APPLE ROSES

You don't need to be a pastry chef to bake this deliciously tempting rose-shaped dessert. It tastes just like apple pie.  And it looks a lot like a beautiful red rose.  Made with naturally sweet apple slices, sprinkled with cinnamon and rolled up in a perfectly crispy puff pastry.

INGREDIENTS

•  1/2 package Puff Pastry Sheets (1 sheet), thawed
•  2 red apple (I used Red Delicious- Manuela)
•  2 tablespoons lemon juice (from 1/2 lemon)
•  1 tablespoon all-purpose flour, to sprinkle the counter
•  3 tablespoons apricot preserves or ground cinnamon

DIRECTIONS

1. Thaw the puff pastry at room temperature if you haven't done so yet. It should take about 20-30 minutes.
2. Prepare a bowl half filled with water and the lemon juice. Cut the apples in half, remove the core and cut the apples in paper-thin slices. Leave the peel so it will give the red color to your roses. Right away, place the sliced apples in the bowl so that they won't change color.
3. Microwave the apples in the bowl for about 3 minutes, to make them slightly softer and easy to roll.  If you prefer, you can also simmer the apple slices with the water in a small pan (on the stove). The apple slices should be cooked just enough to bend without breaking. If they break, you need to cook them a little more.
4. Unwrap the puff pastry over a clean and lightly floured counter. Using a rolling pin stretch the dough into a rectangular shape of about 12 x 9 inch (30 x 22 cm). Cut the dough in 6 strips, each about 2 x 9 inch (5 x 22 cm).
5. In a bowl, place three tablespoons of apricot preserves with two tablespoons of water. Microwave for about one minute (or warm up on the stove) so that the preserves will be easier to spread. Spread a thin layer of preserves on each strip of dough.
6. ............

For full instruction please see : https://www.puffpastry.com

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