Apple Rose Tartlets with Puff Pastry

apple rose in center surrounded by rose petals

Apple Rose Tartlets with Puff Pastry

Course: Dessert, party food, Snack

Cuisine: American

Keyword: apple rose, apple tartlets, mini apple tarts with puff pastry

Prep Time: 35

Cook Time: 35

thawing puff pastry sheet: 2

Total Time: 3 10

Servings:

Calories: 331kcal

Author: Cindy Rainey

These lovely apple rose tartlets with puff pastry are an easy elegant mini apple pastry you can easily make at home and serve with coffee or tea for a special brunch event. Made with sliced apples, puff pastry, brown sugar, cinnamon, and a little lemon. Top with powdered sugar for a beautiful apple dessert presentation.

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Ingredients

1 puff pastry sheet see notes
2 medium apples
1 Tablespoon lemon juice
2 Tablespoons brown sugar
1 Tablespoon cinnamon
optional powdered sugar for decorating

Instructions

Allow the puff pastry to thaw according to package directions. This will take at least two hours.
Wash the apples and dry them well. Use a sharp knife and cut them into thin slices. You will be avoiding the seeds and leaving the peel on. You can also cut them with a mandoline if that is easy for you. But the apple roses will look better if the apples are cut into "wedge" shapes. See the blog post for the details. Toss the apple slices with lemon juice to keep them from browning.
Heat a saucepan over medium heat. Add the apple slices, lemon juice, brown sugar, and cinnamon. Toss/stir gently and heat for about fifteen minutes until the apples have just softened. Remove the pan from the heat so that the apples can cool enough to handle.
Preheat the oven to 375° while the apples are cooling. They should be cool enough to handle once the oven is heated.
Unroll the puff pastry and cut into five strips. The strips will be about 2 inches in width.
Working with one strip at a time, lay the apples along the entire edge of the top half of the strip with the skin side facing out of the pastry strip. (See blog post for example.) Fold the bottom half over the apples so that only the top part with the skins is poking out. Carefully roll into a "rose".
Spritz some muffin cups with cooking spray or use cupcake liners. Place each apple pastry rose in a muffin cup.
Bake in a 375-degree oven for about 35-45 minutes until the apple pastries have browned. If the apple rose is undercooked then it will taste doughy. the 35-45 minutes is suggested because ovens vary so much. Start checking at 35 minutes. Take one out and slightly pull it to check for doneness. Mine get done in about 40 minutes.
Remove from the oven and allow to cool. Sprinkle (optional) powdered sugar on to decorate.

Notes

Most puff pastry sheets I have purchased at the grocery store are vegan. Check the ingredients. I usually am able to find rectangle puff pastry sheets, which I prefer. Today I used a round pastry sheet which can also work. You will just need to cut the ends off to make it a little bit more rectrangular. Doesn't have to be perfect though.

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