Best 7 Apple And Pecan Turnovers Recipes

APPLE AND PECAN TURNOVERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F. Roll out pastry on lightly floured surface to 14-inch square; cut into 9 equal squares.
• Mix cream cheese spread and sugar in medium bowl until well blended. Add apples and pecans; mix well. Spoon evenly onto centers of pastry squares. Brush edges of pastry with egg. Fold each square diagonally in half to form triangle; press edges firmly together until completely sealed. Brush tops with remaining egg.
• Bake 10 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 375°F. Continue baking 10 minutes or until turnovers are slightly puffed and golden brown. Cool 5 minutes before serving.

APPLE AND PECAN TURNOVER

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F Roll out pastry on lightly floured surface ot 14-inch square; cut in 9 equal squares.
• Mix cream cheese spread and sugar in medium bowl until well blended. Add apples and pecans; mix well.
• Spoon evenly onto centers of pastry squares,. Brush edges of pastry with eggs. Fold each square diagonally in half to form triangle; press edges firmlly together until completely sealed. Brush tops with remaining egg.
• Bake 10 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 375°F Continue baking 10 minutes or until turnovers are slightly p-uffed and golden brown. Cool 5 minutes before serving.

APPLE AND PECAN STRUDELS

Steps:

• In a small saute pan over medium heat, toast the pecans until golden in color, about 3 to 4 minutes. Turn off the heat and stir in the raisins and the apple filling. Reserve.
• In a small saucepan over medium heat, add the butter and the sage. When the butter has melted, remove the sage. In a small bowl, combine the sugar and cinnamon and set aside.
• Unwrap the phyllo sheets and cover with a moist towel. Put 1 sheet on a cutting board and brush with the melted butter, put another sheet on top and brush with butter, then put a third sheet on top and brush with butter. *Cook's Note: Set the phyllo aside, covered with a moist towel until ready to use again.
• Cut the phyllo stacks into thirds. Put approximately 1 to 2 tablespoons of apple filling at the tip of the strip closest to you. Fold the phyllo into triangles by repeatedly folding to the right, then up to the left, and repeat until you reach the end of the strip, making sure to keep the shape of a triangle. Repeat with remaining 2 strips of phyllo. Brush the last triangle fold with butter to seal. Brush the tops of triangles with butter and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.
• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
• Repeat the process until all the filling has been used. Arrange the phyllo triangles on a sheet pan that has been lined with parchment paper, and bake until well browned, about 6 to 8 minutes. Transfer the strudels to a serving platter and serve.

APPLE AND PEAR TURNOVERS

Steps:

• In a large skillet, bring apple juice and maple syrup to a simmer over medium heat. Split vanilla bean lengthwise. Using the tip of a sharp knife, scrape seeds from the center into skillet; add bean. Cook until liquid has reduced slightly, 1-2 minutes. Add apples and pears; cook and stir until fruit is just tender, 7-9 minutes. Remove from heat; add lemon zest and juice. Cool completely. Remove vanilla bean pods., Preheat oven to 400°. On a lightly floured surface, unroll pastry sheets. Roll each sheet into a 12-inch square; cut each sheet into 4 equal squares. Spoon 1/4 cup apple mixture diagonally over half of each square to within 1/2 in. of edges. Moisten pastry edges with water. Fold one corner over filling to the opposite corner, forming a triangle; press edges with a fork to seal. , Transfer to greased baking sheets. Brush tops of pastries with beaten egg; prick tops with a fork. If desired, combine coarse sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle over pastries. Bake until golden brown, 18-20 minutes. Remove from pans to wire racks. Serve warm or at room temperature., Freeze option: Freeze pastries in freezer containers. To use, reheat pastries on an ungreased baking sheet in a preheated 350° oven until heated through, 5-7 minutes.

