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Puff Pastry Nutella Apple Roses

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Super flaky puff pastry, rich and creamy Nutella, and sweet apples rolled into beautiful rose-shapes. They’re deceptively easy to make and totally delicious!

Nutella Apple Roses with Puff Pastry. Makes for an elegant and delicious breakfast or brunch. Perfect for Valentine's Day and Mother's Day!

How perfect these would be for Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, or any other special occasion?! Flowers are are a beautiful gift to give someone you love, but why not mix it up a bit and give a sweet treat made by you? 

Nutella Apple Roses with Puff Pastry. Makes for an elegant and delicious breakfast or brunch. Perfect for Valentine's Day and Mother's Day!

Generally I’ve seen these apple roses made with an apricot filling or some other complimentary jam. However, I thought what’s better than Nutella filled puff pastry?! Not much I tell you… not much.

Apple roses are not just perfect for the holidays, make them for birthdays, or just make up a reason! Seriously, you’ve got to try these – anytime is a great time!

Nutella Apple Roses with Puff Pastry. Makes for an elegant and delicious breakfast or brunch. Perfect for Valentine's Day and Mother's Day!

Puff Pastry Nutella Apple Roses
Recipe Type: Breakfast/Brunch/Dessert
Author: Kathleen | Hapa Nom Nom
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Serves: 6
Super flaky puff pastry, rich and creamy Nutella, and sweet apples rolled into beautiful rose-shapes. They’re deceptively easy to make and totally delicious! Check out the video [url href=”https://youtu.be/AsHL5dnCQR0″ target=”_blank”]HERE[/url]!
Ingredients
    • 1 sheet frozen puff pastry
    • 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
    • 2 honeycrisp apples
    • ½ lemon, juiced
    • flour, for dusting
    • 6 tablespoons Nutella
  • powdered sugar, for sprinkling
Instructions
    1. Remove the puff pastry from the freezer and allow to thaw for 30-40 minutes, until pastry unfolds easily. Do not let it sit out longer than 40 minutes.
    1. Meanwhile, grease 6 cups of a muffin tin with the butter and set aside.
    1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
    1. Core the apples and cut in half. Then thinly slice into half moon shapes (if they’re too thick, they will snap when folded into the pastry).
    1. Place the sliced apples into a large bowl and cover with water. Add the lemon juice and swirl with your fingers. Microwave for 3 minutes to soften the apple slices. Alternatively, you can simmer them on the stove until pliable. Then strain out the water and set aside.
    1. Lightly flour your work surface. Unfold the puff pastry sheet, lightly flour the top and roll out lengthwise to about 15 inches in length. Cut into 6 equal slices, approximately 2 1/2 inches wide.
    1. Thinly spread each pastry slice with 1 tablespoon of Nutella – don’t take it all the way to the edge of the puff pastry.
    1. Place the apple slices at the top half of the strip of puff pastry and so that they’re overlapping by half. Be sure to start layering the apples about a 1/2-inch in from the side edge of the pastry and stop about 1/2-inch from the end, so they’ll roll up more easily. (See [url href=”https://youtu.be/AsHL5dnCQR0″ target=”_blank”]video[/url] for visual instruction).
    1. Fold up the bottom part of the dough to cover the bottom half of the sliced apples – it’s kind of like your tucking them into bed. Gently press to seal and then roll from one end to the other and carefully place into the greased muffin tin.
    1. Bake for 40 – 45 minutes, until cooked. Check at about the 30 minute mark, if the apples are looking like they’re burning before the puff pastry has cooked through, cover with aluminum foil.
  1. Sprinkle with powdered sugar. Serve and enjoy!
Notes
* Slightly adapted from [url href=”http://cookingwithmanuela.blogspot.com/2015/03/apple-roses.html” target=”_blank”]Cooking with Manuela[/url]

Nutella Apple Roses with Puff Pastry. Makes for an elegant and delicious breakfast or brunch. Perfect for Valentine's Day and Mother's Day!

Comments

  3. These are so beautiful. You execute these flawlessly. I would love to bake this for Mother’s Day, or better yet, share this with my hubby with major hints.

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  8. These are absolutely adorable. I love the video. I can see how these can be used for so many fun occasions. Clever, beautiful, and seemingly easy! Thanks for sharing.

