Teacher Appreciation Week - Tuesday

Tuesday - baked apple pastry bites, made with the filling left over from the apple cinnamon enchiladas.

Ingredients
For the filling:
4-5 apples, peeled and chopped into small pieces
1/2 stick butter
Cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg, to taste
1/2 cup brown sugar
For the dough:
1 cup cold butter, chopped into pieces
2 cups flour
1/4 cup sugar
cold water
For the glaze:
1 egg yolk
2 tsp water
Sugar

Directions:

1. Melt the butter in a large saucepan over low heat.
2. Dump in the apples, sugar, and spices. Stir to coat the apples.
3. Cover and simmer until the apples are soft, about an hour or so. Stir occasionally.
4. Process the butter, sugar, and flour until it looks like breadcrumbs. Add a couple tablespoons or so of water and process until dough forms. Put in a ball and chill for half an hour or so.
5. Preheat oven to 400.
6. Roll out the dough on a floured surface. Using a round cookie cutter, cut out a bunch of circles. Cut the same amount with a cookie cutter slightly bigger than the first.
7. Lay the small circles on a cookie sheet. Put a large spoonful of filling in the center of each one.
8. Cut two small slits in each of the bigger circles. Wet the edges of the smaller circles, then set the bigger ones on top. Use the tines of a fork to press them together.
9. Beat together the egg and water.
10. Brush the pastries with the glaze, then sprinkle with sugar.
11. Bake for 10-15 minutes, until tops are golden. Let cool on rack.