Caged Apple Puff Pastry
featured in Puff Pastry Decorations 4 Ways
Unleash your inner pastry chef with this stunning Caged Apple Puff Pastry! A show-stopping dessert that combines tender apples, cinnamon sugar, and flaky puff pastry, all wrapped up in an eye-catching lattice cage.
Tasty Team
94% would make again
Total Time
50 minutes
50 min
Prep Time
30 minutes
30 min
Cook Time
20 minutes
20 min
Total Time
50 minutes
50 min
Prep Time
30 minutes
30 min
Cook Time
20 minutes
20 min
Ingredients
for 4 pastries
- 1 sheet puff pastry, thawed
- 2 apples, peeled,cored and halved
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 egg wash
Nutrition Info
- Calories 257
- Fat 16g
- Carbs 24g
- Fiber 2g
- Sugar 9g
- Protein 3g
Estimated values based on one serving size.
Preparation
- Cut the puff pastry into 9 equal squares.
- Taking one of the squares, make 5 equal 1-inch (2 cm) cuts on 2 sides of the square.
- Make 3 vertical 1-inch (2 cm) cuts in between the edge of the uncut side and the 2 slits on the cut sides.
- Make 2 vertical 1-inch (2 cm) cuts under the top slit and above the bottom slit.
- Repeat this pattern until you have 6 rows with 3 cuts and 5 rows with slits and 2 cuts. Set aside
- Preheat oven to 400˚F (200˚C).
- Take another square place one of the apple halves in the center, peeled side facing up. Brush egg wash on each side of the square around the apple.
- Combine the butter, cinnamon and sugar in a bowl. Brush over the apple until it is completely coated.
- Take the other cut square of dough and stretch it over the apple, your cut should look like holes in the dough.
- Pinch the bottom of the dough together until it is sealed.
- Brush with egg wash and sprinkle with coarse sugar.
- Bake for 15–20 minutes until pastry is golden brown and puffed.
- Enjoy!
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