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In late summer and autumn, apple charlotte is one of the most popular baking recipes. And anyone can make charlotte with apples - it’s so simple and quick! 🙂 And what a aroma will spread throughout the house! This simple apple pie tastes amazing!
Charlotte with apples is a recipe that brings the whole family and friends together for tea and a pleasant conversation!..

The photo above is new, I recently made charlotte in a springform pan; step by step photos were made 2 years ago - then I baked in a frying pan. This does not affect the taste, but the shape is more convenient - the charlotte is more fluffy, smooth, and easier to take out. 🙂 Well, now let’s move on to the recipe, I haven’t changed the text, I’ll just add a new photo at the end and add some nuances.

I also recommend that you definitely try the amber apple pie! The dough for it is made in almost the same way as for charlotte, only there is less sugar and flour. But there are more apples! It turns out amazingly tasty and beautiful. The recipe will open in a new tab when you click on the photo.

Apple season begins! In all the gardens you can hear the amazing aroma of ripening apples. July thunderstorms and the wind continually knock them off the branches, and in the mornings the garden is strewn with apples! It doesn’t matter that the apples are still greenish and a little beaten down after falling - they are perfect for baking the fastest and most delicious apple pie!

I was very surprised to learn that what I thought was a simple apple pie, turns out to be a classic charlotte! It is amazingly easy and quick to prepare, for which it is sometimes called a “five-minute pie.” Let's bake a fluffy and tender apple treat - one of my favorite types of homemade baked goods!

Ingredients:

• 3 eggs;
• half a glass of sugar;
• an incomplete glass of flour;
• 1 teaspoon of soda;
• 1 tablespoon vinegar;
• 5 – 7 – 10 apples (depending on their size).

That's all, as you can see, the set of products is minimal, and the pie is enough for the whole family, because it is very fluffy!

How to bake:

The most time-consuming task in this recipe is peeling the apples, which we will do first. After washing them, cut them into quarters and remove the cores and peel.

Let's prepare the pie pan. It is best to take a springform pan, cover the bottom with pastry paper and grease this paper and the sides of the pan with sunflower oil. Or grease with butter and sprinkle with breadcrumbs or semolina.

Well, this time I decided to try baking in a cast-iron frying pan - to find out how it would turn out, because not everyone has springform pans. I’ll say right away: if not, it’s worth buying - for such pies and biscuits. The pie stuck to the bottom, despite being greased with oil, and it took a lot of pain to get it out by prying it with a spatula :)

Cut the apples into thin small slices and scatter them evenly over the bottom of the pan. Now you can cook thick crust, without fear that it will settle while we are fiddling with the apples.

Beat the eggs with sugar using a mixer; there is no need to separate the yolks from the whites, as for a sponge cake!

Beat for a minute - one and a half, this is enough to get a fluffy thick mass with bubbles.

Pour flour into a bowl, soda into the flour, quench with vinegar and mix thoroughly, but carefully, so as not to knock down the foam.

Pour the dough onto the apples, distribute it evenly with a spoon, and place the mold in a preheated oven.

It bakes for five minutes, although not 5 minutes, but still quite quickly - 20 - 25 minutes, over medium heat, closer to high. Just check from time to time with a stick so that it doesn’t turn out that the top is already burnt and the middle is still runny. In this case, the heat needs to be reduced a little, not sharply, so that the cake does not “shrink”.

After tasting the pie with a skewer again and making sure that it is dry, we take the pastry out of the oven.

We wait until it cools down a little and remove the cake from the mold. It is convenient to turn it over onto the lid of the pan, and then from the lid onto the dish.

Cut the pie into portions - look how fluffy and fluffy it is! Sweet dough perfectly complements the sour taste of tender baked apples. Just what you need for a soulful tea party!

...What if you bake an apple sponge cake with chocolate?.. The pear chocolate charlotte turned out to be very tasty, I should try the apple version, it’s a tempting idea! 🙂

And here is the promised new photo.

