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Appelbollen, whole apples in cinnamon puff pastry

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Apples peeled and cored, filled with a mixture of sugar, cinnamon, and cloves (and either grapes or almond paste), wrapped in puff pastry, egg-washed, and…

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Recipe from Persino, Magalia, Kompowiec2 and 3 other contributors, adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

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Applebollen are a Dutch pastry: a whole apple baked inside a puff pastry shell, while retaining its round shape.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time30 min
  • Cook time20 min
  • Total50 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodfour
  • Estimated cost$7.42 $1.24 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.
  • Vegetarian

Ingredients

6 people
  • $1.04
  • $4.92
  • $0.07
  • $0.09
  • $0.29
  • $0.54
  • $0.40
  • $0.07

Prices from US supermarkets for 6 of 8 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 200 °C. Wash and peel the apples, remove the core, and optionally cut off about ½ cm from the base so they stand upright.
  2. Place each apple on a square of puff pastry that is large enough to completely cover it. ≈ 3 min
  3. Fill the center of the sugar mixture with cinnamon and cloves, and optionally with grapes or almond paste. ≈ 10 min
  4. Fold over the edges of the dough (if they have dried out, moisten them with water) and firmly seal the edges to hide the apple. Make a hole in the dough. ≈ 3 min
  5. Place the apples on a buttered baking sheet, brush them with beaten egg, and sprinkle with granulated sugar. ≈ 2 min
  6. Bake for 20 minutes: the dough should be golden brown and the apples tender.

The bill

Appelbollen, whole apples in cinnamon puff pastry

  • one apple per person$1.04
  • puff pastry$4.92
  • sugar$0.07
  • ground cinnamon$0.09
  • Ground cloves$0.29
  • butter$0.54
  • 1 egg$0.40
  • sugar in granules$0.07

Total$7.42

that's $1.24 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Equipment

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Ingredients

  • one apple per person
  • puff pastry
  • sugar
  • ground cinnamon
  • Ground cloves
  • butter
  • 1 egg
  • grapes soaked in wine or almond paste (optional)
  • sugar in granules

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