Apple Turnovers
1/2 cup raisins 2 cups peeled apples -- diced 1/4 cup chopped pecans 1/4 cup sugar -- or to taste 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon 2 sheets frozen puff p...
Ingredients
- 1/2cupraisins
- 2cups peeled apples -- diced
- 1/4cupchopped pecans
- 1/4cupsugar -- or to taste
- 1tablespoonfresh lemon juice
- 1/4teaspoonground cinnamon
- 2sheets frozen puff pastry -- thawed and chilled
- 1large egg
Directions
- 1
1/2 cup raisins 2 cups peeled apples -- diced 1/4 cup chopped pecans 1/4 cup sugar -- or to taste 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice 1/4 teaspoo
- 2
Combine the apples, nuts, sugar, lemon juice, and cinnamon in a bowl and toss well
- 3
Drain the plumped fruit, stir it in with the other ingredients, and let their flavors marry while you prepare the pastry
- 4
On a lightly floured board, one at a time, roll the pastry sheets out to approximately 12 inches square
- 5
Trim the outer edges (this is essential for the puff pastry) and cut each sheet into four 6-inch squares, making eight in all
- 6
Place a generous 1/3 cup of fruit filling just off center in each square
- 7
Moisten the edges of two adjacent sides, fold the opposite sides over, and press to seal
- 8
Crimp the edges closed with the tines of a fork