I baked this charlotte in a springform pan, greased with butter and sprinkled with crackers. And instead of soda and vinegar, I added a little soda (half a teaspoon) and a little citric acid (a pinch) to the dough. The result was a real apple sponge cake, tall and fluffy! True, the apples remained at the bottom in the form of a thin layer.

So next time I did it differently: I poured a layer of dough into the mold (about 1/3 of it), then put apples on the dough and poured the rest of the dough on top. This option turned out to be the best: the pie turned out juicy, not dry like a sponge cake, but wonderfully apple-y! And one more nuance: sprinkle the apple layer a little with cinnamon. Just a little bit, and what a scent it will be!..

I have had the opportunity to perform charlotte in different kitchens, in different states, with and without a support group... they always turn out airy. Anyone who tries this pie for the first time usually hums with pleasure and asks. Interested in trying it? Then let's begin!

We start, as usual, by beating three eggs (no need to separate the yolks from the whites - extra worries). Continuing whisking, add sugar and bring to cream color. And only after that add flour and continue beating until it becomes viscous. The dough should become as light as possible. This is...

For home gourmets or special occasions, add a pinch of cinnamon and nutmeg. Our little masterpiece cannot be spoiled by anything - neither sour cream, nor butter, nor soda slaked with vinegar, nor baking powder.

We bake in one of two ways:

1. For a crispy crust Place the apples, cored and cut into thin slices, into a mold and fill with dough. The dough should be given a little time to fill the voids between the apples. Children love to feast on the candied crust and bring it to an indecent state, so I recommend this method for a narrow home circle.

2. To “bring the pie to light”, pour the dough into the mold and beautifully arrange apple slices on top (in circles, fans, rosettes), lightly sprinkling them with granulated sugar.

By the way, to reduce the calorie content of the pie, it is better to use a silicone mold, which does not need to be greased.

2a. For “Charlotte’s release into the big world” you need a baking sheet and a double dose of the original products. Pour the dough into the prepared baking sheet (you can’t do without oil here) and place apple slices on it, carefully row by row along long side baking tray. Usually you get 4 rows. After baking, dividing into portions is a matter of seconds. The baking sheet holds 20 good servings.

Bake the cake for 35-40 minutes at a temperature of 180-200 degrees. In a convection oven, the crust turns out a little faster at 165 degrees.

Charlotte is an all-season pie: in winter we bake it with dried apricots and raisins, in spring we add rhubarb. In the summer we bake with currants, raspberries, shadberry, blueberries and other berries (we bake according to option 1). The same delicious charlotte autumn - with plums or apples. It's high apple season now. And let the “dull time” please not only with shades of “eyes of charm”, but also with the charm of taste.

I believe that you will now be asked to perform the charlotte quite often...

Don’t worry about a slim figure and a decent amount of carbohydrates in the dish. If you don’t get carried away with charlotte at dinner, but serve it for breakfast as a main course or for lunch as a dessert, then your figure will remain within the bounds of decency.

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I wish you bon appetit, good health and family well-being!

Summer is a wonderful time that not only makes us happy wonderful weather, but also an abundance of fresh fruits and berries. The end of summer, the beginning of autumn, this is the well-known season of apples, which we eat fresh with pleasure, and they can also be used to make very tasty and simple desserts. An example of such a dish is charlotte on a quick fix. It is very easy to prepare, and most importantly, your family and loved ones will definitely be happy with this delicacy. The pie turns out not only tasty, but also incredibly aromatic.

Let's take a closer look at our quick recipe, namely, we will study the list of necessary ingredients.

• 3 chicken eggs;
• 0.5 cups flour;
• 1 tablespoon vinegar;
• 0.5 cups sugar;
• 0.5 tablespoon of soda;
• 7 medium apples.

From the list of products you can see that everything will turn out quickly and tasty. So, let's see how to prepare our quick charlotte with apples.

