Brown Butter Caramelised Apple Cruffins 🍎🍁
Brown Butter Caramelised Apple Cruffins 🍎🍁
Flaky, golden layers of buttery pastry swirl around a filling of cinnamon-kissed, caramelised apples. The nutty depth of brown butter enhances the apples’ natural sweetness, while a light dusting of sugar finishes these warm, cozy pastries with irresistible autumn flavor
Ingredients (makes about 6 cruffins)
Caramelised apples:
• 1 sheet (about 250–300 g) store-bought puff pastry
• 50 g salted butter, for browning
• 3 medium apples peeled, cored & diced
• 1/4 cup light or dark brown sugar
•. 2 tbsp maple syrup
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• ½ tsp vanilla extract
• Pinch of salt
•. 20ml water mix with 1/2 tsp corn starch
Cinnamon–Sugar spread for the Dough (optional)
• 2 tbsp light
brown sugar
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 15g butter
• 8g all purpose flour
Cinnamon–Sugar for Rolling After Baking
• 3 tbsp granulated sugar
•. 1 tsp ground cinnamon
1. Brown Butter: Melt butter in a pan until golden and nutty. Cool slightly.
2. Caramelise Apples: Add diced apples, brown sugar, cinnamon, vanilla extract , pinch of salt. Cook 7-10 min until tender then add the corn starch mixture to thicken it up .
3. Fill Pastry: Unroll puff pastry sheet, spread the cinnamon sugar mixture lightly then add the caramelised apples.
4. Shape: Roll pastry into a log. Slice lengthwise, twist each strip and coil into muffin-tin cups. Brush tops with any remaining brown butter.
5. Bake: 200 °C (180 °C fan) / 400 °F for 20–25 min until golden.
6. Finish: While warm, roll in cinnamon sugar mixture .
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