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Apple Roses

Desserts

Ingredients

- 6 large apples (Gala, McIntosh or Courtland) - 6 tbsp apple butter - 4 sheets of puff pastry - ½ a lemon, juiced - Cinnamon - Sugar

Method

  1. Slice the apples in half from top to bottom, then slice into very thin slices and use a small cookie cutter to remove the core from the slices.
  2. Add the apple slices to a platter with lemon juice and microwave for about 75 seconds, until slightly tender (not completely mushy, but soft enough to be malleable) and drain the apples into a colander.
  3. Place the pastry sheets flat on a floured surface and roll the thoroughly chilled pastries out with a rolling pin to flatten a little. Cut each pastry into 6 equal slices, about 3”x12-15” each.
  4. One at a time, spoon a little apple butter along the length of a slice of pastry, and sprinkle some cinnamon sugar on top.
  5. Line the apple slices along the pastry with the peel side facing out.
  6. Fold the pastry in half to cover the apples, leaving a the edges sticking out. Brush with egg wash and sprinkle with a little cinnamon sugar.
  7. Starting on one end, roll the pastry and apples to the other end of the pastry.
  8. Place in a muffin tin and sprinkle the tops with more cinnamon sugar.
  9. Place a pan of water on the bottom rack of oven so the bottom of pastries do not burn.
  10. Bake at 190°C for 40-45 minutes, until golden brown.
  11. Dust with icing sugar just prior to serving.