What a weekend. My husband participated in his first Triathlon. That was fun! I was so proud of him. Now of course he wants to do more. I thought I might give it a try too, but then he told me what you have to do. Run nonstop for 3 miles…get on your bike and ride 10 miles..strip down and swim 350 meters. I’m not sure I could handle that quite yet. Maybe someday. I’ve been working out with my friend every morning at 6:00 am. Not much progress, and I’m not sure why. Maybe it’s because I then come home and bake and eat. I’ve been trying to be better though. Sundays are my favorite baking day. I just have to have a really good dessert after dinner. Last night was no exception. I decided to experiment with puff pastry. I wanted an apple pie, but didn’t want to make pie dough. I had some puff pastry on hand so I decided to make these little apple pie puffs as I like to call them. A yummy filling of sauteed apples with butter, cinnamon, sugar and apple pie spice. Load it in some puff pastry and they come out beautiful! You must have ice cream on top, it’s the only way to eat them. I drizzled some caramel sauce to top it all off. Delicious! Have a great week everyone!!
Apple Pie Puffs
recipe by Stephanie
serves 6
1 sheet puff pastry from 17.3 ounce box
3 apples (I used gala), diced
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons brown sugar
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon apple pie spice
For the top:
2 tablespoon melted butter
sugar for sprinkling
1. Saute apples with butter, sugars, cinnamon and apple pie spice until soft, about 5 minutes. Set aside to cool.
2. Using thawed puff pastry dough, roll out onto a floured work surface and roll dough into about a 12X18 inch rectangle. Cut into 6 equal rectangles. Scoop apple filling onto the middle of the rectangle. Fold dough over and press down on all 4 sides to seal. Repeat with all rectangles. Place on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Brush tops with the melted butter and sprinkle with sugar. Bake at 375 degrees for about 20 minutes. Top with ice cream and eat while hot.
Mmmmmmm! Those look delicious! I love that you used puff pastry… I’ve been wanting to make something with it but haven’t yet.
Oh yum yum yum! I love it!
Congrats to your husband!!
Looks amazing…and doable! Thanks for the post.
I love to keep puff pastry around the house for just such an opportunity to use it. Nice and simple…and, of course, delicious!
Oh Wow Stephanie yum! I am all about apples too this week, strudel is on my menu plan for tomorrow . .we’ll see if it happens!
I’m always amazed at your creativity coming up with your own unique recipes. This looks fantastic!
You have a brave husband! Trialthlon is hard! That’s a really cool way of serving a apple pie. I love the name!
Your husband is brave and so are you for considering it! Your apple pie puffs look and sound like the perfect after dinner easy dessert!
I haven’t done much with puff pastry! I will have to try it out! This dessert looks fantastic!
A guy I work with just did his first triathlon – I wonder if they did the same one!
These look delicious. I’ll take one of these over a workout any day!
You never cease to amaze me! My husband would love these, which means I will have to give it a try for him. Congratulations to your husband!
These look too good to be true!
Fall apples?
Yum! Nice job, hubby! I work out so I can eat desserts like this.
Oh pretty puffs! Congrats to your husband. It’s addictive!
Congrats to your hubby! Ben keeps threatening he is going to start up with them. Several thousand dollars invested in a bike and all necessary accoutrement I’ve yet to see much progress… I am resisting the urge to be like ‘the mom’ and give the ‘I told you so’ speech….
Anywho… These look great! I love working with Puff Pastry, and I love apples for dessert! Did you make the caramel sauce or buy it and if you made it, how so did you do it?
Congrats to the hubby. Wow.
I need to do more with my piles of frozen puff pastry just sitting in the freezer.
This looks fab Steph!
mmmm what a great alternative to apple pie. i love anything apple
Yummy! This is right up my alley. Gonna have to some puff pastry.
This pie tastes even better than Sara Lee!
This was very good and pretty. Thanks for sharing this great recipe.