#COOKING WITH CLORIS--MINI PUFF PASTRY APPLE TARTS

Mini Puff Pastry Apple Tarts

(makes 12)

Ingredients:

1 sheet frozen puff pastry

1 T. melted butter

2 lg. apples, one Granny Smith and one Macoun

2 T. lt. brown sugar

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon lemon zest

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Thaw puff pastry for about half an hour until it can be unfolded and rolled but is still cold. Roll out on a slightly floured surface to approximately 10” x 15”. Using a pizza cutter, cut into 12 equal pieces.

Peel, core, and roughly chop apples. Combine sugar, cinnamon, and lemon zest. Toss apples in this mixture.

Grease a 12-cup muffin tin. Place pastry squares into each cup of muffin tin, pressing into bottom and along sides.

Brush pastry with melted butter. Divide apples evenly between muffin tin cups.

Bake 25-30 minutes. Cool on wire rack before removing from tin. If desired, serve with vanilla ice cream.