Easy Apple Turnovers
Submitted by Heather
Easy apple turnovers from refrigerated pie crust, filled with chopped apples, walnuts, and cinnamon sugar. Dipped in butter and rolled in extra sugar before baking.
YIELD
12 servingsPREP
15 minCOOK
20 minREADY
35 minThese turnovers cheat with refrigerated pie crust, which is the move that takes apple pie from a two-hour project to a 35-minute dessert. Quarter the rounds, fill with spiced apples and walnuts, fold over, and bake. Twelve handheld pies from two store-bought crusts.
The butter dip is the move that makes these special. Each formed turnover gets dipped in melted butter on both sides before going on the baking sheet, then sprinkled with extra cinnamon sugar. The butter creates a crackling, deeply browned crust, and the sugar caramelizes into a sweet shell.
The filling is small but smart. Two chopped apples, three tablespoons of walnuts for crunch, and a tablespoon of flour to absorb any apple juice and prevent leaking through the crust. Cinnamon and nutmeg do the warming.
A quarter cup of apple filling per turnover is the right amount. More than that and they burst at the seams. Crimp the edges firmly with a fork to seal.
Pro Tips
- Use a firm baking apple like Granny Smith, Honeycrisp, or Braeburn. Soft apples turn mushy and leak.
- Press the fork tines firmly along the entire edge. Loose crimps split open in the oven and spill filling.
- Cut a small steam vent in the top of each turnover with the tip of a sharp knife.
- Bake on parchment paper. The buttery sugar mixture caramelizes onto bare pans and is brutal to clean.
Variations
- Drizzle with a powdered sugar glaze (powdered sugar + a splash of milk) after cooling for a fancier finish.
- Add a half cup of dried cranberries to the apple mixture for tart pops.
- Swap walnuts for pecans and add a tablespoon of bourbon to the filling for a Southern lean.
Ingredients
Directions
Preheat oven to 375℉ (190℃).
Divide each circle of pie crust into quarters along fold lines.
On a lightly floured board, roll each piece into a 6-inch circle.
In a medium bowl, combine apples, walnuts and flour. In another small bowl, combine sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg.
Spoon about ¼ cup apple mixture in center of each circle of pastry.
Sprinkle about 2 teaspoons sugar mixture over apples on each pastry round.
Fold dough in half over apples; press edges with a fork to seal.
Dip both sides of each turnover in melted butter.
Place buttered turnovers in a 15 inch x 10 inch jelly-roll pan.
Sprinkle remaining sugar mixture over turnovers.
Bake in preheat oven 15 to 20 minutes or until golden brown.
Serve warm.
Comments
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