Baked Apple Roses

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 1 large red apple, cored and very thinly sliced
• 1/4 cup white sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 sheet frozen puff pastry, thawed
• 1/4 cup melted butter
• 1 egg
• 2 teaspoons water
• 1 teaspoon confectioners' sugar (optional)

Recipe

Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 45 mins Ready Time: 1 hr 10 mins


• preheat oven to 400 degrees f (200 degrees c). butter 2 small ramekins (6 to 8 ounce) and dust with white sugar.
• place apple slices on a plate, overlapping slightly if necessary. microwave on high about 45 seconds just until slices have softened a bit. cover plate with plastic wrap and a kitchen towel.
• mix together sugar and cinnamon in a bowl.
• roll puff pastry sheet to less than 1/8-inch thickness. using a pizza cutter, cut two 3-inch by 12-inch rectangles. reserve remaining pieces for another use.
• spread melted butter over dough; top with a generous amount of cinnamon-sugar. place apple slices along 1 long edge of dough, about 1/4 inch beyond edge of dough, overlapping slices slightly. fold bottom half of dough over the apple slices to form a long "folder" of dough with rounded edges of apple slices exposed.
• beat egg and water together in a bowl. paint surface of dough with egg wash. sprinkle with more cinnamon-sugar, to taste.
• starting from one end, roll dough not too tightly to form a rose-shaped pastry. seal roll with end of dough strip.
• transfer roses to prepared ramekins. sprinkle with a little more cinnamon-sugar. place ramekins directly on middle rack of preheated oven.
• bake until well browned, about 45 minutes. remove ramekins with tongs and place on baking sheet to cool 5 to 10 minutes. remove apple roses from ramekins and finish cooling on rack. dust with confectioners' sugar before serving.