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Apple Galette

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Tender caramelized fresh baked apple slices are layered on top and encased in a super flakey buttery pie crust to make this divinely delicious Apple Galette! It’s a simple pastry like an easy to make rustic pie that goes perfectly with a cup of coffee or scoop of vanilla ice cream!

an apple galette with a scoop of ice cream and caramel topping with a slice cut out.
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  • Best Apple Galette Recipe
  • Why We Love This Apple Galette
  • Ingredients You’ll Need
    • Pastry
    • Apple Filling
    • Topping
  • How To Make Apple Galette
    • Make The Pastry And Chill
    • Make The Filling
    • Heat The Oven
    • Shape The Galette
    • Egg Wash And Bake
  • Can I Use Pears Instead Of Apples?
  • Can I Make The Galette Dough Gluten Free?
  • Can I Use Store Bought Pie Crust?
  • How Do I Serve Apple Galette?
  • Expert Tips
  • How To Store
  • Make Ahead
  • Other Delicious Recipes To Try
  • Apple Galette
    • Ingredients
    • Instructions
    • Equipment
    • Notes
    • Nutrition Information
  • Did You Make This?

Best Apple Galette Recipe

Easier to make and a lot less fussy than pie, galettes are a rustic French dessert that basically resembles a cross between an open-faced pie and a free-form tart. It’s a terrific dessert for beginners who want to give pie crust a go. You can make it by hand if you like and there is no latticework or complicated technique like my Classic Apple Pie. It’s rustic and it’s supposed to look that way!

And like most galettes, this apple galette recipe is super simple! Just like my Mini Blueberry Galettes and Plum Galette, it’s made by simply tossing fruit with a bit of sugar, then layering it on top of a simple pie crust, and baking it to golden brown perfection. 

For a fancy French pastry, you really can’t go wrong with this apple galette! It’s both delicious and impressive while quick to make! 

a freshly made apple galette with caramel on a cutting board.

Why We Love This Apple Galette

  • Novice Bakers Welcome! The recipe is really easy! Once you make the 2-step pie crust you are halfway done. Then you just top it with apples and bake. Easy peasy!
  • Delicious French Classic! This dessert may be rustic but it’s just as classy as any other French pastry with fresh tender cooked apples and an incredibly flakey crust. 
  • Easy and Impressive! When you don’t have time to spend hours in the kitchen but want to impress, this is the ideal dessert! It presents beautifully and tastes like it took hours to make.

Ingredients You’ll Need

ingredients needed to make dough for apple galette.

Pastry

  • Flour – Basic all-purpose flour is all you need to make the crust. Pastry flour also works well.
  • Cornmeal – Adds both a bit of texture and flavor to the crust.
  • Salt – Just a bit of salt is essential to help balance all the flavors.
  • Sugar – Just a touch of white granulated sugar for some sweetness.
  • Butter – Use cold unsalted butter in all your baking to control the saltiness. And it must be nice and cold to make this pastry dough.
  • Ice Water – Helps to bind the dough. You must use ice-cold water so that the butter stays cold. 
ingredients needed for apple filling for apple galette.

Apple Filling

  • Apples – You can use any type of apples you like. I like granny smith, Honeycrisp or golden delicious.
  • Brown Sugar – Sweetens the apples beautifully with its natural bit of molasses.
  • Flour – A pinch of all-purpose flour helps to thicken the apple filling.
  • Lemon Juice – The acidity in lemon boosts the natural flavor of almost all fruit. 
ingredients needed to topping for apple galette.

Topping

  • Brown Sugar – Creates a sweet finish combined with the cinnamon.
  • Ground Cinnamon – Adds a bit of warm flavor that blends beautifully with the baked caramelized apples.
  • Egg – Used to make an egg wash to help the crust brown and add shine.

How To Make Apple Galette

There are 3 parts to this recipe, which include the pastry, apple filling, and topping. It’s really quite simple and each part only takes a few minutes to make. Yet, I always recommend that you have all your pastry ingredients measured out and ready to go before you start. It not only helps making pastry go more smoothly but it also makes cleanup a breeze!

process shots showing how to make dough for apple galette and how to prep the apples.

Make The Pastry And Chill

There are 2 ways to make this crust. You can either do it by hand with a pastry cutter or using a food processor. How you make it is completely up to you and will come out great either way.

However, before you even begin, make sure that your chunks of butter are nice and cold. The crust is not hard to make, but for the pastry to form properly the butter must be really cold or it will not work. In fact, if needed, you can just put it in the freezer for a few minutes to firm up before you start the recipe.

