Sugar-Glazed Puff Pastry Waffles with Apple

The waffle part of this title derives from the traditional method of making these pastries, which left a waffle-like pattern on top of the puff pastry. This was done either by rolling the dough against a waffle board, an aluminum board with a small raised waffle pattern, or by using a studded rolling pin. The latter is a tool that looks very much like the waffle roller used to texture marzipan, but with a larger pattern.

The waffles can also be baked without the apples, in which cas