Apple pies with spiced cream

Ingredients

6	Red apples, peeled and sliced (Main)
1 Tbsp	Lemon juice
⅓ cup	Brown sugar
½ tsp	Cinnamon
1 tsp	Vanilla essence/extract
2 sheets	Shortcrust pastry (Main)
1	Egg, lightly beaten
1 to dust	Demerara sugar
1 cup	Cream

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 200 degC. Place the apples, lemon juice, sugar, cinnamon and vanilla in a large, deep frying pan over low heat.
2. Cover and cook, shaking the pan occasionally, for 8 minutes or until just tender. Drain the apples, reserving 2 Tbsp of the juice, and set aside to cool.
3. Cut each pastry sheet into 4 squares with a fluted cutter+.
4. Top each square with the apples and brush the edges with egg. Fold to enclose, press the edges to seal and brush with the remaining egg.
5. Place on a baking tray lined with non-stick baking paper, sprinkle with demerara sugar and bake for 20 minutes or until golden.
6. Fold the cooled apple juicemixture through the creamand serve with the pies.
7. + A fluted cutter has a scalloped edge. You can also use a knife for straight edges.