  1. By hand: Put the flour, cornmeal, salt, sugar, and cold butter into a large mixing bowl. Then use a pastry cutter or two knives to cut in the chunks of butter until it looks like coarse sand. Next, add the cold water a little bit at a time and mix until the dough comes together. But do not overwork the pastry dough.
  2. Food Processor: Add the flour, cornmeal, salt, sugar, and cold cubed butter to the bowl of a food processor. Then pulse everything together until it resembles coarse sand. Next, slowly add the ice-cold water and keep pulsing until the pastry dough comes together and starts to form a ball.

When the dough is done, put it on a lightly floured work surface and form it into a ball. Then cut the ball you just formed into 2 pieces and flatten them into discs. Now, wrap each disc in plastic wrap and place them in the fridge for at least one hour to chill. Your dough must be fully chilled to roll out, fill, and form. 

Make The Filling

Once your dough is chilled, it’s time to make the apple galette filling! And it’s so easy to make it’s not even really a step! All you have to do is toss your sliced apples with the brown sugar, flour, and lemon juice. That’s it! The magic happens in the oven as the sugar melts into the apples and the flour helps to thicken the filling.

Heat The Oven

Now that you’ve got your dough chilled and filling made you will want to heat your oven while you are forming the galette. So turn your oven on to 375°F (190°C) to get it nice and hot. Then line a large baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat to keep the galette from sticking to the pan.

process shots showing how to make an apple galette.

Shape The Galette

To mold the galette, take the chilled discs of dough and use a rolling pin to form each one into a circle that is about 12 inches in diameter. Then spoon half of the apple filling on each one leaving a border of about 2 to 3 inches. It’s important to keep the filling towards the middle of the rolled-out circles. Now, slowly fold up the sides of the dough over the apples all the way around to form the galettes. 

apple galette pictures before and after baking.

Egg Wash And Bake

Before baking, mix the brown sugar and cinnamon together in a small bowl. Now, brush your beaten egg all over the edges of the pastry crust. Then sprinkle the sugar/cinnamon mixture over the galettes. And that’s it! The apple galettes are formed.

Then to bake, carefully transfer the apple galettes to the prepared baking sheet and bake them in the oven for about 30 to 35 minutes or until golden brown in color.

a freshly made apple galette with caramel on a cutting board.

Can I Use Pears Instead Of Apples?

Yes! You can easily substitute pears in place of the apples. Just follow the easy galette recipe exactly using the same ratios and it will come out great.

Can I Make The Galette Dough Gluten Free?

Probably yes, but I’ve not tried. Just make sure to use a 1-to-1 gluten-free flour that has xanthan gum in it, which acts as a replacement for the gluten that is naturally in all-purpose flour.

Can I Use Store Bought Pie Crust?

Yes! Of course, you can! If you just don’t have time to make your own pastry dough you can always use store bought crust. However, I always recommend choosing a pre-made crust that is made with butter for the most flavorful and flakey crust. 

How Do I Serve Apple Galette?

Just like pie, you can serve galette with a scoop of ice cream, whipped cream, caramel topping, or even dusted with powdered sugar. It’s even fantastic with a London Fog or just a simple cup of coffee. 

an apple galette with a scoop of ice cream and caramel topping.

Expert Tips

  1. Very cold butter. If your butter is not cold the pastry dough will not come together properly. For the most flakey crust, the dough must be like coarse sand before you add the ice-cold water.
  2. Don’t overwork the dough. Once the dough binds together, stop working with it. The more you handle the dough the less flakey the crust will be. It just needs to come together in a ball.
  3. The dough must chill. Wait at least an hour before you attempt to form your galettes. Pastry dough is much easier to work with and won’t stick to the counter when chilled.
  4. Add more spices. To add more flavor you can easily just mix other spices like nutmeg, ginger, cardamom, or even more cinnamon with the brown sugar before you top the galette to bake.
an apple galette with a scoop of ice cream and caramel topping.

How To Store

Leftover baked apple galette will keep at room temperature for up to 2 days or in the fridge for up to 5 days when covered loosely with foil or plastic wrap. To reheat, I recommend putting it in the oven at 300°F (150°C) for about 5 to 10 minutes or until warm. 

Make Ahead

This rustic apple galette recipe can easily be made ahead of time. You can bake it, then wrap it super well in plastic wrap, and keep it in the freezer for up to 2 months. Then just let it thaw out unwrapped at room temperature and serve.

Or, you can freeze unbaked galettes that are well wrapped. Then allow them to thaw out loosely covered in the fridge before baking as stated in the recipe.

an apple galette with a scoop of ice cream and caramel topping with a slice cut out.

