Apple Pie Pastries Recipe

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup cold butter, cubed
• 1 tablespoon cider vinegar
• 1/2 cup milk
• FILLING:
• 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 5 tablespoons cold butter, divided
• 6 small tart apples, peeled and cored
• 1/4 cup sugar

Directions

• In a large bowl, combine flour and salt. Cut in butter until crumbly. Sprinkle with vinegar. Gradually add milk, tossing with a fork until dough forms a ball. Cover and refrigerate for 20 minutes or until easy to handle.
• Meanwhile, in another bowl, combine the brown sugar, flour and cinnamon. Cut in 2 tablespoons butter until crumbly; set aside. Melt the remaining butter. Cut apples into 1/2-in. rings.
• Shape dough into sixteen 1-1/2-in. balls. Roll each into a 5-in. circle. Brush with 2 tablespoons melted butter.
• Place one apple ring in the center of each circle. Top each with 2 teaspoons brown sugar mixture. Fold edges of dough over apple rings, leaving centers uncovered; crimp edges. Brush dough with remaining melted butter; sprinkle with sugar.
• Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 375° for 30-35 minutes or until golden brown and apples are tender. Serve warm. Yield: 16 servings.

Apple Pie Pastries published in Taste of Home February/March 2008, p6