Giant apple napoleon

8 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 17 1/2 oz. package frozen puff pastry sheets,thawed
1 large Egg
1 tablespoon Water
1 3.5 package vanilla instant pudding mix
2 cups Whipping cream
¼ cup Butter or margarine
5 larges Granny Smith apples, peeled and sliced
1 cup Sugar
1 teaspoon Ground cinnamon
Powdered sugar

Directions

Unfold pastry sheets on baking sheets; press out fold lines. Stir together egg and 1 tablespoon water; brush on pastry sheets.

Bake at 400øF for 15 minutes or until golden. Cool on wire racks.

Beat pudding mix and whipping cream at medium speed with an electric mixer 2 minutes. Cover and chill 30 minutes.

Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add apple slices, sugar, and cinnamon. Cook, stirring constantly, 10 minutes or until tender; drain.

Spread pudding over 1 pastry sheet; top with apple mixture. Place remaining pastry sheet over apple slices; sprinkle with powdered sugar Note: Bake puff pastry the day before; assemble Napoleon the following day.

Yield: 8 servings. Typed in MMFormat by cjhartlin@... Source: Southern Living Magazine Nov. 99 Posted to MM-Recipes Digest by "Cindy Hartlin" <cjhartlin@...> on Dec 3, 1999

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