Apple Turnovers for a Delicious and Frugal Dessert
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Dessert or afternoon treat, these apple turnovers are sure to please. They are also a great way to use up floury apples. Uses pantry staples.
I stole this idea from a friend.
I’ve been baking apple turnovers, she said. And I thought, what a good idea, I’m going to do that too.
Apple turnovers make a super easy dessert, an indulgent breakfast or an afternoon treat.
You can make the apple filling from scratch, and I share how I like to stew apples in the recipe below.
But you can also use tinned apples for a super quick option!
With some tinned apples and frozen puff pastry, you can have this dessert in the oven in a matter of minutes!
If it’s early Sunday morning and there’s been a night before, I use tinned apples. Everyone is happy. I can throw these in the oven in minutes and crawl back into bed, and we all enjoy a bit of a special Sunday breakfast (the kids have yet to embrace the idea of brunch, no matter how hard I try to sell it).
Turnover Ingredients
Ingredients
frozen puff pastry
fresh apples or tinned, or stewed
cinnamon
milk or egg
sugar
To Make The Turnovers
If using fresh apples: finely chop the apples and toss with sugar and cinnamon to taste.
Cut the thawed puff pastry into four squares and dollop the apple filling on top.
Fold the pastry over, brush with a little milk and sprinkle with sugar. Bake until golden and serve.
If using tinned apples: place spoonfuls of tinned fruit on the pastry. You can mix the fruit with cinnamon first if you prefer.
If stewing apples: peel and chop your apples and throw them in a pan with a little water. Add sugar or honey and cinnamon to taste. Cook them until they are done to your liking. I like to cook a big batch in the rice cooker.
Variations, Freezing, Reheating
Change things up by adding a few sultanas or berries when in season, or swap the apples with pears or tinned peaches – this frugal dessert is flexible!
For something a little extra special, try caramel apple turnovers. Caramelise the apples by adding a little butter to the sugar. All good things come from combining butter and sugar.
To freeze, place the cooked pastries on a tray in the freezer until frozen through, before putting in an airtight container or zip-lock bag for up to three months.
Reheat from frozen by placing them straight from the freezer into a preheated 180°C oven and bake until hot through.
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Easy Apple Turnovers
These easy apple turnovers make a quick and easy dessert or special afternoon tea.
Ingredients
- 2 sheets of puff pastry, thawed
- 4 apples, peeled, cored and chopped
- sugar or honey to taste + some for sprinkling
- cinnamon
- 3 tbsp. milk or beaten egg
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 200°C. Line a baking sheet with baking paper.
- Combine apples, sugar and cinnamon to taste.
- You can either leave raw and bake as is, or stew the apples. To stew, add a tablespoon of water or so to stop the apples catching and burning on the bottom and stir apples over low heat until soft to your liking.
- Cut the pastry sheet into four squares.
- Spoon 1/8 of the apple filling into the middle of the squares and fold corners over to form a triangle.
- Press edges together with your fingers or a fork to seal.
- Place turnovers on a tray. Brush tops with milk or egg and sprinkle on extra sugar and cinnamon.
- Bake for 25 minutes or until pastry is golden.
Notes
Serve sprinkled with icing sugar (optional) and some clotted cream for a decadent dessert.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
8Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 110Total Fat: 4gSaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 24mgSodium: 31mgCarbohydrates: 19gFiber: 2gSugar: 12gProtein: 2g
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Love the turnover recipe
Hello, Can you freeze these after cooking them? I would like them for my son’s school lunches.
I’m think I g they might go soggy defrosting in the lunchbox. You can freeze them, but I would reheat them from frozen in the oven. If you make them, they will keep in the fridge for a few days for lunch boxes. You could freeze just one as an experiment and see how it goes. If it does go soggy, you could just put it in the oven. If it doesn’t you’ll know it will work well for lunch boxes. If you try it, let me know.