Fall is prime time for apple picking. And even though you can find pretty decent apples all year long, we all feel compelled to make all the apple desserts in the fall, don’t we? This is a good one. My cherry turnovers are made with homemade pie crust, but these apple turnovers are super easy to make with already-made puff pastry. They’re awfully pretty too since they’re drizzled with glaze.
Ingredients needed:
Granny Smith apples white sugar ground cinnamon all purpose flour puff pastry egg powdered sugar vanilla extract milk
How to make Easy Apple Turnovers:
The complete, printable recipe is at the end of this post. Peel and chop the apples, and add them to a pan along with cinnamon and sugar. Cook until softened- about 5 minutes. Then stir in the flour. This makes the apple filling for your apple turnovers. Lay out the puff pastry and cut it into squares. Add apple filling to the center of each piece of puff pastry. Brush the edges of the pastry with eggwash. Then fold the pastry over to create a triangle.
Brush the turnovers with more egg wash, and then use a fork to seal the edges. Cut small slits in the top of each turnover to allow steam to escape while baking.
Bake the apple turnovers for 18 to 25 minutes, until puffed and golden. Let them cool. Then transfer the turnovers to a rack and drizzle them with a simple, sweet vanilla glaze.
Let your apple turnovers cool completely before you try to stack them on a platter. If you’d like to save some for later, they should freeze well too. Wrap them individually with plastic wrap and then drop them in a large zip baggie or sealed container and freeze. Thaw as you’d like to enjoy them.
Serve apple turnovers for dessert, and they also make a delicious breakfast or afternoon snack. They’re like a small, flaky apple pie. The apple filling is cinnamon-spiced and delicious. Enjoy! If you like the idea of using puff pastry for turnovers, you might like to try my Peanut Butter S’Mores Turnovers or these Easy Peach Turnovers too.
