Spiced Apple Pie
Spiced Apple Pie is a classic dessert made with tender apples, plump raisins soaked in apple juice, and a buttery pastry enriched with natural vanilla extract. The Thermomix TM7 weighs, kneads and mixes every component with precision, so the crust turns out flaky and the spiced apple filling stays juicy. An ideal treat for weekend baking and cosy family gatherings.
About this recipe
Spiced Apple Pie Thermomix TM7 is the kind of comforting dessert that fills your kitchen with the aroma of warm apples, vanilla and buttery pastry. If you are searching for easy pie recipes for your all-in-one kitchen machine, this version shows exactly why the TM7 excels at baking: the raisins are plumped in apple juice, the shortcrust pastry with plain flour, cold unsalted butter and a pinch of sea salt comes together in minutes, and the spiced apple filling is blended evenly every single time. Because the bowl weighs each ingredient directly, there is no pile of measuring cups afterwards. Serve this pie as a Sunday dessert, at a birthday table or warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on a chilly autumn evening. The combination of juicy apples, soft raisins and crisp pastry makes it a reliable crowd-pleaser that tastes like it took far more effort than it did.
Preparation tips
- Soak the raisins in the apple juice before you start on the pastry, so they become lovely and plump and distribute evenly through the spiced apple filling rather than sinking to the bottom.
- Chill the shortcrust pastry, made with plain flour, unsalted butter and egg, for at least half an hour before rolling. Cold dough is far easier to handle and bakes into a noticeably crisper, flakier crust.
- For a deeper flavour, toss the sliced apples with the caster sugar and natural vanilla extract and let them rest briefly, then drain off the excess juice to avoid a soggy base.
Recipe variations
- Lactose-free version: replace the unsalted butter with a plant-based baking margarine in the same quantity. The pastry stays crisp and the spiced apple and raisin filling remains entirely dairy-free without any loss of flavour.
- Festive winter version: add a pinch of cinnamon and ground cloves to the apple filling and finish the crust with a lattice pattern and a light brushing of egg for a glossy, celebratory pie perfect for Christmas.
Thermomix TM7 Benefits
- Weighing flour and caster sugar directly in the mixing bowl means the TM7 gives gram-precise pastry with no measuring cups.
- Kneading the cold butter into the plain flour takes seconds, giving the TM7 dough an even, flaky shortcrust texture.
- Steaming the raisins gently in warm apple juice makes them plump and juicy before they join the spiced filling.
- Mixing the apples with vanilla and sugar in the TM7 coats every slice evenly for a consistently flavoured pie.
- Heating the apple juice at controlled temperature in the TM7 bowl prevents scorching while the flavours infuse.
Ingredients
- raisins
- apple juice
- caster sugar
- unsalted butter
- plain flour
- medium egg
- fine sea salt
- natural vanilla extract
- apples
- freshly squeezed lemon juice