Easy Oven-Baked Apricot Pie

Made from affordable and simple ingredients, light and airy! A simple apricot pie in the oven is easy and quick to prepare, using what you almost always have on hand. You can use fresh or frozen fruit for it. The dough here is soft, on a biscuit base, with the addition of butter.
cook time: 1h 20 min
Miles Denholm
Easy Oven-Baked Apricot Pie

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

264
Calories
11g
Fat
36g
Carbs
5g
Protein

Ingredients (8 portions)

Basic:

Salt (pinch) 1 g
Sugar 200 g
Wheat flour (220-250 g) 250 g
Butter 120 g
Eggs (large) 3 pc
Baking powder 1 tsp
Apricots 400 g

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
How to bake apricot pie in the oven? This is the easiest pie ever! To begin, prepare the necessary ingredients according to the list. The butter should be at room temperature, so remove it from the refrigerator in advance. Take the highest grade flour. Large, selected eggs are needed. If the eggs are small, take one more.

Step 2

Step 2
Wash the apricots and dry them. Cut each in half and remove the pits. To ensure that apricots retain their shape and do not spread, choose ripe but dense fruits.

Step 3

Step 3
Beat soft butter at room temperature with sugar until fluffy.

Step 4

Step 4
Add the eggs one at a time, beating the mixture with a mixer until smooth and fluffy after each. The result is an air mass. The eggs must be well beaten, then the cake will rise well in the oven.

Step 5

Step 5
Gradually add the flour sifted with salt and baking powder. Beat the dough either with a mixer at low speed or stir with a spatula. It is very important to add flour in parts because you may need more or less. It is important to focus on consistency. For example, I needed 230 g of flour.

Step 6

Step 6
The dough should be non-flowing, slightly dense, but not tough. The consistency should be such that the dough can hold the apricot halves on the surface and they will not fall through.

Step 7

Step 7
Line a baking pan with a diameter of 20-22 cm with parchment, grease with butter and dust with flour. Transfer the dough to the prepared pan and smooth it out.

Step 8

Step 8
Place the apricots cut side up on top of the dough. Again, they should not fall into the dough, but lie on the surface. If desired, you can lightly sprinkle the apricots with sugar.

Step 9

Step 9
Bake the pie in an oven preheated to 180°C for about 50 minutes. It is better not to open the oven for the first 25-30 minutes, otherwise the cake may settle. The exact baking time depends on your oven, the chosen pan and the thickness of the cake. It is better to take a closed, solid form. Not a cooking ring like mine. Because the biscuit dough is quite liquid and until it sets, it may leak a little from below. You need a very even ring so that there are no gaps between it and the bottom.

Step 10

Step 10
Cool the finished pie in the pan for 10 minutes, then transfer to a plate and cut into pieces. Bon appetit!

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