Puff Pastry Apple Tart
This puff pastry apple tart is a great way to have apple pie with half the effort. This uses frozen puff pastry, caramel cinnamon apples, streusel, and extra caramel on top. It is a simple dessert to wow your loved ones this apple season!
This puff pastry apple tart is designed to be the easiest and most delicious way to make an apple dessert. The flaky crust is even better than a pie crust and always gets rave reviews when served. So, if you like fruit tarts and need an easy dessert recipe, make these easy puff pastry apple tarts!
Tips for making pastries
Here are my tips, so yours turns out like this recipe!
- Tip 1: When you are cutting the small rectangles in the pastry, the goal is that when baking the edges will rise higher than the filling and it will keep the filling inside.
- Tip 2: Since this is pastry, the pastry needs to be cold before going in the oven. It won’t be as flaky if the butter is warm. When letting it sit out it should thaw enough to fold without breaking, but not become room temperature.
- Tip 3: You use coarse sugar for the edges on top of the egg wash to make a better crust because of the larger sugar crystals. You can use regular sugar, but the crust will not be as good.
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Puff Pastry Apple Tart
Ingredients
- 1 Puff pastry sheet
- 3 Gala apples
- 1/4 cup Brown sugar, packed light or dark
- 1/2 TBSP All-purpose flour
- 2 tsp Ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp Ground nutmeg
- 1/8 cup Salted caramel
- 1 Large egg
- 1 TBSP Water
- Coarse sugar
Streusel
- 1/2 cup All-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup Brown sugar, packed light or dark
- 1 tsp Ground cinnamon
- 1/4 cup Unsalted butter, melted
Instructions
- Pull the puff pastry out and let it sit on the counter for 30 minutes to thaw.1 Puff pastry sheet
- Cut the apples into ¼-inch slices. Place in a small bowl. Add the brown sugar, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, and caramel and mix using a rubber spatula. Set it aside.3 Gala apples, 1/4 cup Brown sugar, 1/2 TBSP All-purpose flour, 2 tsp Ground cinnamon, 1/4 tsp Ground nutmeg, 1/8 cup Salted caramel
- In a medium bowl, mix the flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, and melted butter. Mix using a fork. Place the bowl in the fridge to firm before using.1/2 cup All-purpose flour, 1/2 cup Brown sugar, 1 tsp Ground cinnamon, 1/4 cup Unsalted butter
- Preheat the oven to 400F. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Place the puff pastry sheet on the parchment paper. Use your fingers to make sure the seams are pinched together.
- Use a sharp knife to score the edge of the rectangle. Do this about 1/4th-inch from the edge. Cut a rectangle around the edge, but don’t press all the way down.
- Fill the smaller rectangle with the apples. Make sure to use all the slices and line them neatly. Top with the streusel.
- Mix the egg and water together and brush the edges of the pastry with a pastry brush. Sprinkle the coarse sugar around the edges.1 Large egg, 1 TBSP Water, Coarse sugar
- Bake for 20-25 minutes. The edges will be golden, and the bottom of the pastry will be brown. Top with more caramel.
- Cut into 6 rectangles and serve with ice cream.
I really love how you include the list of ingredients twice. It is so helpful so you don’t have to go back to check the amounts of anything.Â
I made the banana waffles for a light dinner and my husband loved them.
Tomorrow for coffee with girl friends I will serve the rest of them with sliced bananas, strawberrys and whipped cream . Can’t wait .