EASY Dutch APPLE TURNOVERS
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Wrapped in crispy and flaky puff pastry dough, you’ll find a delicious and hot apple filling which tastes just like an apple pie! You’ll be surprised how easy it is to make these apple turnovers. You only need a couple of ingredients, an oven and 35 minutes.
It’s such a Dutch tradition to eat apple turnovers on New Year’s Eve. But I think it’s a complete waste to only eat these delicious apple turnovers on that day, so I eat them all year round…yummy!
Whenever I want a quick substitute for an apple pie, I make these apple turnovers. They are a perfect snack, and kids absolutely love them too!
So tighten your apron, start baking and don’t forget to share your thoughts with me!
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EASY Dutch APPLE TURNOVERS
These apple turnovers are super easy to make and taste just like an apple pie. Yield: 6
Ingredients
- 6 puff pastry sheets
- 2 medium apples (Jonagold)
- 16 gr vanilla sugar
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 25 gr raisins
- 1 tsp cornstarch
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 4 tbsp cinnamon sugar ( or 4 tbsp sugar + 1 tsp ground cinnamon)
- 1 egg
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 200° Celsius.
- Defrost the pastry dough sheets at room temperature.
- Soak the raisins in hot water for 5 minutes and chop the apple in small pieces.
- Take a big bowl and add the raisins, apple, vanilla sugar, ground cinnamon, cornstarch and lemon juice. Mix until combined.
- Put 2 tbsp of the apple mixture in the center of the pastry dough sheet.
- Make the edges of the pastry dough slightly(!) wet and fold the dough over the filling creating a triangle.
- Pinch the edges with your fingers. Use a fork and press down all around the edges.
- Whisk the egg in a small bowl and brush the top of each apple turnover.
- Sprinkle each apple turnover with the cinnamon sugar.
- Cover a baking sheet with parchment paper and bake the apple turnovers for 17 minutes.
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