{"id":46811,"date":"2026-01-05T07:45:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T12:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=46811"},"modified":"2026-01-05T07:45:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T12:45:21","slug":"french-apple-tart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2026\/01\/05\/french-apple-tart\/","title":{"rendered":"French Apple Tart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6237\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/01\/17\/apple-cake\/food-header-1-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,144\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Food-Header-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6237\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=640%2C144&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=300%2C67&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"46813\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2026\/01\/05\/french-apple-tart\/frenchapple\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/FrenchApple.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"FrenchApple\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/FrenchApple.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-46813\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/FrenchApple.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/FrenchApple.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/FrenchApple.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Thinly sliced apples over a flaky crust, finished off with an apricot glaze &#8211; this tart is really something special. And truth be told, I was looking for a reason to use this new-to-me rectangular tart pan! <!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 1\/3 cups flour<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<li>8 tablespoons butter<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 cup ice water<\/li>\n<li>3 &#8211; 4 Granny Smith apples<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup granulated sugar<\/li>\n<li>4 tablespoons butter, cut into small pieces<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 cup apricot jam<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>In a food processor, combine flour salt and butter. Add the ice water and pulse until mixture just begins to clump. Form into a disk and wrap in plastic wrap. Chill for an hour.<\/li>\n<li>Preheat oven to 400\u00ba. Roll out the dough and ease into a 4.5&#8243; x 14&#8243; rectangular tart pan.<\/li>\n<li>Peel, core, and quarter apples, slice 1\/4&#8243; thick. Fan apples over crust, sprinkle with sugar, dot with the butter. Bake for 45 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Warm up the apricot preserves with 1\/2 tablespoon of water. Press through a sieve and brush on the baked tart.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thinly sliced apples over a flaky crust, finished off with an apricot glaze &#8211; this tart is really something special. And truth be told, I was looking for a reason to use this new-to-me rectangular tart pan!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1238],"tags":[1239,97,1455],"class_list":["post-46811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lovin-from-the-oven","tag-apples","tag-baking","tag-tarts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-cb1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":23324,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2018\/02\/21\/rustic-apple-tart\/","url_meta":{"origin":46811,"position":0},"title":"Rustic Apple Tart","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"February 21, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"A bag of apples, and the desire to make a little something sweet for dessert over the weekend, resulted in this rustic apple tart. 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