Air fryer Apple Pies are my new autumn obsession. A deliciously sweet apple and mixed fruit filling is encased in a golden shortcrust pastry. In just 8 minutes in the air fryer, you can have these gorgeous hand pies . I love mine with lashings of Devonshire custard!
Air Fryer Apple Hand Pies
I remember eating Apple turnovers from local supermarket bakeries when I was little. They use a flaky pastry and had a generous sprinkling of demerara sugar. It was always such a treat!
Since I joined my Mum in the kitchen, we’ve started making a lot more sweet treats together at home and now it’s been ages since we’ve bought these sorts of pastries from out!
These apple pies are similar to those apple turnovers but use a homemade shortcrust pastry instead.
The beauty of using the Air Fryer is that they are ready so much quicker than baking and still retain a really soft yet crumbly texture.
These pies are:
✔️eggless
✔️easy to make and with all-natural ingredients
✔️kid-friendly
✔️travel friendly
✔️easy to scale the recipe up or down
✔️easy to incorporate your own flavours
🍏Ingredients for Air fryer Apple Pies
(exact measurements and instructions can be found in the recipe card below)
The filling we have gone for is apple and mixed fruit. We have cooked the filling a little before adding to the pastry.
The ingredients you will need are:
Shortcut Pastry – check below ⇩ how to make basic shortcut pastry at home. Shop bought works fine too. If using frozen pastry, make sure it is thoroughly thawed before using.
Apple and Mixed Fruit Pies – check below ⇩ how to make the apple filling at home, but shop-bought works fine too.
Light honey and water – creates honey wash, which helps the pie crust/pastry get that lovely golden colour on top.
How to make a Basic Shortcrust Pastry & Tips
A decent shortcrust pastry is essential for a good pie. It seems like effort but the end effect is so much better than copping out and getting shop bought (I’m guilty of this myself but it makes a difference!)
Shortcut pastry is suitable for both sweet and savoury dishes, can be made using a food processor or hands.
We love savoury pies too, some of our favourites being these air fryer Cornish Pasty and Vegan Harry Potter style Pumpkin Pasties
Recently, I baked these Air fryer Baklava and Frozen Empanadas in the air fryer, and can not believe that how delicious they turned out.
The ingredients you will need are:
● Plain white flour
● Butter for vegans use vegetable shortening
● Pinch of salt
● Chilled water
First, start by weighing out your flour and butter. We have used a ratio of 2:1 of flour to butter. For 250g of butter, we used 500g of flour.
Cut the butter into cubes. Do this fast as we want the butter to be as cold as possible. If you have to, after making cubes, place the butter back into the fridge
Next, rub the butter into the flour using only your fingertips – the palm of your hands will be too warm for this. When the butter is fully incorporated, this stage is complete
Next, add a small pinch of salt
Add chilled water a little by little until you have formed a stiff dough. The dough will still have some cracks. This is fine and should still roll out smoothly.
Bring the dough together to form a ball, cover with clingfilm and place in the fridge for at least an hour to relax the gluten, which helps to stop shrinkage when baking/cooking.
Tips to make foolproof shortcrust pastry
How to make Apple Pie filling
Butter for rich flavours.
Light brown muscovado sugar
White granulated sugar
Mixed Spice – contains ground cinnamon, coriander seed, nutmeg, clove, pimento, and ginger
Cardamom powder
We also added extra nutmeg and cinnamon powder.
Lemon Juice – helps prevent the apples from going brown after cutting
Tips and store Apple Pie Filling
What to make with Apple Pie Filling
What can be used for glaze
How to make Apple Hand Pies
Serving suggestions
How to freeze
Other Apple recipes
AIR FRYER APPLE PIES
Equipment
- Air fryer
- Wooden board
- Big bowl
- Rolling Pin
- Fork and Knife
Ingredients
- 500 g plain flour
- 250 g unsalted butter
- Pinch of salt
- Chilled water as needed
- 4 large apples
- 2 tbsp. butter
- 2 tbsp. lemon juice
- ¼ cup light muscovado sugar
- ¼ cup regular sugar
- 1 tsp. mix spice
- ½ tsp. ground cinnamon
- ¼ tsp. ground nutmeg
- ½ tsp. ground cardamom
- 1 tbsp. cornstarch
- 1 tbsp. honey
- 1 tbsp. water
Instructions
- Dice the butter.
