Updated 12.30.25
This classic French dessert recipe is simplicity at its best and it won’t take hours to make. Made with pie dough instead of pastry dough and crispy apples. Ideal to serve at the end of a cozy date night or a small gathering.
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Key Ingredients in This Recipe
You’ll find the complete list of ingredients and exact quantities in the recipe below.
- Pie crust – I used a store-bought crust, but of course you can make your own as well.
- Apples – I mostly use Granny Smith when I bake with apples as they stay firm and they are tart, something I like in an apple dessert. In this recipe however, I used a combination of Granny Smith and Honey Crisp; a slightly sweet apple that stays firm as well. The crust of this tart is thin, so the apples play the lead role and thus variety counts.
- Walnuts – you can also use almonds or pecans
- Granulated sugar
- Cinnamon
- Apricot preserves
How to Make Thin French Apple Tart for Two
Step 1 – Place the pie crust in a 6-inch tart form. You will have a little bit of dough left-over, which you can just sprinkle with some cheese or sugar and you’ll have a few cookies for later.
Step 2 – Grind the walnuts fine. Do this with a food processor, a knife or with a rolling pin.
Step 3 – Spread ground walnuts over the bottom of the pie.
Step 4 – Mix the granulated sugar with the cinnamon and sprinkle this over the ground walnuts.
Step 5 – Peel the apples and slice them thinly. For this thin tart, I prefer to peel the apples, but keeping the skin on will work as well. Place the slices in the pie form. You can do this in rows, in circles, each slice slightly overlapping the previous or create a pattern of your own.
Step 6 – Sprinkle the apple slices with sugar and place the tart in a preheated oven of 425°F for about 20-30 minutes.
Step 7 – Warm apricot preserves in a microwave and brush it over the apples slices immediately after the pie comes out of the oven.
Allow the Thin French Apple Tart to cool completely and ENJOY!
That wasn’t so difficult now, was it? Cut the tart in quarters and enjoy a piece with your partner. Place the remaining two in the fridge for a day or two, when you keep the pie in the fridge much longer, the dough will lose its crustiness.
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Thin French Apple Tart for Two
Pin Recipe FacebookIngredients
- 1 store-bought pie crust
- 2 apples
- 2 tablespoons walnuts
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon apricot preserves
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 425°F.
- Place the dough in a 6-inch pie form. (NOTE 1)
- Grind the walnuts fine. Do this with a food processor, a knife or with a rolling pin.
- Spread the walnuts over the bottom of the pie.
- Mix 1 tablespoon of sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle that over the thin layer of walnuts.
- Peel the apples and slice them thinly. Place the slices in the pie form. You can do this in rows, in circles, each slice slightly overlapping the previous or create a pattern of your own. (NOTE 2)
- Sprinkle the apple slices with remaining tablespoon of sugar and place the tart in your oven and bake for about 20-30 minutes.
- Warm the apricot preserves in a microwave and brush it over the apples slices immediately after the pie comes out of the oven.
- Allow the Thin French Apple Tart to cool completely.
Notes
- You will have a little bit of dough left-over, which you can just sprinkle with some cheese or sugar and you’ll have a few cookies for later.
- For this delicate thin pie, I prefer to peel the apples, but if you like to keep the peel on for color and fiber that will work as well.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
lol, there aren’t apples in the ingredients section. How many apples?
Hello Karen;
Well that’s a silly mistake on my part. Thank you so much for pointing this out. Correction made.