Apple Shortbread Tart
Crust:1 ¼ cups unbleached white flour
1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ cup (1 stick) butter, at room temperature, cut into eight pieces
1 egg yolk
1 tablespoon heavy cream
Filling:
7 medium tart apples, peeled, cored, and sliced thinly
½ cup sugar
(or to taste-Gala is a rather sweet apple, for example, so you may want to cut the sugar somewhat)
2 tablespoons butter, softened
1½ tablespoons unbleached white flour
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
Place the dry ingredients for the crust in a large bowl and blend them. Add the butter, egg yolk, and cream. Using your hands, work the mixture quickly until it is crumbly. Press it into the bottom of a 9-inch spring form pan.
For the filling, arrange the apples in a pattern over the dough. Mix the rest of the filling ingredients together until crumbly. Sprinkle this over the apples.
Bake for about 40 minutes.