Apple Butter Turnovers
Flaky, buttery pastries filled with sweet apple butter and baked until golden brown. These homemade turnovers feature a perfectly crisp crust made from scratch with butter and shortening.
Ingredients
- •8 tablespoons butter, chilled and cubed
- •8 tablespoons vegetable shortening or lard, chilled and cubed
- •2½ cups all purpose flour
- •1 teaspoon salt
- •6 tablespoons ice water
- •1 tablespoon honey
- •1 tablespoon water
- •½ cup apple butter
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
Place the first 4 ingredients in a food processor and pulse until it resembles coarse cornmeal.
5 min
- 2.
Sprinkle the ice water, 1 tablespoon at a time, in the food processor and pulse until the dough starts to come together.
5 min
- 3.
Form the dough into a disk, wrap in parchment paper or plastic wrap, refrigerate for 30 minutes.
30 min
- 4.
Roll out the dough 1/4 inch thick.
5 min
- 5.
Using cookie cutters, cut out turnovers into desired shapes (If you are making 8 turnovers, you need 16 cut-outs, one for the top and one for the bottom).
10 min
- 6.
Place one cut-out on a parchment or silpat lined baking sheet, top with 2 tsp of apple butter (depending on the size of your shape) leaving a 1/4 inch border around the cut-out.
10 min
- 7.
Combine the honey and water together in a separate bowl.
1 min
- 8.
Brush the 1/4 inch border with the honey water, place matching pastry shape on top of the apple butter and using the tines of a fork, gently press down to seal the dough.
10 min
- 9.
Brush the remaining honey water on top of each turnover.
5 min
- 10.
Using the tip of a knife, cut several slits through the dough (to allow ventilation).
3 min
- 11.
Bake at 400 degrees for 20 minutes.
20 min
