it takes very few ingredients, the ingredients can easily be substituted, all are whole foods, the filling has very little sugar, and no refined sugars.  

Nearly all of my ingredients are organic, including the apples, but conventional ingredients will work just as well.

Crust (Adapted from Whole Foods)

3/4 c whole wheat flour

1/2 c unbleached white flour

7 Tbsp cold unsalted butter

1/8 tsp sea salt

2 or 3 Tbsp of ice water

I don't know about you, but I love using my food processor for making pie crusts!  No cutting in butter. No pastry blender.  It does all of the work for me, even forming the dough into a lovely ball!

Blend the 2 flours, add the salt (give the processor a whir if using one), add the cubed butter, and blend until crumbly.  Add 2 or 3 Tbsp of ice water (depending on your needs).  Pulse until a ball forms (if not using a processor, form into a ball yourself).  Wrap and refrigerate until needed (at least 30 min).

Roll out, and press into a tart pan.

Preheat oven to 325.

Filling

5 or 6 apples washed, cored, and sliced

1/4 c Turbinado sugar (pure cane)

3 Tbsp raw honey

1 1/2 tsp cinnamon

2 Tbsp unbleached white flour or whole wheat

3 Tbsp raw almond slivers

1 Tbsp black chia seeds

Mix all ingredients in a large bowl.  

I know what you're thinking.  My goodness, that seems like anwful lot of cinnamon!  Surely it must be more than 1 1/2 tsp?  Well, it just so happens that it is.  1 1/2 Tbsp, to be exact.  Yes, I read the measure wrong.  Yes, I thought it seemed like too much, as well.  In the interest of full disclosure, I am one of those people that, whilst driving, will say, "Do you hear that sound?  It sounds like there is something under the car."  I keep driving though, mind you.  It was only my trash can, after all.  

Arrange the apples slices neatly, or not.  It's up to you, really.  As you can see, I did a bit of both.  :)  Neat around the outside (2 layers), but just sort of dumped in the middle.  

Bake for 45 minutes.  Letting it cool before serving will make it easier to slice. 

Enjoy!

:)