**The Art of Apple Roses: A Delicious and Visually Stunning Dessert**

As I began preparing the pastry, I couldn't help but feel a sense of excitement and nervousness. The recipe for apple roses called for a delicate balance of ingredients and technique, but with patience and practice, I was confident that I could create something truly special. First, I sprinkled a pinch of whatever spice I liked onto the melted butter on the pastry, leaving it to one side as I worked on the apples.

Next, I placed my apples on a plate, arranging them in a loose bunch if they were available. This wasn't about presentation; it was about creating something simple and effortless. If they were from a store, that's perfectly fine – I just wanted to get them ready for the final step of preparing them for baking.

The apples would be microwaved for 30 or 45 seconds, just until they became soft but not mushy. This was crucial; too much heat, and they'd be ruined, while underheated ones wouldn't release their natural sweetness. After a quick check to ensure the microwave had done its job, I transferred the apples to the pastry.

To assemble the apple roses, I took the outer edge of the pastry and folded it over the apple, creating a neat little package with a bit of space at the front. This was where the magic happened – the fold-over technique that gave these pastries their signature look. I repeated this process for each apple, carefully shaping them into perfect little roses.

With my apple roses assembled, I turned my attention to the egg wash, which was simply a beaten egg mixed with two teaspoons of water. I applied this mixture to the pastry, making sure not to get it too messy – after all, we were about to add some sugar and cinnamon, which would seal in the flavors and give the pastries their distinctive aroma.

A quick sprinkle of sugar followed by the cinnamon, my favorite spice, brought out the warm, comforting aromas of the apple roses. The mixture was swirled around, coating the pastry evenly before I gently placed the apples back into their buttered ramekins.

I decided to use two different sizes of ramekins – big ones for the extra-large pastries and small ones for the smaller varieties. It was a fun experiment, one that would reveal which size worked best for this particular recipe. As the pastries baked in the oven at 400 degrees Fahrenheit (200 degrees Celsius), I couldn't help but feel a sense of anticipation.

Finally, after what felt like an eternity, my apple roses were done. They emerged from the oven perfectly golden brown and beautifully shaped, their pastry glistening with butter and sugar. A few minutes to let them cool, and then it was time to test the results – I carefully poked at each pastry with a knife to check for crunchiness.

To my delight, they passed the test with flying colors! Crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside, the apple roses were an absolute treat. And as I sprinkled them with powdered sugar, their appearance became almost too beautiful to eat – but then I remembered why we make these pastries in the first place: to enjoy them!

**Tasting Time**

I couldn't wait any longer; it was time to indulge in my handiwork and taste each apple rose for myself. The first bite was nothing short of magical – crunchy pastry giving way to a tender, sweet apple that left me wanting more. I knew right then and there that this recipe was going straight into the favorites category.

And while these pastries are certainly impressive in appearance, it's worth noting that they're surprisingly easy to make – especially once you get the hang of rolling out the pastry and placing the apples on top. Of course, practice makes perfect, but don't be discouraged if your first batch doesn’t turn out exactly as you hoped; with time and patience, you’ll master this technique.

**Get Creative with Apple Roses**

As I looked at my finished apple roses, adorned with powdered sugar and ready to impress, I couldn't help but think about the endless possibilities of this recipe. Want to try something new? Try substituting different types of fruit or spices – perhaps pears with a hint of ginger or apples with a drizzle of honey.

The beauty of this dessert lies in its adaptability; it can be dressed up or down, depending on your mood and the occasion. So go ahead, experiment with new flavors and ingredients, and don't be afraid to share your creations with friends and family. Who knows – you might just start a new dessert tradition!

In short, apple roses are more than just a pretty face; they're a delicious way to showcase seasonal fruits in all their glory. Whether served as a standalone dessert or paired with a warm cup of tea or coffee, these pastries are sure to delight even the most discerning palates.

