This Autumn leaves recipe involves soft dough and an apple filling, all bundled up into cute fall leaf shapes. These little fall-themed pastries make delicious desserts when apples are at their best.
To make these Autumn leaves, you make a yeast-based dough by combining sugar with milk and yeast, and then mixing it with flour, salt, vegetable oil, and egg. Then, the dough gets assembled into individual pastries in the shape of leaves with sauteed apples in the middle. The resulting pastries are fluffy and full of the sweet taste of spiced apples.
What are Autumn Leaves?
These Autumn leaves are leaf-shaped pastries made with a light and fluffy dough and filled with a spiced apple filling. The filling uses green apples, which have a beautiful color in the filling, and their flavor is absolutely delicious with the additions of cinnamon and brown sugar.
Pro Tips
- Make sure the milk is warm but not so hot that it kills the yeast. The ideal temperature for activating the yeast is around 100 F to 110 F (37.7 C to 43.3 C).
- If the dough is rising slowly, you can place it in a warmer location in your home such as an oven that is turned off.
- Choose green apples that will hold their shape during the cooking process such as granny smith.
- If you would like the apple filling to have an extra spiced flavor, you can add some nutmeg, cloves, and/or allspice to it in addition to the cinnamon.
Frequently Asked Questions
How to Fix Dough That Won’t Rise?
If your dough isn’t rising or is rising very slowly, you can move it to a warmer location in your home, such as on top of a fridge or in an oven that is turned off.
Why are Granny Smith Apples the Best for Baking?
When you are searching for a green apple to bake with, consider using granny smith apples which have a wonderful tart flavor and hold their shape during the baking process.
How Do You Know if Yeast is Activated?
When the yeast is dissolved in the milk, you will know it is active when it foams and bubbles on top. At this point, you can proceed with making your dough.
How to Store Autumn Leaves
The Autumn leaves can be stored in a covered container at room temperature for 2 to 3 days or in the fridge if you would like them to stay fresh longer.
Ingredients
How to Make Autumn Leaves Brioches
For the dough, combine the 3 tablespoons of sugar with the milk and yeast until combined; allow it to sit to activate for a few minutes.
For the dough, combine the 3 tablespoons of sugar with the milk and yeast until combined; allow it to sit to activate for a few minutes.
In a bowl, whisk the flour with the salt until combined. Whisk the remaining 1 tbsp of the sugar into the milk mixture along with ½ the egg, and oil until combined. Add the flour to the wet mixture and knead it until combined. Allow the dough to rise for 1 hour.
In a bowl, whisk the flour with the salt until combined. Whisk the remaining 1 tbsp of the sugar into the milk mixture along with ½ the egg, and oil until combined. Add the flour to the wet mixture and knead it until combined. Allow the dough to rise for 1 hour.
Divide the dough into balls and allow them to rest for 10 minutes.
Divide the dough into balls and allow them to rest for 10 minutes.
For the apple filling, cut the apples into cubes. Saute the apples in a pan with the butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon, and allow them to cook for 5 to 7 minutes.
For the apple filling, cut the apples into cubes. Saute the apples in a pan with the butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon, and allow them to cook for 5 to 7 minutes.
To assemble, roll each dough ball into a flat oval. Add some of the apples in the middle.
To assemble, roll each dough ball into a flat oval. Add some of the apples in the middle.
Pinch the sides of the dough together. Fold the bottom of the dough to the top to create a leaf shape.
Pinch the sides of the dough together. Fold the bottom of the dough to the top to create a leaf shape.
Use scissors to cut slits in the side of the pastry. Place them on a baking sheet and allow them to rise for 10 minutes.
Use scissors to cut slits in the side of the pastry. Place them on a baking sheet and allow them to rise for 10 minutes.
Brush the pastries with egg wash and bake them in a 350 F (170 C) oven for 13 to 15 minutes.
Brush the pastries with egg wash and bake them in a 350 F (170 C) oven for 13 to 15 minutes.
Serve immediately!
Serve immediately!
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