Apple Rose Tarts
Apple Rose Tarts
Ingredients
- 1 sheet puff pastry, pre-made, thawed
- 2 tablespoons honey, or maple syrup/agave
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon Maldon salt, or other flaky sea salt
- 2 apples, medium, thinly sliced with skin on (about 1/8-inch thick)
- 2 tablespoons powdered sugar, for dusting
Instructions
- 1
Preheat your oven to 400°F. Lightly grease a standard 12-cup muffin tin.
⏱️ 5 min•🌡️ 400
- 2
In a small bowl, combine the granulated sugar and ground cinnamon to make cinnamon sugar. Set aside.
⏱️ 2 min
- 3
Unroll the thawed puff pastry sheet onto a lightly floured surface. Using a sharp knife or pizza cutter, cut the puff pastry sheet lengthwise into 4 equal strips (approximately 2 1/2 inches wide each).
⏱️ 3 min
- 4
Take one strip of puff pastry. Drizzle about 1/2 tablespoon of honey in a wavy pattern along the length of the strip. Using a pastry brush, spread about 1 teaspoon of melted butter evenly over the honey-drizzled puff pastry.
⏱️ 3 min
- 5
Sprinkle about 1 1/2 teaspoons of the prepared cinnamon sugar generously over the buttered puff pastry. Add a small pinch of Maldon salt over the cinnamon sugar.
⏱️ 2 min
- 6
Arrange the thinly sliced apples, overlapping each other slightly, along one half of the puff pastry strip. Ensure the apple slices extend slightly beyond the top edge of the pastry strip.
⏱️ 5 min - 7
Fold the other half of the puff pastry strip over the bottom portion of the apple slices, encasing them. Gently press down to seal.
⏱️ 1 min
- 8
Carefully roll the apple-layered puff pastry strip from one end to the other to form a rose shape. Pinch the bottom seam to secure.
⏱️ 2 min
- 9
Gently place each apple rose into a prepared muffin tin cup. Repeat steps 4-8 for the remaining puff pastry strips and apple slices.
⏱️ 2 min
- 10
Brush the tops of the apple roses in the muffin tin with any remaining melted butter. Sprinkle additional cinnamon sugar over them.
⏱️ 1 min
- 11
Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until the puff pastry is golden brown and puffed, and the apples are tender. If the apples start to brown too quickly, you can loosely tent the tarts with aluminum foil.
⏱️ 25 min•🌡️ 400
- 12
Remove the muffin tin from the oven and let the tarts cool in the tin for 5-10 minutes before carefully transferring them to a wire rack to cool slightly more.
⏱️ 5 min
- 13
Just before serving, sift powdered sugar over the warm or cooled Apple Rose Tarts.
⏱️ 1 min
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Nutrition Facts (per serving)
Apple Rose Tarts
- 1 sheet puff pastry, pre-made, thawed
- 2 tablespoons honey, or maple syrup/agave
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon Maldon salt, or other flaky sea salt
- 2 apples, medium, thinly sliced with skin on (about 1/8-inch thick)
- 2 tablespoons powdered sugar, for dusting
Instructions
- 1
Preheat your oven to 400°F. Lightly grease a standard 12-cup muffin tin.
⏱️ 5 min•🌡️ 400 - 2
In a small bowl, combine the granulated sugar and ground cinnamon to make cinnamon sugar. Set aside.
⏱️ 2 min - 3
Unroll the thawed puff pastry sheet onto a lightly floured surface. Using a sharp knife or pizza cutter, cut the puff pastry sheet lengthwise into 4 equal strips (approximately 2 1/2 inches wide each).
⏱️ 3 min - 4
Take one strip of puff pastry. Drizzle about 1/2 tablespoon of honey in a wavy pattern along the length of the strip. Using a pastry brush, spread about 1 teaspoon of melted butter evenly over the honey-drizzled puff pastry.
⏱️ 3 min - 5
Sprinkle about 1 1/2 teaspoons of the prepared cinnamon sugar generously over the buttered puff pastry. Add a small pinch of Maldon salt over the cinnamon sugar.
⏱️ 2 min - 6
Arrange the thinly sliced apples, overlapping each other slightly, along one half of the puff pastry strip. Ensure the apple slices extend slightly beyond the top edge of the pastry strip.
⏱️ 5 min - 7
Fold the other half of the puff pastry strip over the bottom portion of the apple slices, encasing them. Gently press down to seal.
⏱️ 1 min - 8
Carefully roll the apple-layered puff pastry strip from one end to the other to form a rose shape. Pinch the bottom seam to secure.
⏱️ 2 min - 9
Gently place each apple rose into a prepared muffin tin cup. Repeat steps 4-8 for the remaining puff pastry strips and apple slices.
⏱️ 2 min - 10
Brush the tops of the apple roses in the muffin tin with any remaining melted butter. Sprinkle additional cinnamon sugar over them.
⏱️ 1 min - 11
Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until the puff pastry is golden brown and puffed, and the apples are tender. If the apples start to brown too quickly, you can loosely tent the tarts with aluminum foil.
⏱️ 25 min•🌡️ 400 - 12
Remove the muffin tin from the oven and let the tarts cool in the tin for 5-10 minutes before carefully transferring them to a wire rack to cool slightly more.
⏱️ 5 min - 13
Just before serving, sift powdered sugar over the warm or cooled Apple Rose Tarts.
⏱️ 1 min