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With that, I left my kitchen, feeling satisfied and inspired by a job well done. Apple roses may not be the most complicated dessert to make, but they're certainly one of the prettiest – and that's what matters most in the world of cooking: sharing love and joy through food.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey guys it's baking day baking yeah i've seen this recipe done a lot of places and of course i had to try myself these wonderfully delicious and cute apple roses they came together so nicely they are so good and this is for our cook and share friends and our community over at the hoot wait a minute do i hear them coming oh yeah that's them so let's get started okay guys the first thing we're gonna do is cut our apple in half then i'm gonna take my knife and remove the top then we're gonna go ahead and cut our apple into fairly thin pieces and then i'm just going to remove the core by taking the tip of a piping bag and you can use a pastry cutter or you can even cord them to begin with this is just kind of fun until you get something like this and with mine i'm just going to submerse them into some cold water just so they don't get brown well i'm busy working away coring them okie then now what i'm gonna do is flour up a surface and lay my puff pastry on and this is just paper puff pastry i bought in the grocery store you can make it yourself but it's rather labor intensive and a lot easier to buy it in the store now these come pre-marked but i'm not going to go buy that because i want them about three inches wide so i'm going to take my trusty old pizza cutter and go down about three inches three inches again and about three inches again that way i'm getting four out of them how economical take my trusty old rolling pin and i'm gonna roll these out until they're about well i'd say 3 by 12 or 15. then my fine feathered friends we are going to put some melted butter over the top and just spoon it over you can brush it too but i don't know whenever i brush pastry it seems more like shellacking to me i love my butter now we have our puff pastry all buttered up i'm going to take a quarter cup of sugar and add about half a teaspoon of cinnamon now if you're a cinnamon lover you can go heavy-handed on this and add a whole t teaspoon whatever you like then i'm just going to sprinkle it on to the melted butter on the pastry and you can add as much or as little as you like on this if you're health conscious add less if you're not of course add more now our pastry is all set i'm going to prepare my apples for the final adventure of the apples anyway by placing them on a plate and if they're in bunches that's fine i guess it could have looked a little bit neater but i'm hungry and i'm going to throw these in the microwave for about 30 or 45 seconds just to the point where they become soft not mushy but soft and what you want guys is something like this just so they're limp you don't want the mushy again but just limp something like that hope they're coming for you now i'm going to take my apples and place them on you want a bit of a space in the front and about a quarter inch overlap at the top and of course you want that nice red part sticking out and lay them on so you have an overlap in each apple now i'm just going to take the outer edge with no apple sorry my hands in the way here guys and fold it over nice and neatly just like this alrighty then now we'll take an egg wash which is just a beaten egg in a couple of teaspoons of water and in this case i am going to shellac i'm going to brush and of course another application of our sugar and cinnamon ninin i always had trouble saying that word as a kid cinnamon now that is the moment of truth for this technique we're going to roll up our apple roses and let's hope this works and murphy's law doesn't kick in but i think it's going to be just fine and you want to roll these up about as evenly as you can you don't want them too tight until you get something like this and doesn't that look just pretty guys and one more time rolling the rose i just love this recipe it seems like a lot of technique but it's not really it's quite easy and of course the egg wash seals it up too when you're rolling it and there we are oh doesn't that look nice i'm going to prepare my ramekin by buttering it up always good to butter up your ramekin guys add in a bit of sugar and we're just going to kind of swirl this around and sugar it up now i'm using two different size of ramekins here a big one the small one so we'll see which one works out best for this technique now i'm going to set my roses inside of the buttered ramekin and i decided that the big ramekins are a little too big these ones are just perfect and i'm going to slip these into a 400 degree fahrenheit 200 degrees celsius preheated oven for about 40 to 45 minutes just until that pastry is beautifully browned so while the apple roses are baking don't forget to hit that subscribe button we'd love to have you in our subscriber list and in our community and if you like what you see hit that like button too it really helps us out and over at our site we have a newsletter so go to the bottom of the site and sign up for the newsletter get updated on all recent activity recipes do-it-yourself stuff whatever you like so let's check these apple roses now after 45 minutes they are beautifully done just look at this so i'm just gonna let these cool for about five or six minutes okay guys after they've cooled a little bit i'm just gonna go around them with a butter knife just to make sure nothing is sticking to the edges okay guys it's cooled enough so we're ready to come out and we're just gonna do the old plop here and just look at that incredible now i'm going to sprinkle our apple roses up with some powdered sugar just to make them real pretty like oh don't these look gorgeous and there you have it guys are ever so gorgeous not to mention cute apple roses oh just look at this wow okay my favorite time again let's give these a taste test i know if you heard that crunch or not but they they are crunchy they're so good i love the cinnamon i love the pastry and the apples that's why i used a sweet apple because it just adds to the richness these are so good you got to make them guys great with a cup of tea coffee a dessert and more so for the full scoop on this recipe and many other great recipes head on over to cook and share again the site's been totally revamped you're gonna love it over