Brown Butter Apple Roses

This Brown Butter Apple Roses are a perfect single-serve holiday dessert that’s almost too pretty to eat. Almost.

These single serve, Brown Butter Apple Roses are one of my favorite recipes to make around the holidays. The rose-shaped apple looks almost too pretty to ruin, but trust me, definitely dive in. Apple desserts are the epitome of a fall/holiday treat that’s perfect for a fall soiree. So, whether you’re hosting a cozy gathering with loved ones or simply treating yourself to a moment of culinary bliss, this dessert promises to elevate your experience and transport you to a realm of pure delight.

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Apple Roses with Brown Butter

This Brown Butter Apple Roses are a perfect single-serve holiday dessert that's almost too pretty to eat. Almost.

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Ingredients

Serves 2 cocottes

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• ▢ 2 apples
• ▢ cooking spray
• ▢ 5 tbsp butter
• ▢ cinnamon sugar you can put as much or as little cinnamon sugar as you want, it’s totally personal preference. Just combine sugar and cinnamon together to your taste! 
• ▢ egg wash
• ▢ powdered sugar
• ▢ dusting flour

Instructions 

• Preheat oven to 400. Add cooking spray to mini or generously coat mini in butter and then add sugar. Shake mini so sugar sticks to all the butter. Make sure everything is coated well so that the rose doesn’t stick.
• Using a mandoline or a knife, thinly slice your apples. Transfer to a plate and microwave for about 30 seconds until the apples become pliable but not mushy. Cover in a dish towel to keep warm.
• Make your brown butter by adding butter to pan and cook, stirring often until butter starts to caramelize and brown, about 7-8 min. 
• Make your cinnamon sugar by combining sugar and cinnamon to a small bowl. 
• Roll out puff pastry dough until it’s about ⅛ inch thick and then cut into strips about 3 inches wide and 12 inches long. 
• Brush dough with brown butter and then top with cinnamon sugar. Place apple slices along the top of dough along the edge, overlapping the slices slightly. Apples should be sticking out over the edge of the dough. Then fold the bottom of the dough over the slices.  Whisk egg and water and brush surface of dough with egg wash. 
• Roll dough to form a rose and transfer to the mini. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar. Bake for about 40 min or until dough is cooked. Remove and dust with confectioners’ sugar. Enjoy!

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