Apple-Cinamon Galette & Salted Caramel Whipped Cream

You may not know, dear American readers, that here in Canada, Thanksgiving is celebrated on the first Monday of October? So, perhaps all these Thanksgiving-themed recipes are coming at you much earlier than expected, but they will fit the season in any case! I made three pies/galettes for a thanksgiving potluck at my darling friend Nathan’s home. A true hit they were.

You’ll need:

• Galette crust
  For the Dough you’ll need:
  • 2 cups of flour
  • 1/3 cup cream cheese
  • 2/3 cup of butter
  • 2 T milk or water
  • 2 t baking powder
  • 1 t salt
  • 1 t honey
  • Additional flour for sprinkling
• 4 apples
• 3 T butter
• 1/4 cup of brown sugar
• 1 T cinamon
• 1 T flour

Directions:

For the dough:

1. Preheat oven to 350*F
2. Place flour, salt, and baking powder in a bowl.
3. Cut butter and cream cheese into small cubes and place them in the bowl.
4. Mix well with a hook attachment to a mixer or simply with your hands.
5. Add milk and honey and continue until you’ve formed a dough
6. Spread flour on a cutting board and on rolling pin. Roll out dough until its around 10-12″ wide
7. Use a big ol’ plate as a stencil for your crust
   
8. Place it on a baking pan

For the apples-insides:

1. Cut apples into thin slices
2. In a pan, melt butter and add cinamon and brown sugar
3. Add sliced apples and allow them to become drenched in butter mixture. Once they become fragrant and are soft, they are finished.
4. Carefully scoop the apples and place them in the center of the dough
   
5. Carefully fold the sides of the galette onto itself:
   
6. Add flour to remaining sauce to allow it to thicken
   and pour it all over your galette’s insides
   
7. If you have extra dough, consider making it into fun shapes like leaves for autumn!
   

   Cut out shapes

   

   put stem on top of leaf

   

   Flip over and press over stem, then detail with knife

8. Marvel at your unbaked galette

9. 9. Place in an oven for about 2o minutes until golden:
   

And Enjoy!

Slice me!

Don’t forget to check out the Pumpkin-Maple Pie, Salted Caramel Whipped Cream, or Fool-proof Pie Crust Tutorial !

Tags: apples, autumn, caramel, cinamon, dessert, fall, salted caramel, thanksgiving potluck