Spiced Apple and Cheddar Cheese Filo Treats

Apple season is right here and this recipe for Spiced Apple and Cheddar Cheese Filo Treats is an effective way to have fun the start of fall baking.  Crispy, buttery, flaky filo cups make the bottom for a scrumptious apple and spice filling.  The addition of cheddar cheese provides an surprising layer of taste to this straightforward fall dessert!

You may be pondering, “apples and cheddar cheese collectively?”  As uncommon as it would sound, this mixture is definitely an outdated time favourite in New England, the place the addition of cheddar cheese to an apple pie is nothing new or uncommon.  When one thing candy (the apples and heat spices) is paired with one thing barely salty (the cheese), it makes for an exquisite taste mixture!

In case you are not too eager on overly-sweet desserts, and should you occur to be a cheese lover, this recipe is for you.  In case you are nonetheless not satisfied, you need to give it a attempt to the result’s positive to shock you!

Elements for the Spiced Apple and Cheddar Cheese Filo Treats

• Filo Dough – the pastry must be thawed within the fridge in a single day.  As all the time, utilizing a very good high quality filo is important.  For this recipe I used Fillo Manufacturing facility filo pastry in the usual 14″ x 18″ measurement (you’ll need solely a small a part of the bundle)
• Apples –  use your favourite sweet-to-tart baking apples, corresponding to McIntosh, Cortland, or,  Honeycrisp
• Heat Spices – floor cinnamon and floor cardamom are a should for this recipe, however you possibly can additionally add some floor ginger or freshly floor nutmeg
• Sugar – mild brown sugar provides added depth of taste, however granulated refined sugar works equally as effectively
• Brandy – or cognac is all the time a very good addition to the filling, and the alcohol does prepare dinner off (however you may omit it altogether should you want)
• Cornstarch – dissolved in a little bit water, that is used as a thickener.  You’ll be able to substitute with arrowroot if in case you have corn allergic reactions
• Butter – to brush on the filo pastry layers
• Turbinado Sugar — that is non-compulsory for an added crunch to the filo edges because it bakes (additionally it is often called “Sugar within the Uncooked”)
• Powdered Sugar – for dusting on the baked filo cups (additionally, non-compulsory)

How you can make the Spiced Apple and Cheddar Cheese Filo Treats 

1. Put together the apples, place them within the pan, then toss them with the sugar and the spices

2. Prepare dinner till the apples are barely soften and caramelized, however nonetheless maintain their form

4.  Make a stack of three filo sheets, every calmly brushed with butter.  Reduce the stack into squares 

5. Butter the cupcake tins and gently press the filo squares into them

6. Fill the cups with the caramelized apples and cubes of cheddar cheese

7.  Bake for 12-Quarter-hour

8.  Enable them to chill barely within the pan

9.  Mud them with some powdered sugar, and luxuriate in them whereas they’re nonetheless heat

HOW TO MAKE THEM AHEAD OF TIME

You’ll be able to type these treats a number of hours forward of time.  First, type the filo cups, cowl them effectively with plastic wrap in order that they don’t dry out and refrigerate.  Then, put together the apple filling, cube the cheese and set them apart.  When you’re prepared, fill the filo cups with the apple filling and the cheddar cheese and bake till golden brown.

For those who love apple desserts, you may want to try one other favourite recipe for apple turnovers with filo pastry!

This recipe for Spiced Apple and Cheddar Cheese Filo Treats is in collaboration with Fillo Manufacturing facility. You could find Fillo Manufacturing facility filo dough at Complete Meals and a number of other small native shops.  I like the standard of the Fillo Manufacturing facility merchandise and I all the time be sure that to stash a few containers within the freezer!

Spiced Apple and Cheddar Cheese Filo Treats

 

A pleasant and surprising fall recipe with crispy filo, caramelized apples, heat spices and cheddar cheese!

Creator: Marilena Leavitt

Recipe sort: Dessert

Serves: 8

Elements

• 4 – 5 medium baking apples, about 1½ lbs.
• ⅓ cup mild brown sugar
• ¼ tsp. salt
• ½ tsp. floor cinnamon (and a small cinnamon stick, non-compulsory)
• ¼ tsp. floor cardamom
• 2 TBSP. brandy
• 1 tsp. cornstarch
• 1 TBSP. chilly water
• ½ cup butter, melted
• 4 oz. cheddar cheese
• 1 bundle of filo dough, thawed in a single day within the fridge
• 1 tsp. turbinado sugar for sprinkling the sides of the filo earlier than baking (non-compulsory)
• — powdered sugar, for dusting

Directions

1. Take away the thawed filo from the fridge and let it sit on the counter for half-hour, with out taking it out of the bundle.
2. Peel, core, and quarter the apples.  Chop the quarters into ½” items then place them in a big, nonstick pan together with the sunshine brown sugar, salt, cinnamon, cardamom and brandy.  Gently mix the elements and prepare dinner the combination for about 10 minutes, stirring sometimes, till the apples are tender and caramelized.  Dissolve the cornstarch into the chilly water and stir it into the apple combination.  Prepare dinner for one more 3 minutes, or, till the juices thicken.  Enable the combination to sit down for 10 minutes to chill.
3. Set the oven rack within the center place then pre-heat the oven to 375°F.
4. Reduce the cheddar cheese into small cubes and put aside.
5. Butter 8-9 cupcake holders (relying on the dimensions of the cups) with melted butter.
6. Open the filo bundle, unroll the filo, and take away one sheet of filo (maintain the remainder lined with a clear kitchen towel as a result of they dry out simply).  Place the primary sheet on the counter in entrance of you, brush it with some melted butter, then high it with a second filo sheet, butter it, and repeat with a 3rd layer of filo.  On the finish of the method, you should have a three-sheet layer of filo.  With a pointy knife, minimize the stack of filo in three equal horizontal strips (about 4.5″ every).  Then, make three vertical cuts, throughout the horizontal strips, each 6″ broad.  You’ll have 9 squares, each about 6″ by 4.5″.
7. Gently press the filo squares into the cups.  Place a number of cheese cubes on the backside of every of the filo cups.  Then, add about 2 heaping tablespoons of the apple combination, adopted with a number of extra cheese cubes on high of the apples.
8. Proceed filling the remainder of the filo cups with the remaining apple filling and cheese.  You must have a complete of 8 – 9 stuffed filo cups in complete on the finish of the method.
9. Brush the sides of the filo with some melted butter, and sprinkle with some turbinado sugar (if utilizing).  Bake them for 12-Quarter-hour or till golden brown and the cheese is melted.
10. Take away the cupcake pan from the oven and permit to barely cool earlier than inserting to a serving platter.  Serve them plain, with a sprinkle of powdered sugar, or, with a small scoop of excellent high quality vanilla ice cream.

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