These apple roses were inspired by a cook named Ana, a Brazilian food blogger living in Italy. I hope you give these gorgeous-looking and very delicious apple roses a try soon. Enjoy!
Ingredients
- red apple, cored and very: 1 piece (sliced)
- white sugar: 0.25 cup
- ground cinnamon: 1 tsp
- sheet frozen puff pastry: 1 piece (thawed)
- butter: 0.25 cup (melted)
- egg: 1 piece
- water: 2 tsp
- confectioners' sugar: 1 tsp (optional)
Metric Conversion
Stages of cooking
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Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Adjust an oven rack to the middle position. Butter two (6 to 8-ounce) ramekins and dust with white sugar.
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Place apple slices on a microwave-safe plate, overlapping slightly if necessary. Microwave on high until slices slightly soften, about 45 seconds. Cover the plate with plastic wrap and a kitchen towel.
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Mix together sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl.
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Roll puff pastry sheet to less than 1/8-inch thickness. Using a pizza cutter, cut two (3x12-inch) rectangles. Reserve remaining pieces for another use.
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Spread melted butter over dough; sprinkle with a generous amount of cinnamon sugar. Place apple slices along one long edge of dough, about 1/4 inch beyond the edge, overlapping slices slightly. Fold the bottom half of dough over apple slices to form a long "folder" of dough with rounded edges of apple slices exposed.
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Beat together egg and water in a small bowl. Brush surface of dough with egg wash. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.
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Starting at one end, roll dough to form a rose-shaped pastry. Seal roll with end of dough strip. Transfer roses to the prepared ramekins. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.
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Bake on the middle rack in the preheated oven until well browned, about 45 minutes. Use tongs to remove the ramekins to a baking sheet to cool for 5 to 10 minutes. Remove apple roses from the ramekins and finish cooling on a wire rack. Dust with confectioners' sugar before serving.
