Traditional little apple pies

Home made individual apple pies are very tasty! This recipe is a traditional one and comes from the monasteries of Mount Athos. The monks follow the big Lent and other fasting periods very strictly and they have some very nice recipes for each occasion. Of course this recipe it's not only for those who fast, it is suitable for everybody and it is a very nice sweet snack

Ingredients (4-6 people)

For the dough:
500gr. all purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tea-cup white dry wine (or Retsina, if you can find it)
1 tea-cup olive oil

For the filling:
2 red apples, peeled and coarsely grated (or cooking apples)
3 tbsp walnuts, roughly chopped
3 tbsp blonde raisins
2 tbsp sugar
½ tsp cinnamon powder
½ tsp ground cloves

Icing sugar and cinnamon powder for dusting

Method:
Preheat the oven at 200°C.

Sieve the flour together with the baking powder in a large bowl. Make a well in the middle of it and add the wine and the olive oil. Mix the ingredients gently taking the flour off the sides of the bowl and fold towards the centre. Keep kneading until you have a douch which is not sticky on your hands and the bowl.

With the rolling pin open a phyllo about 3 millimeters thick and using a water glass cut out circles of that dimension.

In another bowl combine all the filling ingredients and mix with a spoon.

Take a tablespoon of the filling and place it on the centre of each of the circles. Brush with a bit of water around the edges of each circle and fold to half moons. Press with the edge of a fork to seal the filling in the dough.

Put on a greased oven dish with some space between them and bake for 30 minutes or until golden brown.

When they are ready place the apple pies on a serving dish and sprinkle on top with plenty of icing sugar and some cinnamon powder.