Easy Apple Roses
These Easy Apple Roses are a delicious dessert recipe that you're guaranteed to fall in love with. Delicate apple slices embraced by a flaky puff pastry that's a feast for the eyes and a sweet treat for the taste buds.If you like simple, yet impressive dessert recipes, you'll love these valentine's cake pops, red velvet cake mix cookies, frosted ginger cookies, or this white chocolate christmas crack.
Servings: 12 apple roses
Cost: $10
Ingredients
- 17.3 ounces Puff Pastry Sheets (2 sheets), thawed
- 3 large red delicious or fiji apples (the more red the apple, the better)
- 1/4 cup butter, melted
- 6 tablespoons peach preserves
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 eggs
- powdered sugar for garnish
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Grease a 12 cup muffin tin.
- Slice apples with a mandoline (or sharp knife) to paper-thin slices
- Sauté apple slices in 2 teaspoons water over low-medium heat until the apples just start to soften, roughly 30 seconds per side.
- Mix together butter, apricot preserves, sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl and microwave for 20 seconds then whisk to combine
- Roll puff pastry sheet to less than 1/8-inch thickness into two rectangular shapes of about 12 x 9 inch each. Cut each square into 6 strips (roughly 2 x 9 inches).
- Spread melted butter mixture over dough with a pastry brush then place apple slices along one long side of dough, about 1/2 inch beyond the edge, overlapping slices by about 1/4 inch. Fold the bottom half of dough up in half over apple slices.
- Starting at one end, roll the dough to form a rose-shaped pastry making sure to keep the apple slices in place. Seal roll with end of dough strip.
- Beat together eggs in a small bowl and bush surface of dough using a pastry brush then sprinkle with additional sugar and transfer roses to the greased muffin pan.
- Bake on the middle rack in the preheated oven for 30 minutes then cover loosely with aluminum foil and bake another 15 minutes until pastry dough is fully cooked.
- Remove from oven and allow to cool for 5 minutes. Remove apple roses from the muffin cups and finish cooling on a wire rack. Dust with powdered sugar before serving.
Notes
Make ahead, freezing, and reheating instructions
To make ahead: You can make these sweet treats a day or two in advance and store in the refrigerator or on the counter. Wait until they have completely cooled to place in an airtight container. How to freeze: To freeze apple roses, let them cool on a baking sheet and flash freeze for 30 minutes. Then, place in a freezer safe container or ziplock bag and freeze for up to three months. Thaw in the fridge and follow reheating instructions. Reheating: Reheat leftover apple roses in the microwave in 30 second intervals or until desired temperature is reached. If you want a crispy puff pastry, you can reheat in the air fryer for 3-5 minutes at 350 degrees.Recipe variations
- Nutty crunch: Sprinkle finely chopped pecans, almonds, cashews, or walnuts over the apples before baking for an extra crunch.
- Extra drizzle: If you have a sweet tooth, drizzle your apple roses with chocolate sauce or caramel sauce before serving.
- Berry delicious: Add a layer of fresh strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, etc. to your apples before baking for an extra burst of flavor and color. You can also spread a thin layer of preserves for more fruity flavor.
- Citrus kick: For a citrus twist, add a teaspoon of lemon zest or lemon juice to the butter mixture.
Nutrition
Serving: 1apple rose