Apple Tarts

By Beverley Glock
A very easy recipe for children to help with, they'll enjoy rolling out the pastry - it doesn't need to be straight, wobbly is great.  Older children can peel the apples.  Once you've sliced the apple, children can have…
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Ingredients

5 total
  • 2 eating apples
  • 1 sprinkling of plain flour
  • 200 g of fresh or frozen puff pastry
  • 1 tbsp of apricot jam
  • 2 tbsp of demerara sugar

Method

7 steps
  1. Step 1

    Preheat the oven to 200c / gas mark 6.

  2. Step 2

    Roll out the pastry into round or rectangular shapes approximately 12cm x 9cm.

  3. Step 3

    Peel, halve and finely slice the apples.

  4. Step 4

    Warm the apricot jam in a small saucepan or heat in the microwave for 15 seconds.

  5. Step 5

    Lay the apple slices on the pastry shapes leaving 1cm around the edge, the apple slices can overlap but make sure you don't leave any gaps in the pastry in the middle.

  6. Step 6

    Paint the jam all over the apples and pastry then sprinkle with demerera sugar.

  7. Step 7

    Transfer to a greased baking tray and bake for 15-20 minutes until the apple has softened and the pastry is golden brown.