This is a beautiful looking pastry that tastes as good as it looks, besides it being healthy too in the sense that it contains fruit. Any pastry will have butter and sugar in it, so the idea is to use these ingredients in moderation and of course eat the baked items too in moderation. It is a recipe that I found as a forward on Facebook but I adapted the recipe to make it more healthier.
Ingredients
an apple sliced thinly ( cut the apple into half horizontally and then slice it)
cinnamon powder 2 tsp
icing sugar 1tbsp
cream cheese 2 tbsp - can replace this with butter too
brown sugar 2 tbsp
lemon juice 2 tablespoon
puff pastry or bread dough ( I used bread dough)
Method
Mix the lemon juice with the sliced apple in a pan and heat it for a couple of minutes so as to just soften it. Let it cool. This allows the apple slices to be rolled easily. You may adjust the amount of lemon juice based on the sweetness of the apples. Roll out the puff pastry or the bread dough into a long rectangular shape around 10 to 12 inches long and about 5 inches broad. Along the lower length of the rectangular shape, spread the cream cheese. On top of the cream cheese add the cinnamon powder mixed with the brown sugar. Arrange the sliced apple on top of this such that the apple skin is facing the outside edge of the rectangular shape. Fold the rectangular piece so as to cover the apple pieces half way through. Roll the long rectangular shape into a lovely rose shaped pastry. Bake for ten minutes in 180 c. Sprinkle icing sugar on top of the baked apple pastry.
The pastries look beautiful and very tempting. Enjoy!
