I love apple turnovers.  I think I love them more than apple pie!  You get that nice and flaky puff pastry encasing sweet and tender apples mingled with spicy cinnamon.  Hello fall, I love you!  I created this simple apple turnovers with caramel icing using frozen puff pastry and fresh apples for the filling.  To top it all off, I chose a sweet caramel icing.  Sure you could do a regular old vanilla icing, but the caramel icing was delish!  I must say, I was quite pleased with the results.

Start by cooking some apple slices with the lemon juice in a skillet until they start to soften. Add the sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg and cook for 8 minutes. Remove from heat and mix in 1 Tbsp butter until melted. Allow mixture to cool.

Once mixture is cooled preheat oven to 375 degrees. Open puff pastry and cut each sheet into 4 squares. Place a spoonful of the cooled apple mixture on half of each square. Fold over each half of the square sealing edges, creating a rectangle. Cut 3 slits on the top of each pastry.

Place pastries on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Cook at 375 for 25 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool slightly while you prepare the icing. In a small sauce pan, melt the remaining 2 Tbsp butter. Add the brown sugar and milk to the melted butter. Cook over medium low heat for 1 minute. Remove from heat and whisk in the vanilla and powdered sugar until icing is smooth. Drizzle over cooked turnovers.

• FROZEN PUFFED PASTRY
• MEDIUM APPLES (I USED GALA)
• LEMON JUICE
• BROWN SUGAR
• CINNAMON
• NUTMEG
• BUTTER
• BROWN SUGAR
• MILK
• POWDERED SUGAR

Apple Turnovers with Caramel Icing

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Ingredients

  

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• ▢ 1 17.3 oz pkg frozen puffed pastry, thawed according to pkg directions
• ▢ 4 medium apples - peeled cored, and thinly sliced (I used gala)
• ▢ 2 tsp lemon juice
• ▢ ½ cup brown sugar
• ▢ 1 tsp cinnamon
• ▢ 2 dashes of nutmeg
• ▢ 3 Tbsp butter divided
• ▢ ¼ cup packed brown sugar
• ▢ 1 Tbsp milk
• ▢ ⅓ cup powdered sugar

Instructions

 

• In a skillet, cook the apple slices with the lemon juice until they start to soften.
• Add the sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg and cook for 8 minutes.
• Remove from heat and mix in 1 Tbsp butter until melted. Allow mixture to cool.
• Once mixture is cooled preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Open puff pastry and cut each sheet into 4 squares.
• Place a spoonful of the cooled apple mixture on half of each square.
• Fold over each half of the square sealing edges, creating a rectangle. Cut 3 slits on the top of each pastry.
• Place pastries on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Cook at 375 for 25 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool slightly while you prepare the icing.
• In a small sauce pan, melt the remaining 2 Tbsp butter.
• Add the brown sugar and milk to the melted butter. Cook over medium low heat for 1 minute.
• Remove from heat and whisk in the vanilla and powdered sugar until icing is smooth. Drizzle over cooked turnovers. Makes 8.

Notes

To warm leftovers, place a turnover on a plate and microwave for 10 seconds.

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Recipe inspired by Bettina’s Blog.