Pecan Pie and Apple Tart

The pecan pie was surprisingly fast and easy to make. I used a premade wholemeal pie shell (what a cheat) for this pie. Pecan halves, eggs, light corn syrup, butter and sugar. 40 mins at 325 F and it was done.

I made the sweet pastry crust for the apple tart (flour, sugar, butter and 1 egg). I stewed some sliced apples for about 1 hour in lots of butter and light brown sugar, basically a light caramel...then added some thinly sliced rounds of apple in the last 20 mins. I blind-baked the crust for about 15 mins then filled it with the stewed apple, placing the lesser cooked rounds of apple on top, and baked the tart at 350 F for 25 mins.

You can tell the apple tart has a homemade crust, no?!!!