The Best Crust for Turnovers
If you use already-prepared frozen puff pastry or folded pie crust, the apple turnovers will be a snap to make, they will look pretty, and the crust will have lots of buttery layers. If you use a homemade butter crust (pâte brisée), which is really not so hard to make, your pastry will taste wonderful, and may even be flaky, but not filled with puffy layers. If you make your own homemade puff pastry dough, which requires technique and steps beyond a simple homemade pie dough, you will have a truly delicious and gorgeous pastry.
Since I have yet to master this last technique, I am obliged to use either a homemade butter pie crust, or a frozen prepared puff pastry sheet. I’ve made apple turnovers with both, and I can say that the homemade butter crust is light years better than the frozen puff pastry, but is obviously a bit more work. So, what I have here is a recipe that calls for either using a frozen puff pastry sheet or homemade pâte brisée dough.
Ingredients for Apple Turnovers
The inside of these apple turnovers include apples, of course, but also dried currants, walnuts, apple sauce, a little sugar and cinnamon, and a dash of vanilla. The baked turnovers can also be frozen for up to three months, but for best texture, it’s actually better to freeze the unbaked turnovers on a parchment-lined baking sheet until solid, and then transfer to a freezer bag. Store in the freezer for up to three months. To bake, place the frozen turnovers (do not thaw) on a parchment-lined baking sheet and bake extra few minutes.
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Unfold the thawed pastry sheet on a lightly floured surface. Depending on the size of your puff pastry sheet you are going to want to cut the sheet into either four 5-inch-by-5-inch or six 4-inch-by-4-inch squares. Roll out your pie dough on a lightly floured surface to a 16x11 inch rectangle. Trim the edges to 15x10 inches and cut into six 5x5-inch squares. Cool turnovers to warm before serving.
