Upper Palatinate Maultaschen

Ingredients for 6 servings:

• 300 g flour
• 150 g butter
• 125 ml milk, hot
• 750 g apples
• 250 ml cream
• 2 eggs
• 75 g sugar or cinnamon sugar
• 1 pinch of salt

Instructions

Working time approx. 25 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 35 minutes; Total time approx. 1 hour

Apple Maultaschen

Wash, peel, core, quarter, and slice the apples. Sprinkle them in a bowl with about 50g of the sugar or cinnamon sugar, mix, and let it absorb the liquid. If you like it sweeter or less, you can adjust the amount of sugar accordingly. In the meantime, preheat the oven to 220°C (top/bottom heat, fan oven: 200°C). Every oven is different, so the temperatures are only guidelines. Spread about 50g of the butter in small pieces on the bottom of a roasting pan or casserole dish. It is important that the roasting pan has a rim at least 3cm high. Set the roasting pan aside. For the dough, combine the flour with 75g melted butter, salt, and hot milk and knead into a firm, smooth dough. Divide the dough into 6 roughly equal portions and roll each out into thin, oval or round discs. Melt the remaining 25g of butter and brush it onto the dough sheets. Distribute the finely chopped, sugared apples evenly in the center of the dough sheets and roll them up to seal them tightly. Feel free to be creative here. Place the prepared roasting pan in the oven briefly until the butter flakes have melted. Then remove from the oven and distribute the Maultaschen evenly. Return to the oven and bake uncovered for about 20 minutes. In a bowl, whisk the cream with the eggs, add the remaining sugar or cinnamon sugar (25g). Remove the Maultaschen from the oven after about 20 minutes; when they are very lightly golden brown, pour the egg cream over them and return them to the oven for another 10-15 minutes. Reduce the temperature slightly if necessary; you don’t want the Maultaschen to become brown. When the egg cream has set well, some of the liquid has been absorbed by the Maultaschen, and they are golden brown, remove the roasting pan from the oven, turn it out into a bowl, and let it rest for a while, covered. Serve the Maultaschen hot, but they’re also delicious cold. The Maultaschen can be filled with any other fruit (pears, plums, blueberries, etc.) depending on the season and personal preference.