Step by step recipe

1. Let's start with the most labor-intensive part, namely, take the apples and begin to peel them. Then we cut them into small pieces, or rather slices. Don’t forget to cut out the core; it will be absolutely useless in our dish. The apples are ready, put them aside for a while.
2. Next, we need to prepare a suitable form so that the pie turns out not only tasty, but also beautiful. A mold with split edges is best suited for this. So, take a mold, put baking paper on it, and grease it well. Don't forget about the sides of the mold, they also need to be greased. There is also one little secret that housewives use: they grease everything with butter and then sprinkle with semolina or breadcrumbs. This is a matter of taste and preference. If there is no removable pan, of course you can use any other one, but some difficulties may arise during baking, especially if you are making this dish for the first time.
3. The form is ready, which means we return to the apples. Next, cut them into small pieces and place them tightly and evenly along the bottom of the container. Some people wonder why we deal with apples first and then only dough. The answer is very simple, if you do everything the other way around, the dough may settle and lose all its appearance while waiting. Therefore, due to experience, we do just that, and our ordinary charlotte will be unusually tasty.
   
4. Let's start preparing the dough itself, on which the success of our dish depends. Take a convenient container and beat the prepared eggs into it. Then, using a mixer, beat them thoroughly. Please note that there is no need to separate the yolks from the whites, which greatly simplifies the work and makes our quick recipe stand out. You need to beat the eggs for about 2 minutes, then the mass will turn out fluffy and a little bubbly.
   
5. Next, add flour to our bowl of food. After this, we send the soda already quenched with vinegar. When all the ingredients are added, you need to mix, we do it confidently, but carefully so that our charming foam does not get lost and the dough remains the same high.
6. Pour the resulting dough onto the apples laid out in the mold. To make it beautiful, take a spoon and lightly level it over the entire surface.
7. A quick charlotte with aromatic apples is almost ready. Preheat the oven and place the mold with the dough in it and wait. As you can see, preparing charlotte with apples was not at all difficult, and it didn’t take much time. You don't have to wait long for the pie to bake, about 20 minutes. Don't set the heat in the oven low, but don't turn it on all the way either. During baking, you can safely check whether our regular charlotte is ready. We do this in the absolutely usual way, by piercing the dish with a stick or toothpick. This is necessary to evaluate the uniformity of baking of the pie. After all, it may be that the outside of the dish is covered with a golden brown crust, but the inside is still raw, in which case the fire in the oven needs to be reduced a little. But here, too, there is a little secret of the housewives: if you sharply and significantly reduce the heat, the pie may settle. When the baking test stick is dry and there are no traces of cake left on it after piercing, then the charlotte is on quick hand ready.
   

We just have to wait a little while for our baked goods to cool down. To make it convenient to lay out the pie, turn the pan over onto the lid, then from the lid onto the prepared dish.

How sometimes you want to please your loved ones homemade cakes. But sometimes there is absolutely no time to tinker with the dough and prepare dozens of different ingredients for complex recipe. What should I do? A simple and delicious recipe charlottes with apples. The most fast charlottes in the oven and slow cooker. Fillings with apples and oranges.

Easy to prepare

The good thing about fruit pies is that you can always find the ingredients for them on hand. If you are short on time, then a quick charlotte recipe is just the thing. Chop fruit and shake batter- a matter of five minutes. All that remains is to combine the ingredients of the pie in the mold and turn on the oven. Voila. You can return to other worries while the fragrant baked goods ripen in the oven without your participation.

Quick charlotte in the oven

When you need to prepare a dish as quickly as possible, it is important that there are as few cooking steps as possible: cutting, stirring, pouring and baking. A simple recipe for charlotte with apples in the oven is just like that. A minimum of time, effort, and you can invite everyone to the table.

Classic recipe

The dish takes 45 minutes to prepare. Of these, it will take only 5 minutes to beat and prepare the components. The charlotte will spend the rest of the time in the oven.

You will need:

• apples - 3 pcs.;
• sugar - one and a half glasses;
• flour - one and a half glasses;
• egg - 4 pcs.

Preparation

1. In a deep bowl, beat the eggs with sugar. It will be faster if you use the mixer at high speed.
2. Add the flour to the same bowl and mix on low speed or with a whisk.
3. Remove the seeds from the apples and cut them.
4. Pour the fruit into a greased pan and pour the batter on top.
5. Bake the charlotte for 40 minutes at 190 degrees

You can quickly sprinkle charlotte with cinnamon, powdered sugar, or pour glaze over portioned pieces.

