How to Make Yummy Easy Apple Pies with Frozen Puff Pastry

Easy Apple Pies with Frozen Puff Pastry. Place second pastry square on the top of the already filled pastry to form a pocket. Press down border with fingers to seal and then press with fork to decorate the edges. I'm really happy to hear that my recipes are easy enough for you guys to give it a try and that you are enjoying cooking Japanese food.

Now it's what I like to make for my own family. Basically, it's foolproof, since you use frozen puff pastry. In full disclosure and in all honesty, this apple dessert recipe did not turn out how I had envisioned it. You can cook Easy Apple Pies with Frozen Puff Pastry using 9 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Easy Apple Pies with Frozen Puff Pastry

1. You need 4 of sheets frozen puff pastry (10 x 19 cm each/4 x 7.5 in each).
2. You need 1 of Apple.
3. Prepare of salted water.
4. Prepare 2 tbsp of granulated sugar.
5. You need of Lemon juice from half a lemon.
6. Prepare 150 ml of water.
7. Prepare 1 dash of cinnamon powder.
8. You need 3 Tbsp of maple syrup.
9. You need of Glaze: (1 egg yolk + 1 tbsp water).

This recipe had been on my mind for a week or so. I had pictured the ease of puff pastry, making a perfect crust for a neatly enclosed half-moon-shaped apple pie. Rolled or folded pie crusts are usually sold in packs of two so you have a bottom crust for the pie plate and a top crust to cover the apples. Thanks to frozen puff pastry, these are quick and simple with great results.

Easy Apple Pies with Frozen Puff Pastry instructions

1. Cut the apple into 8 even pieces, then chop into smaller pieces. Soak in salted water, and transfer to a pot with the sugar, lemon juice and 150 ml water. Simmer for about 15 minutes over medium heat..
2. When the water has evaporated, turn down the heat to low. Add the cinnamon power and maple syrup, and simmer some more. When the mixture has cooled, the filling is ready. Divide it into 6 equal portions..
3. Bring the frozen puff pastry to room temperature, and cut the sheets into 12 portions so you have a top and bottom piece for each pie. Make cuts on 6 sheets, which will be used to cover the filling..
4. Spoon the filling on the sheets without the cuts, leaving the edges of the pie sheets, and don't put in too much filling during and cover with a sheet with cuts. Press down the edges with a fork..
5. Line a baking tray with parchment paper. Brush the glaze on the pies, and bake in the oven preheated to 210℃ for about 10 minutes..
6. When the surface starts to brown, turn down the temperature to 170℃, bake for another 15 minutes, then they're done..

No need to bother with soaking the apples in lemon amd water. Also, I just mixed the cornstarch in with the brown sugar mixture, with no additional water, and cooked the apples until tender and the juices had thickened, then added a little vanilla. In a large bowl, combine the sugar, flour and cinnamon; add apples and toss to coat. There is nothing wrong with pre-made pie crust so that is just what I used for my Easy Apple Pie Using Store-Bought Crust. It is just as buttery, and flaky as regular crust.