there all kinds of great stuff and again don't forget to sign up for our newsletter get updated on all recent articles and recipes thanks for watching guys stay safe and see you next timehey guys it's baking day baking yeah i've seen this recipe done a lot of places and of course i had to try myself these wonderfully delicious and cute apple roses they came together so nicely they are so good and this is for our cook and share friends and our community over at the hoot wait a minute do i hear them coming oh yeah that's them so let's get started okay guys the first thing we're gonna do is cut our apple in half then i'm gonna take my knife and remove the top then we're gonna go ahead and cut our apple into fairly thin pieces and then i'm just going to remove the core by taking the tip of a piping bag and you can use a pastry cutter or you can even cord them to begin with this is just kind of fun until you get something like this and with mine i'm just going to submerse them into some cold water just so they don't get brown well i'm busy working away coring them okie then now what i'm gonna do is flour up a surface and lay my puff pastry on and this is just paper puff pastry i bought in the grocery store you can make it yourself but it's rather labor intensive and a lot easier to buy it in the store now these come pre-marked but i'm not going to go buy that because i want them about three inches wide so i'm going to take my trusty old pizza cutter and go down about three inches three inches again and about three inches again that way i'm getting four out of them how economical take my trusty old rolling pin and i'm gonna roll these out until they're about well i'd say 3 by 12 or 15. then my fine feathered friends we are going to put some melted butter over the top and just spoon it over you can brush it too but i don't know whenever i brush pastry it seems more like shellacking to me i love my butter now we have our puff pastry all buttered up i'm going to take a quarter cup of sugar and add about half a teaspoon of cinnamon now if you're a cinnamon lover you can go heavy-handed on this and add a whole t teaspoon whatever you like then i'm just going to sprinkle it on to the melted butter on the pastry and you can add as much or as little as you like on this if you're health conscious add less if you're not of course add more now our pastry is all set i'm going to prepare my apples for the final adventure of the apples anyway by placing them on a plate and if they're in bunches that's fine i guess it could have looked a little bit neater but i'm hungry and i'm going to throw these in the microwave for about 30 or 45 seconds just to the point where they become soft not mushy but soft and what you want guys is something like this just so they're limp you don't want the mushy again but just limp something like that hope they're coming for you now i'm going to take my apples and place them on you want a bit of a space in the front and about a quarter inch overlap at the top and of course you want that nice red part sticking out and lay them on so you have an overlap in each apple now i'm just going to take the outer edge with no apple sorry my hands in the way here guys and fold it over nice and neatly just like this alrighty then now we'll take an egg wash which is just a beaten egg in a couple of teaspoons of water and in this case i am going to shellac i'm going to brush and of course another application of our sugar and cinnamon ninin i always had trouble saying that word as a kid cinnamon now that is the moment of truth for this technique we're going to roll up our apple roses and let's hope this works and murphy's law doesn't kick in but i think it's going to be just fine and you want to roll these up about as evenly as you can you don't want them too tight until you get something like this and doesn't that look just pretty guys and one more time rolling the rose i just love this recipe it seems like a lot of technique but it's not really it's quite easy and of course the egg wash seals it up too when you're rolling it and there we are oh doesn't that look nice i'm going to prepare my ramekin by buttering it up always good to butter up your ramekin guys add in a bit of sugar and we're just going to kind of swirl this around and sugar it up now i'm using two different size of ramekins here a big one the small one so we'll see which one works out best for this technique now i'm going to set my roses inside of the buttered ramekin and i decided that the big ramekins are a little too big these ones are just perfect and i'm going to slip these into a 400 degree fahrenheit 200 degrees celsius preheated oven for about 40 to 45 minutes just until that pastry is beautifully browned so while the apple roses are baking don't forget to hit that subscribe button we'd love to have you in our subscriber list and in our community and if you like what you see hit that like button too it really helps us out and over at our site we have a newsletter so go to the bottom of the site and sign up for the newsletter get updated on all recent activity recipes do-it-yourself stuff whatever you like so let's check these apple roses now after 45 minutes they are beautifully done just look at this so i'm just gonna let these cool for about five or six minutes okay guys after they've cooled a little bit i'm just gonna go around them with a butter knife just to make sure nothing is sticking to the edges okay guys it's cooled enough so we're ready to come out and we're just gonna do the old plop here and just look at that incredible now i'm going to sprinkle our apple roses up with some powdered sugar just to make them real pretty like oh don't these look gorgeous and there you have it guys are ever so gorgeous not to mention cute apple roses oh just look at this wow okay my favorite time again let's give these a taste test i know if you heard that crunch or not but they they are crunchy they're so good i love the cinnamon i love the pastry and the apples that's why i used a sweet apple because it just adds to the richness these are so good you got to make them guys great with a cup of tea coffee a dessert and more so for the full scoop on this recipe and many other great recipes head on over to cook and share again the site's been totally revamped you're gonna love it over there all kinds of great stuff and again don't forget to sign up for our newsletter get updated on all recent articles and recipes thanks for watching guys stay safe and see you next time\n"