On kefir

This is probably the simplest recipe for charlotte with apples. No complicated steps or unusual products included. In addition, the dish is prepared without a mixer. The splendor of the dough is achieved by adding slaked soda. This is the case when it turns out quickly and tasty.

You will need:

• butter - 100 g;
• apples - 4 pcs.;
• kefir - 1 glass;
• flour - 2 cups;
• egg - 2 pcs.;
• sugar - 1 glass;
• soda - half a teaspoon;
• vinegar - a teaspoon.

Preparation

1. Place the butter in the microwave until it becomes liquid.
2. Pour sugar into it, add kefir and eggs. You need to stir until smooth.
3. Pour flour and baking soda into the dough, sprinkled with vinegar.
4. Cut the prepared apples into the dough.
5. Pour the mixture into a deep baking tray and bake for half an hour at 180 degrees.

Quick charlotte with apples is best served warm. If the fruit is sweet, you can reduce the amount of sugar or add some sour berries, such as lingonberries or cranberries, to the dough.

With apples and sour cream

The sour cream dough makes ordinary charlotte tender and soft inside. Traditionally, sour apples are best, but even with the sweet and sour variety, this quick pie always turns out well. In just 10 minutes you will complete all the preparatory work, and then the oven will start working.

You will need:

• apples - 5 medium;
• sour cream - 1 glass;
• sugar - 1 glass;
• egg - 2 pcs.;
• flour - 1 glass;
• soda - half a teaspoon;
• vinegar - 1 teaspoon;
• cinnamon, vanillin.

Preparation

1. Shake sugar, sour cream and eggs.
2. Add baking soda and vinegar to the bowl with eggs, and carefully add flour and vanillin.
3. Knead a fairly viscous dough, but not thicker than for pancakes.
4. Peel the apples, cut them and sprinkle with cinnamon.
5. Pour some of the fruit into a mold lined with baking paper.
6. Pour over the dough. Then add the second part of the apples, pour the rest of the dough on top.
7. Bake the charlotte in the oven for 40 minutes at 180 degrees.

Choose strong, flavorful apples for baking. Slightly underripe ones are preferable to overripe ones. If you don't have sour apples on hand, add lemon or orange zest to the pie. Also, a couple of plums or a handful of currants will add additional flavors.

With vegetable oil

Dough in this simple recipe apple charlotte has a consistency similar to a chiffon sponge cake - just as tender and airy. And the dish is prepared very quickly. It will take a few minutes preparatory work, and then the oven will do all the work. All that remains is to set the table.

You will need:

• odorless vegetable oil - 6 tbsp. l.;
• apples - 5 pcs.;
• sugar - half a glass;
• flour - 1 glass;
• egg - 3 pcs.;
• baking powder.

Preparation

1. Shake the eggs with vegetable oil and sugar, add baking powder to the mixture.
2. Add flour, knead a fairly viscous dough.
3. Cut the fruits randomly directly into the bowl with the dough.
4. Mix everything and place in a greased baking dish.
5. Turn on the oven at 200°C and bake for 40 minutes.

Quick recipes for a slow cooker

Classical

Apple pie in a slow cooker is prepared according to classic recipe. The absence of additional ingredients and operations will speed up the process.

You will need:

• sugar - 1 glass;
• apples - 3 pcs.;
• flour - 1 glass;
• egg - 3 pcs.;
• baking powder - 12 g;
• oil - a little for lubrication.

Preparation

1. Peel and cut the apples.
2. Whisk the sugar and three eggs.
3. Add baking powder and flour to the dough.
4. Grease the bowl and pour fruit into it.
5. Pour the dough into the bowl and press the "Bake" button.
6. Cook the pie for 65 minutes.

With oranges

When it comes to preparing a dish in a hurry, this does not mean that it must be classic, without any zest. Any, even a fairly simple recipe for apple charlotte, can be diversified and brought in something non-standard, for example, a wonderful duet of orange and apple.

