Now that you are armed with a 15-minute puff pastry recipe, you are considered dangerous. You are capable of whipping up an apple turnover recipe, flaky ham and cheese appetizers, and French pastries at any time of day. Please, use this information carefully and to your advantage during the whole holiday season.
What is an Apple Turnover?
An apple turnover is similar to apple pie in that it contains diced apples cooked in a sweet spice mixture until soft, and encapsulated in dough. But, a turnover uses flaky puff pastry dough, while pie uses a more sturdy pie crust. Turnovers are meant to be easier to make than pie–just pile the cooked fruit in one corner, ’turn over’ the dough on top of it, and bake! They’re my favorite fall hand-held dessert, and much easier to eat and serve than pie!
Apple Turnovers Recipe Tips
If you’re still afraid of dough, this is the one dough you shouldn’t fear! It only requires 3 ingredients plus a little rolling, and you’re done 15 minutes later. The best 15 minutes you’ll spend this morning is making this dough. I can barely even talk about the flaky layers. Oh, the flaky layers. And the buttery, spicy apple scent while it bakes is exactly what your house needs right now. I tweaked the apple filling recipe from my apple-stuffed baked apples and use it in these turnovers. It did not disappoint. In fact, these turnovers were the highlight of my morning all week. So, let’s review. Make this easy dough: recipe here. However, you can also use one sheet of store-bought puff pastry instead of making the dough from scratch!
Apple Turnovers Ingredients
Puff Pastry. You need one pre-made frozen sheet of puff pastry from the freezer section of your grocery store. Let it thaw on the counter until pliable and easy to roll out. Alternatively, you can use my recipe for homemade puff pastry that takes just 15 minutes to make. Apples. Three small apples to equal about 2 cups of diced apples. Each pie uses ½ cup of apples. I like to bake with Honeycrisp, Gala, or even Granny Smith apples. Cinnamon. One teaspoon of ground cinnamon. Lemon Juice. One tablespoon of lemon juice brings the flavors of apple and cinnamon together so well. Brown Sugar. We’re sweetening the apple pie filling with ¼ cup of brown sugar. It can be either light or dark brown sugar, whatever you have. Butter. To sauté the apples before baking, we’ll use one tablespoon of butter. Egg Yolk. To make these apple turnovers golden brown, brush with a beaten egg yolk and sprinkle with sugar before baking.
How to make Apple Turnovers with Puff Pastry
I love that this apple turnover recipe makes just 4 turnovers. They freeze very well, both pre-bake and post-bake, so you can always keep them on hand. I love using them as a fun breakfast treat on the weekends.
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How to Store Puff Pastry Apple Turnovers
This dessert will keep at room temperature in an air-tight container for up to 1 day after baking. Beyond that, I don’t recommend storing in the fridge because the pastry will become soggy and wet. SaveSave SaveSave
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