The Best Apple Turnovers

These beautiful light and flaky apple turnovers use a shortcut puff pastry with a secret ingredient for pastry success.

The Best Apple Turnovers .

Apple turnovers have always been a favourite of mine because I’m basically a pastry freak. Surround anything with pastry from a Steak Pie to a Turkey Wellington to Apple Pie and I’ll go mad for it.

Add to that my insatiable lust for apple desserts that is well documented on Rock Recipes and you’ll no doubt see why I love these so much.

I mean, just look at that pastry, so flaky and light, how could anyone not be tempted by that.

The Best Apple Turnovers

I make apple turnovers with a standard pie crust sometimes too for an old fashioned version from my childhood. However, my recipe for shortcut puff pastry using sour cream in the recipe to bring the dough together, is just fantastic for apple turnovers.

Impressive looking apple turnovers.

I think they look like they came from a fancy bake shop, especially with a sprinkle of turbinado sugar on top for a little extra crunch and a really professional look.

When serving at brunch, I prepare them the day before on the baking sheet, cover them in plastic wrap. Then, just add the egg wash and coarse sugar in the morning while the oven preheats.

Of course there’s nothing at all wrong with serving them warm from the oven with a scoop of vanilla bean ice cream for a satisfying dessert on any occasion.

Find the recipe, for my Shortcut Puff Pastry, complete with a video tutorial, by clicking here.

Shortcut Puff Pastry. A 15 minute shortcut method to make a puff pastry that many would not be able to distinguish from the version that takes all day to make.

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Yield: 8 large turnovers

The Best Apple Turnovers

Prep Time: 1 hour

Cook Time: 25 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour 25 minutes

Apple Cinnamon Turnovers in Sour Cream Pastry. Crisp, light, flaky pastry filled with plenty of fresh apple filling.

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Ingredients

• Shortcut puff pastry. See notes.
• 4 large apples peeled, cored and cut in wedges
• ½ cup white sugar
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp grated nutmeg
• 2 tbsp melted butter
• 1 tbsp corn starch
• 1 egg
• 1 tbsp water

Instructions

1. Combine corn starch, cinnamon, nutmeg and sugar well.
2. Pour the melted butter over the apples and toss well.
3. Next, sprinkle the sugar and spice mixture over the apples and toss together well until the apples are evenly coated.
4. Roll the dough out and cut into eight 6 inch squares.
5. Divide apple filling and share among the 8 pastry squares placing it on one half of the square.
6. Brush the edges of the pastries with an egg wash of 1 egg beaten together with 1 tbsp water or milk.
7. Fold the pastry over the filling and press the edges together slightly to seal.
8. Brush the tops of the pastries with the egg wash and sprinkle them with turbinado sugar if you like.
9. Cut a couple of half inch slits in the top of each turnover with the tip of a very sharp knife.
10. Place the pastries on a parchment lined cookie sheet and chill for 20-30 minutes in the refrigerator before baking in a preheated 400 degree F oven for about 20-25 minutes until they are evenly golden brown.
11. Delicious on their own or served warm with whipped cream or ice cream.

Notes

Recipe Notes Allow additional time to chill the dough. 

CLICK HERE FOR RECIPE FOR SHORTCUT PUFF PASTRY

Nutrition Information

Yield

8

Serving Size

1
Amount Per Serving Calories 391Total Fat 16gSaturated Fat 9gUnsaturated Fat 7gCholesterol 66mgSodium 272mgCarbohydrates 57gFiber 4gSugar 35gProtein 6g

The nutritional information provided is automatically calculated by third party software and is meant as a guideline only. Exact accuracy is not guaranteed. For recipes where all ingredients may not be used entirely, such as those with coatings on meats, or with sauces or dressings for example, calorie & nutritional values per serving will likely be somewhat lower than indicated.

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