Apple Blossoms Whole cored apples are stuffed with cinnamon sugar and wrapped in pastry before being baked to golden perfection.
Prep Time30minutes
Cook Time40minutes
Total Time1hour10minutes
Servings4apple blossoms. Up to 8 servings,
Ingredients
for the Pastry
2 ¼cupsflour
1tbspbrown sugar
½tspsalt
1cupshortening or butterVery cold and cut in cubes
6tbspice water
For the filling
1/2cupbrown sugar
1tspcinnamon
1/2tspnutmeg
Instructions
For the Pastry
Pulse the cold butter or shortening into the flour sugar and salt using a food processor until the shortening or butter is reduced to pea sized pieces.
Sprinkle the water over the surface and toss with a fork until the water is just incorporated into the dough. Do not over work the dough; handle it only enough so that the dough stays together. Separate the dough into 4 balls and roll out into 4 thin circles. Place in the fridge to chill well.
Peel and core 4 large apples and stuff them with with the sugar and spice mixture and top each apple with 1 tsp butter.
Work with cold pastry here. Place each apple in the center of a pastry round and bring the edges of the pastry up over the apple to completely enclose it.
Cut out a leaf or other shape from dough trimmings for decoration if you like for the top of the pastry and brush the whole pastry with an egg wash and sprinkle with sugar.
Bake at 375 degrees F for about 40 minutes or until golden brown.
Serve with ice cream or caramel sauce and toasted walnuts.