Apple Footballs
My husband and I figured that we needed to include a cute little bite sized dessert in our Super Bowl party; we started talking about how something with apples would be good since apple pie and football are an All American tradition. What popped into my head was when we were kids how we folded up a sheet of notebook paper into a small triangle shape and called it a football, then one of my friends would hold their hands up like goal posts and I would try to flick my football in for a score. Oops… sorry, I fell back into my childhood for a moment. My husband and I threw and kicked around some ideas on what we could create and this is the winner of the game!
Total Steps
4
Ingredients
9
Tools Needed
5
Ingredients
- 2 small Gala Apples (cored & diced)
- 1/4 cup Splenda Brown Sugar
- 2 tablespoons Butter
- 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla
- 1/2 teaspoon Nutmeg
- 2 sheets Puff Pastry (thawed)
- 1/4 cup Raisins
- Cinnamon/Sugar for dusting
Instructions
Step 1
Melt the butter in a sauté pan over medium heat and cook the apples, raisins, brown sugar and spices for about 5-8 minutes, until the apples are a little soft and a nice tan caramel sauce has been reached.
Step 2
Set the apple mixture aside to cool. While it cools, open the puff pastry sheets and cut 9 circles out of each sheet using a medium-sized biscuit cutter.
Step 3
Place 1 teaspoon of the cooled mixture in the center of each pastry round. Fold over one side to the other and pinch to seal, then use a fork to crimp the edge closed.
Step 4
Deep fry at 350 degrees for 2 minutes, then turn and cook for another 2 minutes. Remove with a slotted spoon and roll immediately in the cinnamon/sugar mixture.