Easy Apple Turnovers

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 granny smith apples, peeled, cored, and cut in chunks
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon flour (not in original recipe from atk(see chef note below)
• 1 (17 1/3 ounce) box frozen puff pastry, thawed (two sheets)
• 1/2 cup applesauce
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400°f.
• 2 pulse the applies, 1/2 cup of the sugar, the lemon juice, and salt in a food processor until the apples are coarsely chopped, about 5 pulses. let the mixture sit for 5 minutes, then drain, reserving any accumulated juice.
• 3 chef note: the 2nd time i made this, i mixed a tablespoon of flour with the sugar before i tossed the apples in it. i also mixed the applesauce right in with the apples. i think the flour helped keep it from being quite so runny--it was more like pie filling when it was cooked.
• 4 unfold one sheet of puff pastry on lightly floured counter and roll into a 10-inch square. cut into 4 5-inch squares. mound 1 tablespoon applesauce and 1 tablespoon of the apple mixture in the center of each square.
• 5 brush the edges of each square with juice drained off the apples and fold into triangles. crump the edges together using a fork to seal. lay the turnovers on a wire rack and freeze for 15 minutes. repeat with remaining sheet of pastry and remaining applesauce and apple filling.
• 6 toss the remaining 1/4 cup sugar with the cinnamon. remove the rack from the freezer, brush the turnovers with the reserved apple juice, then sprinkle with the cinnamon sugar.
• 7 lay the turnovers on two parchment-lined baking sheets and bake until well browned, 20 to 26 minutes, rotating and switching the baking sheets halfway through baking. transfer the turnovers to a wire rack and let cool slightly before serving.