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Puffs with apple

Ingredients: Puff pastry Sugar Cinnamon Apples Preparation: 1. Roll out puff pastry. 2. Sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon. 3. Peel and core apples. 4. Cut pastry in pieces according to apple size. 5. Wrap apple inside pastry. 6. Bake in preheated oven (220 °C) until pastry is golden brown and apple is soft (approx. 30 min). Source of Recipe: Sent in by Angelina via Postcrossing

Pirozhki with Apple

Ingredients: Dough: 1 1/2 tbsp oil 15 oz luke warm water 4 cups + 2 tbsp all-purpose flour 1 tsp salt 1 tbsp Active Dry Yeast 1 tbsp sugar Filling: 2 to 3 apples peeled, cored and chopped finely 1/4 cup sugar 1/4 teaspoon per piroshok Enough canola oil to go half-way up the side of the piroshki when frying. Extra flour to dust the cutting board Preparation: 1. Mix oil, water, flour, salt, sugar and yeast. Let dough rise for about 1 to 1 1/2 hours. 2. Put the finished dough onto a well floured cutting board, sprinkle dough with flour and with well-floured hands, shape it into a large log. It will rise more as it sits on the board. 3. Cut off pieces one at a time about 3/4″ thick. 4. Place the piece of dough over your well-floured hand (dough will be sticky) and shape it into a 3″ to 4″ circle using your hands. Do not put flour on the side where you are going to put the apples, otherwise the sides won’t seal. 5. Put 1/4 tsp sugar in the centre of the dough and put 1

Sharlotka Apple Cake

Ingredients: Butter or nonstick spray for greasing pan 5 large tart apples (Bramley or Granny Smith) 3 large eggs 1 cup all-purpose flour 1 cup white sugar 1 tsp real vanilla extract cinnamon sugar to top your cake before serving Preparation: 1. Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F. Line a 9x3 round cake pan or springform pan with parchment paper. Butter or spray both the paper, and the sides of the pan. I believe butter gives a better aroma whilst baking instead of an oily chemical aroma. 2. Peel and core the apples, chop in quarters, then slice into thin bite size pieces. 3. Place the apples into the buttered cake pan. 4. Using a mixer or whisk, beat the eggs and sugar in a bowl until the sugar dissolves (around 5 minutes). 5. Add the vanilla and mix throughout mixture. 6. Gently add the flour and mix with a spoon until batter is thick and smooth. 7. Pour over the apples in the cake pan, spreading it evenly over the apples. Gently shake the pan to allow the batter to go do