Like many recipes involving homemade pastry, Apple Cranberry Turnovers take time for all the components to come together.
The good news is that the pastry and filling can be made ahead. Once the turnovers are prepared, you can microwave and eat right away. Or freeze the turnovers and eat when the urge for a fall flavored hand pie strikes.
Apple Cranberry Turnovers
Text and Photo by Jac Kyles Baker
Makes 4 turnovers
Ingredients
Apple Cranberry filling:
1 cup cooked and diced apples*
1/2 cup cranberry preserves (recipe below)
For the dough:
1 1/4 cup all purpose flour
3 TB granulated sugar
3 tsp baking powder
1/8 teaspoon salt
2 TB vegetable oil
2 TB butter, cold and cut into cubes
3 TB sour cream
For the icing (optional):
3/4 cup powdered sugar
1 TB water
Preparation
Whisk together the flour and baking powder in a large mixing bowl. Cut butter into the flour. Make a well in the center of the bowl.
In a small mixing bowl, whisk together the oil, salt, sugar and sour cream until well blended.
Add wet mixture to the well. Stir in flour until dough forms a ball.
Divide dough in half and press into disks on two sheets of parchment or plastic wrap. Refrigerate dough for at least 30 minutes.
Roll dough into a 1/4 inch disk. Cut dough into roughly four squares. Spread about 2 TB of filling on half of each square. Fold over the other half of the dough to form a triangle. Fold seam over. Press seam closed with a fork.
Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
Place two tarts on a microwave safe plate or parchment. Microwave on HIGH for 2 minutes (time varies depending on the microwave).
Carefully remove tarts from microwave. Dough should be dry to the touch and puffed. Cool on a wire rack.
Repeat with remaining turnovers.
For icing:
Mix 3/4 cup powdered sugar with 1 TB water. Stir until smooth.
Drizzle icing over turnovers. Allow icing to set before serving.
Cook's Notes
*Apples were cooked with 3 TB sugar on HIGH for 3 minutes.
Cranberry Preserves
Makes 1 1/2 cups
Ingredients
2 cups fresh cranberries
1/2 cup fresh orange juice (about 2 medium oranges)
1/2 cup granulated sugar
Preparation
Carefully remove from microwave and cool on rack. Coat pastries with granulated sugar, if desired.
Cover cranberries. Microwave on HIGH for 2 minutes.
Carefully remove bowl. Stir in sugar and orange juice. Return to microwave, uncovered. Microwave on HIGH 2 minutes.
Carefully remove bowl. Stir preserves and cook on HIGH 2 minutes. The preserves will bubble. CAUTION: preserves and bowl will be hot!
For a thicker preserve, microwave on HIGH for 2 minutes more.
Cool to room temperature. Store in a clean and dry (preferably glass or ceramic) container.
Keep preserves refrigerated.
Cook's Notes
Microwave power varies. Adjust power and times accordingly.