Puff Pastry Apple Turnovers
These Apple Turnovers are really simple to make using store bought puff pastry and a fresh apple pie filling. Enjoy bakery style, flaky pastries that you have baked yourself!
- Prep time
- 30 min
- Cook time
- 30 min
- Yield
- 12 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 6 Granny Smith apples
- 3 tablespoons butter (See Note 1)
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 1½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1½ teaspoon cornstarch ((also known as cornflour))
- 1 pound (450 grams) frozen or chilled puff pastry (See Note 2)
- 1 egg (beaten for egg wash)
- powdered (icing) sugar, to serve
Instructions
- 1
Peel, core and chop apples in to smallish pieces.
- 2
Add apples to a frying pan along with butter, brown sugar and cinnamon and place on medium heat.
- 3
Stir until the butter is melted and all ingredients are combined and beginning to bubble
- 4
Turn down the heat to a low simmer and cook the apples for 10-15 minutes until just tender.
- 5
Mix cornstarch with 2 teaspoons water. Use this mixture to thicken the apples. If too thick add a spoonful or two of water.
- 6
Transfer apple filling to a dinner plate to cool.
- 7
Preheat oven to 400F°/200°C and line two baking trays with non-stick parchment paper.
- 8
If frozen, defrost the puff pastry until pliable according to package instructions. If puff pastry becomes too hot it will be limp and hard to handle - in that case just pop it back in the fridge.
- 9
Cut each sheet of pastry into 5-inch x 5-inch (12cm x 12cm) squares.
- 10
Divided apple filling over half of each square.
- 11
Brush half of the edge of each square lightly with egg wash.
- 12
Fold pastry over apples encasing the filling and press the edges well to seal.
- 13
Transfer finished pastries to lined baking tray.
- 14
With scissors or a sharp knife cut three slits in the top of each assembled pastry.
- 15
Brush tops with egg wash.
- 16
Bake in the preheated oven for 25-30 minutes until golden brown and crispy.
- 17
Cool on wire rack.
- 18
Dust with powdered (icing) sugar to serve.