How to Make Homemade Apple Turnovers
Who doesn't like a yummy apple turnover? Or even just the smell of those turnovers cooking. How would you like to have both the smell of them cooking in the over filling your home and then the pleasure of eating them afterwards? With the following simple and easy to follow directions you should be able to accomplish those goals. Does this Spark an idea?
Things You'll Need
- An oven
- Large mixing bowl
- Small mixing bowl
- Clean work surface area
- Measuring cups and measuring spoons
- Cookie sheet
- Knife
- 2 medium-sized apples, peeled, cored and chopped (about 2 ¼ cups)
- 1 tsp. lemon juice
- 3 tbsp. sugar
- 1 tbsp. flour
- 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp. nutmeg
- Phyllo pastry dough, 8 sheets, thawed
- Butter-flavored vegetable cooking spray
- Cinnamon sugar
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Gather all of the ingredients and measuring cups. Here you will also need to make sure that the apples are peeled, cored and chopped. Also, in the small mixing bowl you need to mix 2 tsps. of sugar with ¼ tsp. of cinnamon to make the "cinnamon sugar" unless you have the store bought kind that is premixed.
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Combine all of the filling ingredients into a large mixing bowl.
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Prepare Phyllo dough. Place the stacked sheets of Phyllo dough on a flat surface. Cut the dough lengthwise in three wide strips about 4 inches wide. Keep the dough covered with a damp paper towel so that it doesn't dry out.
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Make the turnovers. Place one strip of Phyllo dough on a flat clean work surface and lightly coat the strip with the cooking spray. Top with a second strip of dough. Pile one heaping teaspoon of filing at one end of the dough about an inch from the corner. Now, fold the opposite corner at the same end over the filling forming a triangle shape. Continue folding and wrapping up the strip folding a flag until the end. Use this process to make the other turnovers.
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Tips & Warnings
Granny Smith apples are the recommended choice of apple for this dessert.
Homemade apple turnovers can be made ahead and frozen.
This is a great treat served with ice cream.
Fun treats to make with children but always make sure to keep the children away from the oven.
This recipe generally serves 12.
Always wear oven mitts when removing or placing anything in an oven.