Sweet apples will also work; orange will add the necessary sourness. With sour fruits, you can add a little sugar.

You will need:

• orange - 2 medium;
• apples - 2 medium-sized;
• egg - 5 pcs.;
• flour - 200 g;
• sugar - 150 g;
• baking powder - 1 tsp;
• zest of two oranges;
• vanillin, cinnamon - optional;
• oil for greasing the bowl.

Preparation

1. Beat the eggs with sugar with a whisk or mixer.
2. Mix baking powder and zest with sifted flour and vanilla. Combine with egg mixture.
3. Peel and cut apples and oranges.
4. Place a piece of buttered parchment on the bottom of the bowl.
5. Pour the dough into the bowl.
6. Place oranges and apples, sprinkle with cinnamon.
7. Run the Bake program for 65 minutes. When baking is finished, keep the charlotte in the multicooker in the keep warm mode with the lid closed for another 15 minutes.

Separate the edges of the baked goods from the sides of the pan using a silicone spatula. To place the charlotte on a dish, use the steam insert.

That's why easy recipe charlotte with apples and oranges, you can bake a pie with any frozen berries that are in the refrigerator. Both sour lingonberries or cranberries in combination with apples, as well as sweet cherries, are suitable here.

Every housewife has her own favorite recipes. When a dish is prepared quickly and does not require complex manipulations, its chances of becoming a favorite undoubtedly increase. A simple recipe for charlotte pie with apples - the leader among all easy recipes and quick baking for tea. And many additional options to diversify this dessert will make it indispensable in your recipe collection.

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Hello my dear baking lovers! Today I want to introduce you to some simple step by step recipes charlottes with apples.

I don’t know anyone who doesn’t love such delicious and fluffy baked goods. Well, only if a person is on a diet. Although this does not mean that he does not love her.

Every time I write about baking, I remember to repeat that flour should be sifted through a sieve before adding it to the dough. This way it will be more tender and airy.

You can add apples of any variety. I like sweeter ones, but this is all for everyone. Many people prefer sweet and sour varieties. So choose for yourself.

I’ll start, perhaps, with the method to which I’ve become accustomed since childhood. The same one we used to learn how to cook at school. Previously, not everyone had mixers and had to beat everything with a regular whisk. Can you imagine? Well, at least progress does not stand still and now almost every housewife has electric assistants in the kitchen.

Ingredients:

• Wheat flour - 1 cup
• Sugar - 1 glass
• Chicken eggs - 3 pcs
• Apples - 2-3 pcs.
• Salt - 1 teaspoon
• Butter - for lubrication

Preparation:

1. Wash the apples, cut them into halves and remove the core and seeds. Then cut into cubes.

2. Now let's do the dough. Beat the eggs, then add sugar to them and beat thoroughly again with a mixer until white foam. You can also use a blender, it will turn out just as good. In general, whatever is at hand. The main thing is to beat until white fluffy foam.

3. Sift the flour through a sieve and add to the resulting mixture. Mix thoroughly until smooth. The dough should have the consistency of thick sour cream.

4. Take a baking dish, put parchment paper in it, grease it with butter and place fruit pieces on the bottom.

5. Then pour the dough into the mold and mix with the apples. Smooth the dough into the mold.

6. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees and bake our pie there for 30-40 minutes. Then take it out, let it cool a little and enjoy some tea.

You can check readiness with a wooden stick. Pierce the pie with it and pull it out. If the stick is dry, then everything is ready.

The simplest recipe for charlotte pie with apples and sour cream (quick and tasty)

To make our pie richer, tasty and not dry, try this simple option. The baked goods are more tender.

Ingredients:

• Eggs - 4 pcs
• Sugar – 170 gr
• Flour - 170 gr
• Sour cream 15-20% - 1 tbsp. with a slide
• Baking powder - 5 g
• Apples - 3-4 pcs.

Preparation:

1. Break the eggs into a bowl, add sugar and stir a little until smooth. Then add a spoonful of sour cream and mix well with a whisk again.

2. Then gradually stir in the flour until the dough comes together. The flour should first be sifted. Next, add baking powder and mix again.