APPLE TURNOVERS

Steps:

• Combine the lemon and 4 cups water in a large bowl. Place the sliced apples in the water to keep them from browning.
• Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Drain water from apples, and place them into the hot skillet. Cook and stir for about 2 minutes. Add brown sugar, and cinnamon, and cook, stirring, for 2 more minutes. Stir together cornstarch and 1 tablespoon water. Pour into the skillet, and mix well. Cook for another minute, or until sauce has thickened. Remove from heat to cool slightly.
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Unfold puff pastry sheets, and repair any cracks by pressing them back together. Trim each sheet into a square. Then cut each larger square into 4 smaller squares. Spoon apples onto the center of each squares. Fold over from corner to corner into a triangle shape, and press edges together to seal. Place turnovers on a baking sheet, leaving about 1 inch between them.
• Bake for 25 minutes in the preheated oven, until turnovers are puffed and lightly browned. Cool completely before glazing.
• To make the glaze, mix together the confectioners' sugar, milk and vanilla in a small bowl. Adjust the thickness by adding more sugar or milk if necessary. Drizzle glaze over the cooled turnovers.

APPLE TURNOVERS

Steps:

• Put the Bramley apple, sugar and cinnamon in a small pan with 1 tbsp water. Cover with a lid and simmer over a low heat for 10-15 mins until the apple breaks down and turns into a compote.
• Stir in the butter and the Gala apple and cook for a further 5 mins, uncovered, until the Gala apple is just soft but retaining its shape, and any excess water has evaporated to make a thick compote around the Gala chunks. Remove from the heat and leave to cool.
• Heat the oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7. Unravel the puff pastry sheet out on a work surface, and cut into 4 even rectangles. Divide the apple filling to one side of each of the puff pastry rectangles, leaving a 1cm border. Brush the border with milk and fold over the empty side of pastry over the filling and crimp together. Brush with more milk and sprinkle over the sugar. Make a small steam hole in the middle of the turnovers.
• Transfer to a parchment-lined baking sheet and bake for 20-25 mins until golden and puffed up. Leave to cool for 10 mins on a wire rack (the filling will be molten when it first comes out the oven) before serving warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, or serve at room temperature. Keep for 2 days in an airtight container.

APPLE -PEAR TURNOVERS

Steps:

• Before you start position 2 oven racks evenly in the oven near the center so there is space in between them. Preheat the oven to 400°F Grease 2 baking sheets with butter.
• To make the filling peel, core and cut into small chunks the apple and pear.
• Put the chunks into a bowl.
• Add the brown sugar, flour, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg and raisins and stir together.
• Sprinkle a work surface with some flour.
• Unfold 1 of the thawed puff pastry sheets on top of the flour. Keep the other sheet wrapped in the refrigerator.
• Sprinkle some flour on the pastry.
• Using a rolling pin, and beginning at the center of the pastry, roll out to the far side. Then roll from the center toward you.
• After every few rolls, give the pastry a quarter turn and sprinkle the top and bottom of the pastry with more of the flour so the pastry does not stick.
• Keep rolling and sprinkling until the pastry is a 12 1/2-inch square.
• Using a ruler and a pizza wheel or table knife, trim the edges to make a 12-inch square.
• Pull away the scraps of dough and discard.
• Cut the 12-inch square into 4 equal 6-inch squares.
• Spoon 1/3 cup of the filling into the center of each square.
• Spread the filling across the middle toward 2 opposite points.
• In a small bowl, beat the egg with a fork.
• Brush the beaten egg along 2 edges of each square with the pastry brush.
• Fold one-half of each square over the filling, enclosing it fully and forming a triangle.
• Press the edges together with the fork to seal them.
• Place the 4 turnovers on a prepared baking sheet, spacing them 2 inches apart.
• Repeat with the remaining puff pastry sheet and filling.
• Using a pastry brush, brush the tops of the turnovers with the beaten egg.
• Sprinkle the turnovers with the sugar.
• Put 1 baking sheet on the upper rack in the oven and the other sheet on the lower rack in the oven and bake for 10 minutes.
• Then, using oven mitts, remove the baking sheets and put each one on the opposite rack.
• Bake until the turnovers are puffed and brown, about 15 minutes more.
• Allow to cool for 10 minutes.