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    • Hi Carrie. I have made these and enjoyed the next day (no brown apples). They are best when served the same day, but they’re still pretty darn good the following morning 🙂

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  10. I’m not sure what the butter was supposed to be used for..? Anyways great dessert! I had fun making this for my mother.

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    • I’m so glad you and your mother enjoyed these! The butter is used for greasing the cups of the muffin tin – but it sounds like they came out easily enough for you without it 🙂

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  13. I’m so happy you get to celebrate with your mom this year. For the longest time since the last time I’ve celebrated with my mama, this year I get to do it too! I’ve asked my aunt to buy the best Malaysian Bah Kut Teh which is pork braised in a herbal like soup for a small party at home. I’m so looking to it. What would go perfectly with it is definitely these beautiful puff pastry roses. So easy to make and so good with Nutella. Can’t go wrong with it. Have a great Mother’s Day!

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    • Oh my gosh… that sounds AMAZING! I hope you had a fantastic time with your mom and a very happy Mother’s Day!

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  14. Omg Kathleen, how beautiful those Apple Rose Puff Pastries are!! I would love to make those for my Mom but she is in Japan, so I am going to make them for myself 😀

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    • You can make them for yourself and send warm and fuzzy thoughts to your mom 🙂 Hoping you get to see her soon!

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  16. Love how beautiful and delicious these apple roses look, Kathleen. Sounds like a perfect Mother’s day recipe! And watching your video is fun as always! Happy weekend to you! 🙂

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  17. These are too cute!!!!! So creative and genius on adding the nutella my friend (I mean who doesn’t like nutella??) I’ve got to try to make these ASAP and I’m hoping mine will be as beautiful as yours 🙂

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    • I know right?! Just give me a spoon and a jar of Nutella and I’m a happy gal 😉 And I know your roses will be gorgeous!!!

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  18. Oh wow, Kathleen! These are absolute gems! They’re so beautiful – what a perfect post for a tutorial video. I’ve seen these on social media too, and assumed they must be tricky to make, so it’s a lovely surprise to find out that they’re not. Nutella’s the perfect filling choice too.

    Your mom’s going to love them!

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    • Me too! I always thought they were too pretty to be easy 😉 But they’re ridiculously easy to make!

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  20. Beautiful, Kathleen, and I love the video. I’ve seen these before and have wanted to try them. How far in advance can they be made? Not very, I’m guessing. Have you tried them with jam instead of Nutella?

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    • Thanks Marlene! These are certainly best served immediately. I did however, reheat a few the following day and they were still delicious, though not quite as crispy/flaky as they were when fresh. I have not tried them with jam – I’m sure they’re great with that combination too, but I’m just a Nutella kinda gal 😉

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    • Thanks Suchi! I’m looking forward to making these again for my mom 🙂 Hope you have a great week too!

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  23. OMG, these are gorgeous, Kathleen! Seriously these are almost too pretty to eat… almost because I never turn down devouring something delicious. 😉 LOVE the puff pastry, nutella and apple combo! I bet these taste even better than they look! SOOO perfect for mother’s day! I hope you enjoy the special day with your mom, girlfriend! I’m jealous! 😉 Cheers, sweets – to a week as beautiful as these apple roses! <3
    P.s. PINNED!

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    • Aww… thank you my dear! I must say, they were pretty darn good. I ate more in one sitting than I care to admit (feeling sheepish) 😉

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  24. These are absolutely stunning Kathleen. Your addition of the Nutella really puts they over the top. . . a little unexpected surprise hidden beneath the beautiful flower.

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  28. Oh that is so exciting that you get to spend Mother’s Day with your mum this year! Mine is going to be in a different country, but she is coming to Melbourne next weekend so we will just have to delay mother’s day until then haha! These roses are gorgeous too, and with nutella? How could you not lie them. I can’t believe the beautiful roses people have been making on instagram lately – like, an avocado rose?! Crazy.

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    • Well I certainly hope you and your mother have a wonderful Mother’s Day, even if you are celebrating the following week – it’s just a nice 🙂 I’ve seen those avocado roses too! Somehow they seem tricker to me, but then again I’ve never made them. I could be surprised by their simplicity like I was with these apple roses 😉

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