Individual Apple "Rose" Pies

Individual Apple Rose Pies

I decided to make individual Apple Pies for this year's Thanksgiving as a unique take on my famous Apple Pie.
The thing that I did different this time was instead of just dicing up the apples I decided to peel them. I used a potato peeler to "peel" the apple into thin slices. That way I could form them into a spiral pattern that turns out to look like a rose. For this recipe I doubled the Perfect Pie Crust recipe. If you want a quick version, you can use the store bought pie crust as well. I have altered the recipe from the one that I used a little, because I learned that the apple roses would show more if the caramel sauce was placed in the pie before the apples.

Ingredients:

Perfect Pie Crust Recipe doubled
1/2 cup unsalted butter
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup water
1 tablespoon Apple Spice (found in the Spice section of the store)
3-4 Apples

Directions:
Pre-heat oven to 425º F
1. Spray the muffin pans with nonstick spray.
2. Roll the dough out on a floured surface. Use a large circular cookie cuter or you can use a glass with a large diameter to cut out the dough. Fill the muffin pans with the dough.
3. Melt the butter in a medium sauce pan over medium heat.
4. Stir in the flour to form a paste.

5. Mix in the sugar, brown sugar, and water and continue to stir until it becomes thicker (3-5 min)
6. Use a tablespoon to scoop the sauce into each of the pie crusts.
7. Use the potato peeler to peel the apples with the skin on.
8. The tricky part is forming the rose petals. You take a slice of the apple and you start to roll it. You want to make sure that you have pieces that have the skin on the top side because that is what gives the roses some definition. You continue to tightly wrap the apples around. This is difficult and frustrating at first, but once you get the hang of it it becomes easier. Once it got to the point where I could no longer keep it together, I placed it in the pie crusts and then placed more apple slices around to continue to create the rose shape.
9. Once you fill the muffin pan, take the apple spice and lightly sprinkle on top of the pies.
10. Bake for 8-10min at 425º then reduce the temperature to 350º and continue to bake for 15-20 min or until the crust turns a golden brown.

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