3. Take the apples, cut them into halves and discard the cores and seeds. Cut them into large pieces. Add fruit to mixture and stir.

4. Grease a baking dish with butter, pour the dough into it and smooth it out. Preheat the oven in advance to 180-190 degrees. Then place the baking sheet there for 30-35 minutes (don't forget to check readiness with a wooden stick or toothpick).

5. When the pie is ready, remove from the oven, let cool and transfer to a towel or cutting board. The charlotte turned out golden brown, with a crispy crust. And the inside is airy and tender.

Very tasty and fluffy charlotte with apples on kefir in the oven

Here is another simple recipe for our pie. And, of course, if you do everything right, it will be very fluffy and incredibly tasty. Although, I don’t know what needs to be done to ruin such baked goods. It's all so easy.

Ingredients:

• Kefir - 1 glass
• Sugar - 1 glass
• Flour - 2 cups
• Egg - 2 pcs.
• Refined oil - 50 ml
• Soda - 1 tsp. (without slide)
• Vinegar - for slaking soda
• Apples - 3 pcs.

Preparation:

1. First, beat the eggs and sugar with a mixer until the volume increases. Pour the mixture into a deep bowl.

2. Then pour in kefir and stir. Next add the sifted flour. Stir the dough until smooth. Add baking soda, quenched with vinegar, stir again and leave to brew for 10-15 minutes. After that pour in vegetable oil and stir until it is completely dispersed. The dough should turn out like thick sour cream.

You can also use baking powder instead of quenched soda - 1 heaped teaspoon.

3. Place parchment paper in a baking pan and grease with butter. Then pour the dough into it and smooth it over the entire surface.

4. Apples can be peeled. Remove the seeds from them and cut into thin slices. Then stick them into the pie so they are evenly spaced. Now you can put the mold in an oven preheated to 180 degrees.

By the way, you can also place some of the chopped fruit first on the bottom of the baking sheet, then fill it with dough, and then place them on top.

5. Bake for about 40 minutes, then remove and let cool for 10-15 minutes. After cooling, you can remove the finished pie from the baking sheet, cut into portions and enjoy.

Step-by-step recipe for balloon charlotte with cottage cheese and apples

This method is one of my favorites, as I love everything prepared with cottage cheese. This pie turns out very tender, airy and incredibly tasty. I highly recommend trying it.

Ingredients:

• Cottage cheese – 250 gr
• Sugar - 180 gr
• Eggs - 4 pcs
• Sour cream - 3 tablespoons
• Butter - 25 g
• Baking powder - 10 g
• A little butter - for lubrication

Preparation:

1. Place the cottage cheese in a deep dish, add eggs and sugar. Blend until smooth using an immersion blender (or mixer).

2. Then add sour cream and melted butter. Mix with a whisk.

3. Sift the flour through a sieve and mix with baking powder. Then combine with the curd mixture, adding gradually. Achieve homogeneity by stirring with a whisk or mixer.

4. Wash the apples, get rid of all excess and cut into thin slices.

5. Place a parchment sheet in a baking pan and grease it with oil. Then pour in the dough and smooth it out. Place fruit slices on top.

6. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees and place the pan there for about 40 minutes. It depends on its power. When the charlotte is ready, take it out and let it cool for 10-15 minutes. Then take it out of the mold and invite your household to drink tea.

Video on how to make charlotte apple pie

And finally, for clarity, I would like to invite you to watch a video of the recipe, so that you probably won’t have any questions or doubts.

Ingredients:

• Apples – 400-450 gr
• Eggs - 5 pcs
• Salt - a pinch
• Flour - 180 gr
• Baking powder - 1 teaspoon
• Cinnamon

A very good and affordable recipe with simple ingredients. The result is very tender and incredibly tasty baked goods. Now, after watching the video, you definitely shouldn’t have any doubts. The author explains and shows everything very clearly.

And for today I am completing our series of recipes for preparing wonderful and simple pie with charlotte apples. And I’m sure that no matter which way you use it, you’ll get excellent baked goods.

Enjoy your tea!