Other Delicious Recipes To Try

  • Apple Hand Pies
  • Strawberry Galette
  • Zucchini Ricotta Galette
  • Easy Apple Cake
  • Apple Crumble
  • Apple Pie Cheesecake Bars

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an apple galette with a scoop of ice cream and caramel topping with a slice cut out.
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Apple Galette

Prep 30 minutes
Chilling Time 1 hour
Cook 35 minutes
Total 2 hours 5 minutes
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Tender caramelized fresh baked apple slices are layered on top and encased in a super flakey buttery pie crust to make this divinely delicious Apple Galette! It’s a simple pastry like an easy to make rustic pie that goes perfectly with a cup of coffee or scoop of vanilla ice cream!
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Ingredients

Pastry

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • ½ cup cornmeal
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 1 cup butter (unsalted, very cold, cut into small pieces)
  • ¼ to ½ cup ice water

Apple Filling

  • 4 large apples (peeled, sliced into ¼-inch slices)
  • 6 tablespoons brown sugar (packed)
  • 2 tablespoon all-purpose flour
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice

Topping

  • 1 teaspoon brown sugar
  • ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 egg (beaten)

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Instructions 

  • Make the pastry by hand: Add the flour, cornmeal, salt, sugar and butter to a mixing bowl. Using two knives or a pastry cutter, cut in the butter until it resembles course sand. Add the water and mix it all together until the dough comes together. OR pastry with a food processor: Add the flour, cornmeal, salt, sugar and butter to a food processor. Pulse until the mixture resembles course sand. Add the water and continue to pulse until the dough comes together.
  • Form into balls and chill: Turn the dough over onto a floured surface and form it into a ball. Cut the ball into 2 pieces, and flatten each one into a disk. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least an hour.
  • Make the filling: In a large bowl, mix the apples, brown sugar, flour and lemon juice.
  • Prep the oven and baking sheet: Preheat oven to 375°F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
  • Shape and assemble: When the dough has chilled, roll each piece into a rough circle, that's maybe about 12 inches in diameter. In the middle of each circle, place 1/2 of the apple filling. Leave about a 2 to 3 inches border. Slowly fold up the sides of the galette over the apples all the way around. Repeat this with the remaining pastry and filling. In a small bowl combine brown sugar with the ground cinnamon and sprinkle over the galettes. Brush the pastry crust with the beaten egg.
  • Bake: Transfer the baking sheet to the oven and bake for about 30 to 35 minutes or until golden brown.

Equipment

  • KitchenAid 7-cup Food Processor

Notes

  1. Recipe yields 2 galettes.
  2. Very cold butter. If your butter is not cold the pastry dough will not come together properly. For the most flakey crust, the dough must be like coarse sand before you add the ice-cold water.
  3. Don’t overwork the dough. Once the dough binds together, stop working with it. The more you handle the dough the less flakey the crust will be. It just needs to come together in a ball.
  4. The dough must chill. Wait at least an hour before you attempt to form your galettes. Pastry dough is much easier to work with and won’t stick to the counter when chilled.
  5. Add more spices. To add more flavor you can easily just mix other spices like nutmeg, ginger, cardamom, or even more cinnamon with the brown sugar before you top the galette to bake.

Nutrition Information

Serving: 1servingCalories: 467kcal (23%)Carbohydrates: 58g (19%)Protein: 6g (12%)Fat: 25g (38%)Saturated Fat: 15g (94%)Polyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 81mg (27%)Sodium: 307mg (13%)Potassium: 216mg (6%)Fiber: 5g (21%)Sugar: 22g (24%)Vitamin A: 799IU (16%)Vitamin C: 6mg (7%)Calcium: 31mg (3%)Iron: 2mg (11%)

Notice: Nutrition is auto-calculated for your convenience. Where relevant, we recommend using your own nutrition calculations.

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Debbie Flegg
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Posted: 6 months ago

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Made and loved. The only change I made was regarding the spices for the topping. I love all those warm spices, so I mixed extra cinnamon, cardomon and nutmeg together with the brown sugar and a touch of salt and sprinkled over the egg wash. So good. Your recipes are the bomb!

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Thank you, Debbie! Glad you enjoyed it!

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Ric
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Posted: 6 months ago

can I use plums? How should I adjust recipe if I do?

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Joanna Cismaru
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Posted: 6 months ago

Here’s my plum galette recipe you can use: https://www.jocooks.com/recipes/plum-galette/

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Chris W.
Chris W.
Posted: 6 months ago

This looks absolutely beautiful! In the past I’ve done plum and also tomato galettes. I think it’s a perfect place to use up some fruits or veggies and still have a great meal. And of course, you can never go wrong with ice cream on top! Apples are going onto my grocery list for this week definitely. Have a nice weekend.

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Joanna Cismaru
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Yes, perfect for this time of year. Let me know how it turns out for you!

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Judy B.
Judy B.
Posted: 6 months ago

In the picture showing the ingredients for the topping, you show brown sugar, an egg, and nutmeg. In the instructions you don’t make any mention of the nutmeg. When do you use the nutmeg?

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Joanna Cismaru
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Sorry about that, the picture is wrong and I’ve fixed it. It’s supposed to say cinnamon. You can however add a bit of nutmeg to this if you like.

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