Apple oatmeal cake

Prepare all the ingredients for oatmeal apple pie. Rolled oats are used in the recipe. It is best to take not large flakes. Pay attention to the cooking time of the flakes on the package. Ideally, those that cook for 3 minutes are suitable. They are more tender. If you take flakes that cook for 10-15 minutes, they will be larger and firmer. Yes, they are also suitable for baking, but the pie will have a slightly different texture, more coarse. It is better to use sweet and not too firm apples. The filling with them turns out tender, fragrant, and light. The recipe used 82.5% fat butter, but you can also use 72.5% good quality butter. I do not recommend using margarine for the recipe. It will make the pie more greasy. Preheat the oven at 180 degrees. It needs to be well preheated because the pie is cooked very quickly.

Put the pre-sifted flour, rolled oats, sugar, baking powder, and vanilla sugar into a deep bowl. Mix everything well so that all the dry ingredients are evenly distributed.

Melt the butter over low heat, add it to the bowl with the dry ingredients, and mix everything well again until all the components are combined. The consistency of the dough will be crumbly, but if you gather it in your hand and squeeze it into a fist, it will crumble well into a ball. When pressing a finger on the resulting ball, it will crumble again into crumbs.

Prepare a baking pan. It is best to use a detachable form. I used a baking pan with a diameter of 22 cm. Line the bottom of the pan with parchment paper. Pour half of the resulting dough onto it. Gently press the dough with the bottom of a glass.

Prepare the apples for the oatmeal pie. Wash them well. Cut the apples into several pieces and remove the core with the seeds. Grate the apples on a coarse grater.

Spread the grated apples on top of the compacted dough in the pan. Evenly distribute the apples over the entire surface of the pan.

Spread the remaining oatmeal dough on top of the apples. Smooth it over the entire surface of the apples and lightly press it with a spoon. Do not compact the top too much. It is better if it is slightly crumbly. This will make the pie light and tender. Place the oatmeal pie with apples in the middle of a preheated oven at 180 degrees Celsius. Bake the pie for 25 minutes. The finished pie will have a beautiful golden color.

Remove the finished pie from the oven and let it cool in the pan in which it was baked.

After the pie has cooled, carefully remove it from the mold.

Slice the pie into individual pieces and serve. This pie goes well with tea, milk, or morning coffee. It can also be served with fresh berries or a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Adding a little cinnamon to the apples will give your pie an even more vibrant, rich aroma and flavor. The oatmeal and apple pie is ready. Enjoy your meal!