If you have a few extra apples at hand and no one is eating, you can try making these super simple puff pastry apple pie. They take around 5 minutes if you have puff pastry read at your hand. Best part? You don’t even need to core the apples.
Can puff pastry be used for an apple pie?
Apple is one of my favorite fruits to bake with. Apple Crumble Cake, Apple Crisp, Moist apple cake and apple pie are some of my favorite ways to use apples in baking. Ingredients for this puff pastry apple pie are extremely simple (thanks to readymade puff pastry).
Apples – I used gala and did not peel, you can use any kind and depends on your preference to peel
Honey – good quality honey
Cinnamon Powder – ceylon cinnamon is supposed to be superior quality
Lemon Juice – a few squeezes
Puff Pastry – Good quality frozen squares
Substitutions and Variations
You can use tart or pie crust in place of puff pastry.
You can sprinkle a few chopped walnuts on apples before placing the puff pastry sheet.
If you love baking with puff pastry, my mini chicken pot pie is an amazing savory recipe.
Storage and Make Ahead
These quick tarts are often enjoyed warm shortly after baking. However you can re-heat them in oven for a couple of minutes (pre-heated) or air-fryer to enjoy warm.
They stay good at room temperature for up to a couple of days, covered in an air tight box.
To serve the apple tarts, dust them with icing sugar.
Puff Pastry Apple Pie
Ingredients
- 2 Apples, thinly sliced
- 2 tablespoons Honey
- 4 squares of ready-made Puff Pastry Sheets*
- 1 teaspoon Cinnamon powder
- 2 tablespoons Icing/Confectioner's/Powdered Sugar
Instructions
- Thaw Puff Pastry slightly till you are preparing the apples.
- Wash, deseed and slice the apples thinly.
- Spread about 1/2 tablespoon honey on the parchment/silicone lined baking sheet for 4 puff pastry sheets.
- Place sliced apples on each "spot".
- Sprinkle some cinnamon.
- Place a puff pastry square on each.
- Make 3 slits on top to let the steam escape when baking.
- Bake in a pre-heated oven at 35F for 20 minutes until golden brown.
- Let them cool slightly and then lift them with a big scrape spoon and invert.
- Now the apples caramelized with honey and flavored with cinnamon are on top of flakey crisp puff pastry.
- Dust with sugar and serve.
Notes
*Puff Pastry is very commonly available in Middle East. I use a brand Sunbulah but you can use any.
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