Apple Flautas
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These crispy Apple Flautas are like handheld apple pies! Golden brown tortillas hug a gooey homemade apple pie filling made with apple slices and cinnamon sugar. Basically, this delicious dessert is the ultimate hand-held remedy for all your sweet tooth cravings.
Delicious Apple Pie Flautas
There’s a certain kind of magic in smashing my two favorite food worlds together—Mexican flautas and Southern-style cinnamon apples—into one irresistible, tasty treat. These crispy, golden rolls are stuffed with tender, buttery apple filling (no can of apple pie filling here!), making them the perfect handheld dessert. My husband’s reaction after his first bite? “Oh, WOW.”
This easy recipe is my go-to when I need something quick, delicious, and impressive, whether for a party idea or just satisfying a sweet craving. It’s got the makings of a great apple pie, without all the drama of actually making one.
If you love these, you’ll adore my other apple recipes like Apple Bread, Apple Brownies, Homemade Apple Fritters, and Caramel Apple Cheesecake. Because when it comes to apples, I’m at the top of the tree.
Ingredients
- Sugar
- Butter or margarine
- Apples peeled
- Cinnamon
- Flour tortillas
- Lemon juice
Other Fun Variations
Want to fill your crispy tortillas with other good stuff? Try these tasty variations:
- Peanut butter + chocolate chips
- Cream cheese + jam
- Nutella + strawberries
- Marshmallow fluff + crushed graham crackers
Note: Adding alternative ingredients will likely alter the baking time, so keep an eye on them and adjust accordingly.
How to Make Apple Flautas
1. To start, heat oven to 325°F. Then, in a small bowl, mix 2 tablespoons of sugar with cinnamon and set aside.
2. Next, melt butter in a skillet. Use a pastry brush to coat melted butter on each side of the tortilla, and sprinkle each side with 1/2 tsp cinnamon sugar mixture.
3. Now place tortillas on an ungreased baking sheet. Put them in the oven for a few minutes until just warm and pliable.
4. Remove from oven and roll in tortillas loosely to make tubes, placing them seam side down on the baking sheet and returning to oven for about 10 minutes, until browned and crispy.
5. Meanwhile, saute apples in the remaining butter in a skillet over high heat with 1 T sugar, until browned and tender. Add in a dash of lemon juice.
6. Remove browned tortilla tubes from the oven and spoon the apple mixture into them. Serve and enjoy!
Here’s a tip!
The recipe says to add a tablespoon of sugar at step 5, but with all that leftover cinnamon sugar sitting there, I figured, why not use that instead? Honestly, no clue why I didn’t try this sooner!
Perfect Pairings for Apple Flautas
You can’t think of apple baked anything without a scoop of vanilla ice cream, right? Walnuts in Syrup for Ice Cream Sundaes, but don’t stop there. Try some of these other delicious toppings and accompaniments to elevate your apple flautas to the next level:
- Caramel sauce
- Maple syrup
- Whipped cream
- Chopped nuts (pecans or walnuts are my favorites)
- Vanilla custard or pudding
Storage
Store any leftover apple flautas in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. To reheat, place them on a baking sheet and bake at 350°F for 10-15 minutes until warmed through.
Apple Flautas
Apple Flautas are what I reach for when I want something quick, easy, homemade, delicious, comforting and impressive. You are going to love them!
Ingredients
- 3 T sugar
- 3 T butter or margarine
- 3 to 4 apples peeled and sliced thin
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 6 - 6 inch flour tortillas
- 1 tsp lemon juice
Instructions
- Heat oven to 325°F. Mix 2 tablespoons of sugar with cinnamon and set aside.
- Melt butter in skillet. Brush butter on each side of tortilla, sprinkle each side with 1/2 tsp cinnamon/sugar mixture.
- Place tortillas on an ungreased baking sheet and put in oven for a few minutes until just warm and pliable.
- Remove from oven and roll in tortillas loosely to make tubes, placing them seam side down on the baking sheet and returning to oven for about ten minutes, until browned and crispy.
- Meanwhile, saute apples in remaining butter in skillet over high heat with 1 T sugar, until browned and tender (or just dump the rest of your cinnamon sugar mixture in there with them!). Add in lemon juice.
- Remove browned tortilla tubes from oven, spooning on the apple mixture.
Nutrition Information:
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 359
Can’t wait to make your Apple Flautas! We make something very similar, “Mexican Crepes.” I melt a little butter in a skillet. When it’s sizzling, I put a tortilla in the pan and lightly brown each side. When finished, I dredge it in a cinnamon sugar mixture. After the tortilla is covered in cinnamon sugar, I add fresh sliced strawberries or blueberries to it and roll it up. We top it off with whipped cream and mini chocolate chips.
Oh Yummm!!!!