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Apple Roses
Ingredients
  • 1 large sheet of defrosted puff pastry
  • 2 red apples cored but unpeeled and sliced very thin
  • 3 T. apricot jam
  • 2 T. water
  • Granulated sugar to taste
  • Cinnamon to taste
  • Powdered sugar
Instructions
  1. This recipe is adapted from the one that appears in the video link above.
  2. Preheat your oven to 375 degrees F.
  3. Roll out defrosted puff pastry on a floured surface until it is about 1/8 inch thick. Cut the puff pastry into six to eight strips.
  4. Put the apricot jam and water into a heatproof bowl. Melt the apricot jam in your microwave for about 1 minute and brush each strip of puff pastry with the melted jam. Set aside.
  5. Microwave sliced apples in a bowl of water mixed with the juice of 1/2 lemon until the apples are partially cooked and pliable. Your apple won't roll properly if the apples aren't pliable. Perhaps my microwave is wimpy but, rather than the three minutes recommended in the video, I needed to microwave my apple slices for a little more than twice that amount of time. Drain the apples.
  6. Arrange sliced apples along the long side of a strip of puff pastry with the red peel facing out. Sprinkle the apples with the granulated sugar and the ground cinnamon. Fold half of the puff pastry strip over the apple slices. Roll the strip tightly and put your apple rose into the well of a muffin tin that has been sprayed with oil or greased with butter. Repeat until you have used all the strips.
  7. Bake for 40 to 45 minutes at 375 degrees F. Cool on your counter. Sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve. I'm thinking this would be wonderful served with a scoop of homemade vanilla ice cream.