Apple Tartlet Recipe

Ingredients:

Crust:

• To save time you can use store-bought pie pastry and skip to step 4
• 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• ? teaspoon salt
• ¾ cup sugar
• 8 ounces unsalted butter, very cold, cut into small slices
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Filling:

• ½ cup unsalted butter
• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• ¼ cup water
• ½ cup white sugar
• ½ cup packed brown sugar
• 6-7 apples, peeled, cored, and sliced thin

Topping:

• Cinnamon

Instructions:

1. Place oven rack on the lower ? of the oven. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Combine flour, salt, and sugar in a food processor. Then add cold butter slices and process until the consistency of cornmeal.
3. In a small bowl, whisk together the egg and vanilla. Add the egg to the flour mixture and process until it forms a ball. Remove the dough from the processor and press it together with the heels of your hand until smooth. Wrap it in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour.
4. Arrange 8 ungreased Ruffled Baking Cups on a baking sheet. Pinch off a 1 tablespoon-sized piece of dough, roll it into a ball, and gently press it into the Ruffled Baking Cups. Repeat to fill all the cups.
5. Melt the filling butter in a saucepan. Stir in flour to form a paste. Add water, white sugar, and brown sugar, and bring to a boil. Reduce the temperature and let it simmer.
6. Peel, core, and thinly slice the apples. Arrange the apple slices in the tartlets starting from the outside and working your way in.
7. Pour the melted filling over the apples and sprinkle with cinnamon.
8. With the oven at 350°F, bake the tartlets for approximately 35-45 minutes.

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