- In a big bowl place flour and butter.
- Rub the butter into the flour with your finger tips until flour becomes crumbly.
- Now add chilled water little by little and make dough. Don’t over knead the dough.
- Wrap the dough using cling film and chill in the fridge at least for 30 minutes.
- Wash, peel and core the apples.
- Chop it into the desired shape and size.
- Mix in lemon juice.
- Heat a cast-iron pan over medium heat.
- Add butter and apples, mix.
- Now add both sugar, spices and mixed fruit.
- Let it cook on medium heat for 8-10 minutes or until apples are tender.
- Mix cornstarch with 2 tablespoons of water and add into the mixture.
- Cook further 2 minutes and turn off the heat.
- Let the filling cool down completely.
- Take out the pastry from the fridge.
- Divide into equal size (lemon size) and make balls.
- Roll into the 4 1/2" circle on the worktop using a rolling pin.
- Place 2 tablespoons of cooled filling on the circle.
- Fold the circle and seal the edges using a fork.
- Leave it in the fridge whilst preheating the air fryer on 195C for 5 minutes.
- Mix honey and water to glaze the pies, brush it on the pies.
- Place pies (depends on air fryer how many you can fit) and air fry them for 4 minutes each side. So the total time is 8 minutes.
- Once done remove it, follow the same procedure for remaining pies.
- Let it a little cool before serving it.
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Nutrition
PLEASE NOTE: Nutritional values are estimated by a computer and may vary based on ingredients and portion sizes. For personalised dietary advice, please consult a qualified healthcare professional.
AIR FRYER APPLE PIES
Equipment
- Air fryer
- Wooden board
- Big bowl
- Rolling Pin
- Fork and Knife
Ingredients
- 500 g plain flour
- 250 g unsalted butter
- Pinch of salt
- Chilled water as needed
- 4 large apples
- 2 tbsp. butter
- 2 tbsp. lemon juice
- ¼ cup light muscovado sugar
- ¼ cup regular sugar
- 1 tsp. mix spice
- ½ tsp. ground cinnamon
- ¼ tsp. ground nutmeg
- ½ tsp. ground cardamom
- 1 tbsp. cornstarch
- 1 tbsp. honey
- 1 tbsp. water
Instructions
- Dice the butter.
- In a big bowl place flour and butter.
- Rub the butter into the flour with your finger tips until flour becomes crumbly.
- Now add chilled water little by little and make dough. Don’t over knead the dough.
- Wrap the dough using cling film and chill in the fridge at least for 30 minutes.
- Wash, peel and core the apples.
- Chop it into the desired shape and size.
- Mix in lemon juice.
- Heat a cast-iron pan over medium heat.
- Add butter and apples, mix.
- Now add both sugar, spices and mixed fruit.
- Let it cook on medium heat for 8-10 minutes or until apples are tender.
- Mix cornstarch with 2 tablespoons of water and add into the mixture.
- Cook further 2 minutes and turn off the heat.
- Let the filling cool down completely.
- Take out the pastry from the fridge.
- Divide into equal size (lemon size) and make balls.
- Roll into the 4 1/2" circle on the worktop using a rolling pin.
- Place 2 tablespoons of cooled filling on the circle.
- Fold the circle and seal the edges using a fork.
- Leave it in the fridge whilst preheating the air fryer on 195C for 5 minutes.
- Mix honey and water to glaze the pies, brush it on the pies.
- Place pies (depends on air fryer how many you can fit) and air fry them for 4 minutes each side. So the total time is 8 minutes.
- Once done remove it, follow the same procedure for remaining pies.
- Let it a little cool before serving it.
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Nutrition
PLEASE NOTE: Nutritional values are estimated by a computer and may vary based on ingredients and portion sizes. For personalised dietary advice, please consult a qualified healthcare professional.
