An easy stewed apple dessert made with Leibniz cookies, delicious and perfect for using lots of apples.

This stewed apple dessert is the thing to do when you happen to have lots of apples. In autumn, for instance, when all the apple trees in the neighborhood are full of fruit.

And if you still have apples, you could try this Stewed Apple Tray Bake as well, it is one of our favorite apple cakes.

I've made this dessert about a month ago to take with us when visiting some friends. My son watched me cooking the apples, and saw all the biscuits laying around and could hardly wait for us to get there so that he could have a piece of this cake.

He does love his apple cakes dearly. No matter what kind of apple cake and I do have quite a few in my repertoire, he gets impatient only when hearing the words apple cake.

What do you need?
How to make?
How to serve?
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What do you need?

Apples:

You will need 1 kg/ 2.2 lbs apples.
Normally, for stewing apples, I would recommend apples that hold their shape and texture better.
However, in this case, it really doesn't matter, use the apples that you happen to have, especially if you are trying to make the best out of garden apples.
Bruised, small, misshaped apples are all perfect for this recipes.
The only thing I pay attention to is that the apples I use are rather tart, but that is not difficult, as I have never had an apple from somebody's garden that wasn't tart. Sweet apples only seem to "grow" in supermarkets...

Biscuits:

Leibniz butter biscuits or s similar cheaper version. (Amazon affiliate link)
You could choose the classic cookies or the whole wheat ones, they both taste great, although I like the whole wheat version a little better, they are a touch less sweet.
Use as many as needed to obtain three layers, more or less 200 g/ 7 oz. That would be one packet.

Pudding powder:

I use vanilla pudding powder to thicken the stewed apples (affiliate link).
It is the kind of powder that needs to be cooked with milk.
For this recipe, you will not need any milk, you will just mix the powder with the apples and cook them together until the mixture thickens.

What to use instead of pudding powder?

The powder is easily replaced with the same amount of corn starch and vanilla extract.
You will need 40 g/ 1.4 oz/1/3 cup cornstarch and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract.

What else do you need?

Sugar, icing sugar, apple juice and cinnamon.

How to make?

Prepare the stewed apples:

Peel and grate the apples. Place them in a pot with the sugar, cinnamon, and apple juice, and let stand until they release more juices, about 30 minutes.
Mix in the pudding powder or corn starch and vanilla, bring to a boil and let thicken, stirring often.

Assemble the dessert:

In the meantime, line a rectangular baking dish with cling film.
Arrange a layer of biscuits in the dish.
Once the apples are cooked, carefully pour half of them into the dish and level nicely.
Cover with another layer of cookies.
Add the remaining stewed apples and level.
Cover with more biscuits.
Let cool slightly, cover with cling film, and refrigerate for 3 hours or until the apples are set.

How to serve?

Remove the plastic wrap from the top.
Place a suitable serving dish on top of the cake, grab both dishes and turn them simultaneously, so that the cake falls on the serving platter.
Remove the second plastic wrap.
Sprinkle the cake with icing sugar and cut into squares the size of the biscuits.

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