Apple Pie Roll Ups

Tuesday 18 October 2011

Apple Pie Roll Ups






If there is one thing that the my husband loves above everything else in the world (excluding me of course!) it's Apple Pie! 

 If I want to make him happy all I have to do is bake him an apple pie . . . mind you . . . I don't make them exactly like his dear old mum did of course. I make North American style Apple Pies . . . she made British ones. I haven't quite mastered that art yet . . .

I did make him an apple pie when we first met, using cooking apples he had shown me in the shops. Never haven eaten them before I hadn't realized just how tart Bramley apples were!  

That was some "tart" apple pie, but he ate it anyways, waxing on about how good it was. The things you will do to impress someone eh?



Apple Pie Roll Ups






He makes do with the ones I do make and waxes nostalgic about his mum's the whole time he is eating mine . . . I don't hold it against him. 

 I've never tasted a turkey dinner that has quite come up to my own mum's either.




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Today though I created something which just may have come up almost to his mother's pies . . . well, mostly . . . nearly . . . anyways. 

 Apple Pie Roll Ups!



Apple Pie Roll Ups






They're like an apple pie, but much smaller . . . much quicker . . . and much easier to make. 

 They're every bit as delicious . . . you get the savoury flavour of a butter pastry . . . spread with butter and cinnamon sugar . . . wrapped around tart slices of apple'

Then brushed with yet more butter and an additional sprinkling of cinnamon sugar. (I add a bit of nutmeg for an added depth of flavour.)



Apple Pie Roll Ups






Baked in a hot oven for around 15 minutes and you have almost near instant apple pie gratification!! Oh soooooo scrummy!!



Apple Pie Roll Ups






Of course I had to serve ours with warm custard. Apple pie is just not apple pie to my husband without lashings of custard poured over top. I have a really scrummy recipe here. (You knew I would.) 



 If you're not quite up to making your own (it can be a bit fiddly at times) you can always use a good one from the chiller cabinet at your local shop, or even some made from the Bird's Eye Custard Powder. (A good Vanilla Ice Cream would be just as scrummy!)



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The Apple Pie is the star here . . . not the custard. Nom Nom!!



Apple Pie Roll Ups







*Apple Pie Roll Ups*
Makes 12 roll ups
Printable Recipe

I may never make a normal apple pie again. These are quick fun to make and quite scrummy! I served them with custard of course!

3 1/2 ounces caster sugar (1/2 cup)
2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp freshly ground nutmeg
1 320g package of ready rolled all butter shortcrust (in North America,
use a 14 ounce package of refrigerated pie crust)
3 TBS melted butter
2 medium tart apples, peeled and cut into 6 wedges each

Preheat the oven to 230*C/425*F/ gas mark 7. Line a large baking sheet with baking parchment. Set aside.

Whisk together the sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg in a small bowl. Set aside.

Unroll the pastry onto a lightly floured surface. Brush with 2 TBS of the melted butter. Sprinkle with all but 1 TBS of the cinnamon sugar. (reserve for a few minutes) Cut the sheet into 12 inch strips along the long side. Lay a wedge of apple on the short end of each pastry strip and roll them up, with the sugared side of the pastry against the apple. Place them onto the lined baking sheet. Brush with the remaining melted butter and sprinkle the remaining cinnamon sugar evenly over top.

Bake for 13 to 15 minutes until the pastry is golden brown. Serve warm, with or without custard. Delicious!

Note - You can of course make your own pastry from scratch. I have used ready roll for ease and speed. If you buy the all butter one (and I recommend that you do) it's pretty good and very close to homemade.



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13 comments

  1. oh marie these are lovely, they notonly look beautiful they would be wonderful with icecream.I hope you had a good monday.I made your cup cake today and truned out just perfect,, amazingwhat a little bp can do!!You're a star thats what you are!!!These apple pie roll ups would be fun to make with kids,

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  2. I think I would love these and could manage making them. The Dutch apple pies are so heavy. I can't make them the Dutch way. xo Jenny

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  3. It looks really great! I'm not sure if I can find all this products in Poland, but I really want to try!

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  4. What a great idea. I do love apple pie and custard or ice cream.

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  5. What a fantastic idea! they look SO scrumptious! (thanks for your lovely comment the other day)
    Mary x

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  6. breakfast! see, now, i'm curious...what *is* a british apple pie?

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  7. I'm curious - what's the difference between a British apple pie and North American style? Is it a texture thing?

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  8. We loved them..and so did my daughter and little Lucas..She is making them sat for her friends~
    Thanks again..Feeling better? Hope so.

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  9. I'm trying to catch up with your posts Marie....some lovely idea's and recipes as usual.
    These Apple Roll Ups look brilliant. Just a little more than a bite size which is perfect.
    They're on my list for later today.....and here was I thinking I could get to paint! How do you manage to fit it all in? xxoo

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  10. Oh my!! Pastry AND Apple AND Sugar AND custard!! I'm in heaven right now!

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  11. Would you please post recipes for custard sauce and the pudding (not sure that's what I should call it) that goes in trifle? There is nothing as good as those two items in dessert❤️ Thanks!

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    1. Hi Janna, they are actually the same thing. Here is the link to my recipe for custard: https://theenglishkitchen.blogspot.co.uk/2009/08/kitchen-larder-and-bananas-and-custard.html
      this is the same thing that you would use in a trifle, or to be poured around desserts such as this and apple pie, roly poly, etc.

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