Coconut pulao is a delicious one-pot meal that is so easy to make in the Instant Pot or electric pressure cooker. This silky and comforting vegan rice dish goes great with other mild curries or simply pair with cooling raita.
INSTANT POT COCONUT MILK VEGETABLE PULAO
Rich coconut milk and coconut oil lend a delicate flavour to this mild yet aromatic pulao. Whole spices give some warmth and the long grain basmati rice rounds this dish off perfectly.
We have added some frozen mix vegetables (carrot, sweetcorn, peas, green beans) for more flavour and to bulk out the pulao
I prefer to keep this rice dish mild so there are not many added spices.
Tips for the best rice in Instant Pot:
wash the rice thoroughly under cold running water – the water must be cold and not warm/hot as the rice will start cooking and we only want it to soak
leave the rice to soak – this step is optional but does get you a better end result
all rices cook slightly differently. You may find that your rice takes less or more time than ours to cook, in which case, adjust the setting accordingly. My advice would be to always start on lower minutes and increase if need be.
we have used a 1:1:1 ratio of rice to coconut milk to water
we have cooked for 2 min on Low Pressure and Quick Release
Don’t forget to check out our other delicious vegan and vegetarian instant pot recipes before you start making this rice dish 😄
🥥Ingredients:
Basmati Rice
Frozen mixed vegetables – carrot, sweetcorn, pea, and green beans
Whole spices – bay leaf, clove, cinnamon, cumin seeds, fennel seeds, cardamom
White onion – sliced lengthwise
Garlic and ginger – minced or pureed
Cashew nuts – provide texture and richness.
Coconut Milk – we used thick tinned coconut milk.
Coconut Oil – you can also use other cooking oils such as sunflower, olive or vegetable
How to serve coconut milk pulao
While I am at work, away from home I need quick and easy meals so I pair up this rice with chickpea and coconut curry or red kidney bean and coconut curry (so I can finish the can of coconut milk in both dishes) 😋
Also, you can serve this pulao rice with any meal where you’d serve this takeaway style pilau rice . Serve it with Instant pot palak paneer , corn on the cob curry with coconut or my grandma’s spring onion kadhi. – plenty to choose from!
Roasted tomato raita is also a wonderful companion for this rice, alongside with a fresh and colourful salad.
Can I make this rice without Onion Garlic?
Store:
Keeps in the fridge for 2/3 days in an airtight container, reheat in the microwave before serving.
You can also freeze this rice for later. Once it cools down totally, store it in a freezer-proof container or heavy-duty freezer bags.
Store no more than 6-8 weeks, thaw thoroughly before reheating.
Stovetop Coconut Milk Pulao Rice
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COCONUT PULAO RICE INSTANT POT
Equipment
- Instant pot
- Spatula
Ingredients
- 1 cup basmati rice
- 1 cup of coconut milk
- 1 cup frozen mix vegetables
- 1 tbsp. coconut oil
- 1 tsp. cumin seeds
- 1 tsp. fennel seeds
- 1 bay leaf
- ½ " cinnamon bark
- 3-4 cardamom pods
- 2 cloves
- 1 onion chopped - small
- 1 tsp. ginger-garlic minced
- salt to taste
- 1 tbsp. freshly chopped coriander
Instructions
- Arrange inner pot in the instant pot.
- Select saute mode and heat oil.
- Add all the whole spices and saute until they crackle.
- Now add cashew nuts and let it brown.
- Then add onion slices and saute until light pink in colour.
- Now add ginger-garlic, fry further for a minute or so.
- Tip in mixed vegetables and cook.
- Add soaked rice and fry it for a minute.
- Add coconut milk, warm water and salt.
- Stir and cancel the saute mode.
- Close the pot with the lid and turn the valve on sealing position.
- Select LOW-PRESSURE COOK and press + - button for 2 minutes on the display panel.
- Once done quick release the pressure.
- Fluff the rice using a fork and leave it for 5 minutes. Then gently mix using a spatula.
- Sprinkle coriander and serve hot.
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Nutrition
PLEASE NOTE: Nutritional values are estimated by a computer and may vary based on ingredients and portion sizes. For personalised dietary advice, please consult a qualified healthcare professional.
