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Puff Pastry Apple Purses

Puff Pastry Apple Purses

Prep Time 12 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 12 minutes

Servings

4 Servings

Ingredients

  •  cup chopped nuts
  •  cup raisins
  •  cup light brown sugar packed
  • 2 medium baking apples such as Rome or Cortland, peeled, cored and halved
  • 4 frozen pastry dough defrosted (from a 20-ounce package)
  • ½  teaspoon cinnamon
  • 2 teaspoons honey
  • 1 pint vanilla non-dairy ice cream optional

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease a 9 x 13-inch pan with non-stick baking spray.
  • In a bowl, mix the nuts, raisins and brown sugar. Set aside.
  • Place 1 apple half, skin side down, on a puff pastry square. Pastry should be pliable enough to twist.
  • Fill apple cavity with nut mixture, approximately ¼ cup per apple half.
  • Bring pastry up and around the apple half to cover. Twist the corners together so it looks like a drawstring purse.
  • Sprinkle with cinnamon and drizzle with honey. Repeat with remaining ingredients.
  • Place in prepared pan.
  • Bake, uncovered, at 350°F for 45 minutes or until apples are soft. A sharp knife inserted into an apple should slip out easily.
  • Serve each with a scoop of non-dairy vanilla ice cream, if desired.

Tips

  • For a change of pace, substitute dried cranberries or dried blueberries for the raisins. When the puff pastry is completely defrosted, it is pliable enough to wrap around 1/2 an apple. If you don't have the patience to wait, you can slice the apples in 1/4s to fit in the semi-defrosted squares.
  • Contributed by: Quick & Kosher, JAMIE GELLER