Apple Puff Pastry. This is an easy apple strudel version with puff pastry that is ready in less than an hour. It tastes especially delicious fresh out of the oven with some vanilla ice cream. Thanks to frozen puff pastry, these are quick and simple with great results.

In a large bowl, combine the sugar, flour and cinnamon; add apples and toss to coat. Cook the apples until they are a little soft, but not cooked to mush. Bake puff pastry shells according to package directions. You can cook Apple Puff Pastry using 8 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Apple Puff Pastry

Prepare 1 1/4 cup of maida.
It's 1/2 cup +3tbsp of cold cubed butter.
You need 1/2 tsp of salt.
It's 1/3 cup of ice cold water.
You need 3 tbsp of sugar.
It's 1 tsp of cinnamon powder.
Prepare 1 of beaten egg for glazing (milk wash for veg).
It's 1 of medium cored apple thinly sliced.

Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, combine apple pie filling, cinnamon and nutmeg; mix well. Remove tops from pastry shells; fill with apple mixture. Serve warm, with ice cream if desired. Thaw puff pastry according to directions on package.

Apple Puff Pastry step by step

In a large bowl sift the flour and salt. Add butter to the flour, using a fork, mix until crumbs are formed..
Add the water and mix until water is incorporated. Don’t overwork the dough as butter chunks need to remain visible. Wrap it with plastic wrap, and refrigerate for 20 minutes..
Onto a lightly floured work surface, roll the dough to a rectangle of about 15 cm X 45 cm. Fold the top third down to the center, then the bottom third up and over that. If necessary brush the excess flour. Turn it to the left or right and roll out again to three times the length. Repeat the rolling and folding for a total of 4 to 6 times. If the dough gets sticky during the process refrigerate for 30 minutes and continue..
Cover with plastic wrap and chill for at least 30 minutes before rolling to use.
Preheat oven to 190 and line baking tray with parchment paper.
In a small bowl mix sugar with cinnamon..
Onto a floured surface roll the dough into rectangle. Cut the dough into 6 pieces. Transfer the dough pieces on to prepared baking tray.
Use a fork to prick the center of each pastry and brush with beaten egg..
Sprinkle some of the cinnamon sugar over the pastries and arrange apple slices into the center of each. Sprinkle some more cinnamon sugar on top of apples..
Bake for 20-25 minutes until puffed and golden..
Cool completely to a wire rack. Dust with powdered sugar before serving if desired..

Peel, core and chop apples up coarsely. Combine apples with sugar, flour, lemon juice, cinnamon and nutmeg. Beat the egg and water in a small bowl with a fork. Add the apples and raisins and toss to coat. Why It Works This recipe uses blitz puff pastry, which is easier to make than traditional puff pastry and still produces tender buttery layers.