Best Apple Crescent Roses Recipes

BAKED APPLE ROSES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Butter 2 small ramekins (6 to 8 ounce) and dust with white sugar.
• Place apple slices on a plate, overlapping slightly if necessary. Microwave on High about 45 seconds just until slices have softened a bit. Cover plate with plastic wrap and a kitchen towel.
• Mix together sugar and cinnamon in a bowl.
• Roll puff pastry sheet to less than 1/8-inch thickness. Using a pizza cutter, cut two 3-inch by 12-inch rectangles. Reserve remaining pieces for another use.
• Spread melted butter over dough; top with a generous amount of cinnamon-sugar. Place apple slices along 1 long edge of dough, about 1/4 inch beyond edge of dough, overlapping slices slightly. Fold bottom half of dough over the apple slices to form a long "folder" of dough with rounded edges of apple slices exposed.
• Beat egg and water together in a bowl. Paint surface of dough with egg wash. Sprinkle with more cinnamon-sugar, to taste.
• Starting from one end, roll dough not too tightly to form a rose-shaped pastry. Seal roll with end of dough strip.
• Transfer roses to prepared ramekins. Sprinkle with a little more cinnamon-sugar. Place ramekins directly on middle rack of preheated oven.
• Bake until well browned, about 45 minutes. Remove ramekins with tongs and place on baking sheet to cool 5 to 10 minutes. Remove apple roses from ramekins and finish cooling on rack. Dust with confectioners' sugar before serving.

CINNAMON ROLL APPLE ROSES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray a standard muffin tin with nonstick cooking spray.
• In a medium microwave-safe bowl, add apple slices and lemon juice. Fill bowl halfway with water, and microwave for 3 minutes, until apple slices are pliable. Drain, and pat apple slices dry.
• Remove cinnamon rolls from packaging. Unravel each cinnamon roll, and layer apple slices horizontally on upper half of cinnamon roll. Carefully roll back together, pinches end to seal. Add each roll to muffin tin, spacing out evenly.
• Bake 18-20 minutes, or until golden brown. Transfer baked cinnamon rolls to serving plate and drizzle with icing. Before serving, dust generously with powdered sugar.