#APPLE TART RECIPE MINI PLUS#

Use tiny cookie cutters to make decorative shapes or cut thin strips for lattice toppings. Gather the dough scraps and roll them out.Cut out twelve 2 1/2 inch circles with a round cookie cutter or rim of a glass. Unroll the pie crust and place it on a piece of waxed paper or plastic wrap on your countertop.Mix the chopped apples, sugar, cinnamon, and orange juice in a bowl.Since my muffin tin is small, I actually just ended up using a toaster oven.Īfter the crust has turned a golden brown, allow the tarts to cool for about 5 minutes before transferring them over to a plate and serving.įor a printer friendly version, click here.Ĭlick on the image below to view an enlarged version of the recipe. Keep an eye on your tarts to make sure they don’t burn. If your crust still appears pale, you have two options, move the rack higher in the oven or turn the knob to broiler and leave the tarts in for about 5 minutes. Check on your tarts after about 10 minutes. Sometimes, the oven isn’t hot enough and the dough remains a little pale. Then you can spoon your apple cinnamon brown sugar mixture into each individual cup.īake in the oven at 350 oF for about 15 minutes until the crust turns a golden brown. Press against the dough to seal the edges together. Then take each piece of the dough and form a little cup in the muffin tin. Use a rolling pin or your hands to press down on the dough to roll it out a little bit so that it’s relatively even. By pressing on the dough, you’re making the dough meld together. What you’re going to do is press along the seams where the cuts are. The dough is already precut so be careful not to let it fall apart. I used Safeway Crescent rolls.Ĭarefully, unroll the dough so that it resembles a rectangle. Set the apples aside and open a can of crescent dinner rolls. Mix the apples so that the cinnamon and brown sugar are combined evenly. When they are cooked, they become sweeter. But keep in mind that apples are naturally sweet. If you have a sweet tooth, you can add more sugar to taste. Add about ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon and ½ tablespoon brown sugar. So I learned from my mistakes and adjusted the recipe Thanksgiving morning.įirst, cut your apples into small pieces. These were my chunky apples with cinnamon and brown sugar.Īfter putting the apples into the crust and baking it, they turned out like this. The day before Thanksgiving I was doing a test run. If your apples are big pieces, not many will fit into the tarts and it will look awkward. You don’t want chunky pieces because these tartlets are going to be small. What do you do first? Pick out a large apple. After 10 minutes of prep time and 15 minutes of baking, dessert is ready. An apple, brown sugar, ground cinnamon, and a can of crescent dinner rolls. That’s how I came up with the mini apple tartlets. But there were just some things I couldn’t do beforehand and still have it taste good the next day. Some of the dishes were prepared on Wednesday night.

#APPLE TART RECIPE MINI PLUS#

I had to do what I could to get all the sides ready plus the desserts. That meant that our dinner had to be earlier. Why is dinner in quotes? Black Friday sales start a lot earlier this year, and my sister and cousin wanted to go shopping as soon as the stores open. But since I was making the bulk of Thanksgiving “dinner,” I wanted something that could be done quickly and with no hassle. There were tons of apples lying around the house so apple pie sounded like a good idea. What was I going to bake? I needed to make a dessert for Thanksgiving, but not everyone in my family is fond of pumpkin, or sweet desserts. On Wednesday, all I could think about was dessert. And I have no idea why the table is always directly in front of the tv. That way we can each eat whatever we want. We always do buffet style as you can see.

There was so much food that we didn’t know where to put the turkey! Or the brownies! But we ended up with so much leftover, I think we have enough to last us another week! Here’s a peek at our Thanksgiving dinner table. I hope you had a lot of yummy foods on your table. There’s been so much to be thankful for even though 2013 has been a difficult year for me. I hope you guys had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Warm diced apples covered in cinnamon brown sugar in a buttery croissant crust, perfect as a snack or a dessert.

Apple tart recipe mini