Apple Roses

I made Mozzarella Stuffed Meatballs today so while that was cooking thought I would make some Apple Roses. I saw a post for these the other day and they looked fun.

They're quite easy to make, although I messed up a little at first because I didn't read through the full instructions.

Ingredients:
- Puff Pastry (one sheet)
- 2 apples
- 1/2 lemon
- water
- jam (whichever flavour you'd like. original recipe called for apricot, I used peach).
- cinnamon

Defrost your puff pastry. Once defrosted, roll it out flat into a big rectangle. Cut into 6 equal rectangles (approximately 9 inches long and 2 inches tall). Preheat the oven to 375. Halve the apples and core them. Thinly slice apple into half rounds. Put into a microwave safe bowl with about 1 cup of cold water and the juice of half a lemon. Microwave for 3 minutes. In another bowl add 3 tablespoons of jam and 2 table spoons of water. Microwave for about 1 minute - this is to make the jam easier to spread.

Spread the jam along each of the strips of puff pastry. Layer apple halves (skin side out) along the top half of the pastry. Sprinkle with cinnamon. Fold the bottom of the pastry up over the bottom of the apples so the tops are still exposed. Then carefully roll along to make the rose. Place in a greased muffin tin. Cook for 40-45 minutes until the pastry is cooked (make sure to check the middle). Around the 30 minute mark the apple will look like it is cooked (and it is probably is), but you've got to give the extra time for the pasty to bake. You can move it to the lower rack if it looks like the apples are cooking too much.

Sprinkled with icing sugar and served with vanilla ice cream.