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The Best Apple Puff Pastry Tart

The best apple puff pastry tart - A fabulous puff pastry dessert with apples and cream cheese, that has all the feels of an apple pie but takes a fraction of the time to make!

Prep Time15

Cook Time30

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Servings: servings

Calories: 399kcal

Author: Natasha Minocha

Ingredients

17.6 oz Puff pastry
1/2 cup Cream cheese, softened
3 tbsp Icing sugar
2 Apples, sliced
2 tsp Lemon juice
1.5 tsp Cinnamon powder
2 tsp Granulated sugar, for topping Optional

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Instructions

Preheat your oven to 200 C/ 400 F. Line a baking tray with parchment paper.
Roll out the puff pastry on a lightly floured surface into a rectangle, roughly about 10 x 12 inches.
Place the pastry on the prepared tray.
Score the pastry around the edges, leaving a 1/2 inch border all around.
Lightly whisk the cream cheese and icing sugar.
Spread on the rolled-out pastry, leaving 1/2 inch edge all around the pastry.
Lightly toss the apple slices with lemon juice and place them on top of the cream cheese.
Sprinkle the cinnamon powder and granulated sugar on top.
Bake at 200 C / 400 F for 25-30 minutes, until the apples are lightly caramelized and the pastry, golden brown.
Let cool for 5-10 minutes before slicing and serving. Enjoy warm!

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Notes

After cutting the apples, I tossed them in lemon juice, so they didn’t oxidize while I prepped the rest of the recipe. The juice lends only a tiny hint of lemony note at the back of the apple puff pastries.

I wanted to give this pastry with apples an extra layer of indulgence. Since I recently made a batch of cream cheese at home (the easiest recipe ever), it was fun to add it.

I swear by store-bought puff pastry - The magical ingredient makes everything so very, very quick and simple.

Bake the puff pastry apple tart while the pastry is still cold. It’ll lift more, forming those bakery-style flaky layers. If the pastry is too soft, place it in the refrigerator for 15-20 minutes.

You can bake it as a full, big puff pastry as I did with my strawberry one. Or smaller hand-held pies like my cherry pastries and strawberry turnovers.

Like all puff pastries, these apple tarts are best enjoyed the day they are made. But my household doesn’t mind eating them cold, either. If you have leftovers, feel free to reheat them in a preheated oven for 3 to 4 minutes, and they’ll warm right up.

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