Recipes
Caramel Apple Roses
12 servings
about 1 1/2 hours total (Active 25 minutes)
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Ingredients
- 2 sheets frozen puff pastry
- Cooking spray
- 2 Red Delicious apples
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- ¼ cup flour
- ½ cup apple butter (or jelly)
- 4 tablespoons cinnamon sugar
- Vanilla ice cream and caramel sundae topping, optional for serving
Steps
- Thaw puff pastry for 30 minutes. Coat a 12-cup muffin pan with spray. Cut apples into quarters and remove cores; slice apples very thinly and place in microwave-safe bowl with lemon juice and enough cold water to cover. Drain apples; cover and microwave on HIGH 2–3 minutes, stirring halfway through, or until tender (apples should be cooked long enough to bend, but not break).
- Preheat oven to 375°F. Flour work surface and unroll each pastry sheet; roll each into a 12- x 9-inch rectangle, then cut each into 6 long strips. Spread a thin layer of apple butter (about 2 teaspoons) on each strip of dough.
- Arrange 8 apple slices, slightly overlapping, along one long edge of each dough strip, with the apple skin edges against the edge of the dough. Fold the other half of dough over apple slices. Roll pastry up tightly, starting at the short end; pinch ends to seal dough and place in muffin pan. Repeat for remaining 11 roses.
- Sprinkle each with 1 teaspoon cinnamon sugar. Bake 25–30 minutes or until center of dough is cooked. Let stand 10 minutes to rest. Serve with ice cream and caramel sauce, if desired.
Amount per 1⁄12 recipe serving: Calories 220, Total Fat 10g, Sat Fat 5g, Trans Fat 0g, Chol 0mg, Sodium 140mg, Total Carb 35g, Fiber 2g, Sugars 13g, Protein 3g, Calc 0%, Vitamin A 0%, Vitamin C 0%, Iron 6%