Apple Rose Tarts

After giving the Mini Apple Rose Pies recipe from the blog From My Impossibly Tiny Kitchen for the first time and finding much success, I retried the recipe again for Thanksgiving, and here are the results! I got a lot of compliments on them and thought they were the perfect dessert for the occasion.

The first time I made these I used green apples since they were on hand, but despite how good they taste, they don't look great appearance-wise once the apple skin browns, so I went with red apples (Fuji I believe) for the second attempt. I also modified the filling recipe by adding a generous sprinkle of cinnamon to melted butter mixture which I think gives more of an apple pie filling flavor. 

Attempt #1: I used thicker slicer here since they were cut by hand

Green --> brown

I believe I used more than two apples for the amount of dough that I had, and I also found it easier to roll the apple pieces in my hand instead of laying a row flat on the table. Since the slices were much thinner than they were the first time I made these, it definitely took me much longer to roll all of them up. 

Using Fuji apples instead

Out of the oven.

10/10 would make again

Peach Hand Pies

These peach hand pies are very easy to make and don't take much time either. They're loosely inspired by two videos from Rosanna Pansino on Youtube for peach cobbler and pie pops.

Ingredients (makes 6):

• 1 premade pie crust
• 1 peach
• flour
• brown sugar
• lemon zest
• vanilla
• butter
• cinnamon and any other spices

After thawing out the dough, sprinkle flour over a surface and roll out the crust. Using a bowl or other rounded object, use it as a guide to cut circles out of the dough. Depending on the size of the circles, you can make either half circle pies by folding them in half, or circular ones by layering two.

For the filling, wash and peel the peach, then chop it up into small pieces. Mix it in a bowl with a little bit of flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, lemon zest and vanilla. You can add more spices or sugar to taste.

Spoon a small amount of the filling onto each of the circles and fold them in half. Use a fork to press the edges close. You can brush melted butter over the tops (optional). I sprinkled a bit of cinnamon sugar over the tops before baking them. They take 10-15 minutes at about 375 degrees, until lightly browned.