The Easiest Apple Dessert Roses Recipe (Perfect Every Time) (2024)

These Dessert Roses are not only absolutely stunning, but they taste incredible too! They’re made using delicious red apples, apricot preserves, and puff pastry for the perfect dessert!

The puff pastry makes a crisp crust for these tender apples and they’re a great dessert option for special occasions, including Valentine’s Day or Mother’s Day.

Adults and kids love them alike, in fact, kids love helping while making these because they’re so simple to make but turn out stunning every single time.

Want to learn how to make these beautiful Apple Dessert Roses? Then keep on reading!

What are Dessert Roses?

Dessert roses are a type of dessert that looks like roses but are actually edible! There are many ways to make dessert roses. You can make them using fondant and buttercream, but nothing matches the ones that I’m sharing with you today!

These dessert roses are made using apples! They’re absolutely delicious but also look so stunning that they’re perfect for holidays and special occasions such as Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and even baby showers and weddings!

They go well with all sorts of desserts and can be used as a centerpiece of a holiday dinner table too! I'm sure your family and friends are going to fall in love with them.

What Makes These Dessert Roses So Special?

These dessert roses are special for so many reasons that it’s difficult to even count them! They require simple ingredients to make and cost even less than a cake mix!

Plus, they’re so quick and easy to make that your kids will love making them with you! These are also the perfect crowd-pleaser and everyone seems to love them.

I made these Apple Roses Dessert Recipe for my daughter Anita's 14th Birthday this week. We were asked if these beauties were edible. They’re so simple to make, but they are such a beautiful party table decorator and taste incredible.

Need something new on your party table? Give this stunning creation a try!

Most commonly, we see cakes at birthday parties. I decided to make something different and unique this time. I found this recipe online and adapted it to make it the perfect dessert roses recipe!

You can also make these gluten-free by opting for gluten-free puff pastry. There are a few desserts that look as special and beautiful as these, and I’m sure you’re going to fall in love with them!

What You Need to Make Dessert Roses

Making these dessert roses requires simple ingredients that give the most stunning result ever! Here’s what you’ll need to make them:

Puff pastry: We’ll be using puff pastry dough sheets to roll the apple slices in for the dessert roses effect! You can also use gluten-free puff pastries if you’re avoiding gluten or can’t have it due to allergies.

Apricot preserves: I love apricot jam or preserves for this recipe, but you can go for any other that you may prefer more or any you already have at hand. Apricot preserve goes great with the apples though and I highly recommend it!

Apples: I’ve used red apples for this recipe because of how beautiful they look once they’re done. You can go for your favorite baking apples. The ones I’ve used are red delicious. Some other great options include Honeycrisps, Gala, and Fuji. Roses look best when they’re red, but you can still go for green apples such as Granny Smith if you prefer the flavor more.

Lemon: We’ll be using lemon juice to soak the apples since it will prevent the apples from browning.

Water: Water will be mixed with lemon juice while soaking the apples so that they don’t brown.

Flour: We’ll be using flour for dusting the puff pastry sheets. In case you are gluten-free, opt for a gluten-free flour instead such as almond flour.

Confectioner’s sugar: For the finishing touch, we’ll dust and sprinkle the dessert roses with some confectioners or powder sugar.

How to Make Dessert Roses (Step-by-Step):

Making these dessert roses is so easy that it’ll surprise you! They might look intricate, but these apple dessert roses are incredibly easy to make. Here’s how to make them step by step:

How to Prep the Apples

We’ll start by preparing the apples first. Into a medium bowl, add water and squeeze half of a large lemon. Wash the apples and cut them in half. Remove the core and slice then thinly using a knife or a mandolin.

Next, place these thin slices of apple in water mixed with lemon juice so that your apples don’t brown while preparing them.

Next, microwave the apples for 5 minutes and set them aside. Alternatively, you can put them in a pot and heat them on low until the water almost boils. Drain the water right before you’re ready to use the apples.

How to Assemble Apple Dessert Roses

Now dust a large cutting board with flour. Place one puff pastry sheet and coat the entire sheet with flour.

Using a rolling pin, roll out the sheet to double the size of about 12x18 inches.

Now cut this sheet into 6 pieces that are 3x12 inches. Next, spread a teaspoon of apricot preserves onto one of the pieces.

Place drained apple slices on one side of the pastry and fold the pastry in half.

Now pinch both ends of the pastry and start rolling it into a roll. Pinch the end to the rose to secure it.

Now place the dessert rose in a greased pan. I prefer using parchment paper to line my sheet using it makes it easier to remove the roses from the pan after they are done baking. This is because after the roses bake, they lead a little and get stuck to the pan.

Next, repeat the same steps for the second puff pastry sheet.

Once all puff pastry sheet has been rolled into dessert roses, bake the roses for 45 min at 375F on the lowest oven rack.

Once done, let them cool for 5 minutes on the pan and then remove them with a spatula. After they cool completely, dust some confections’ sugar for decoration. Optionally, you can also sprinkle some cinnamon powder onto it.

Your beautiful dessert roses are ready to be served! Serve with your favorite desserts and have them with a delicious cup of latte.

Resources: cookingwithmanuela.blogspot.com

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This recipe was originally posted on May 1, 2015. Enjoy!