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Apple Cranberry Turnovers with Apple Butter Drizzle

Servings: 8 turnovers

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 2 small apples cut into small cubes
  • 2 tablespoons flour
  • 1/3 cups brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1/4 teaspoon allspice
  • 3/4 cup dried cranberries
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 sheets of puff pastry
  • 1 egg white for egg wash
  • Apple butter for drizzling

Instructions

  • Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. 
  • Add apples, flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice and cook for five minutes stirring constantly.  
  • Turn down to low and add cranberries and vanilla extract and stir. 
  • Cook for an additional three minutes, stirring frequently. 
  • Remove from heat and place in refrigerator to cool for 20 minutes. 
  • Fold puff pastry sheets onto a well-floured surface and cut into four even squares. 
  • Spoon tablespoon scoops of apple mixture onto puff pastry square. 
  • Whisk egg white lightly and brush edges of puff pastry and then fold into a triangle; use a fork to press edges down.
  • Brush tops of turnovers with egg wash. 
  • Heat oven to 400° and bake turnovers for 20 minutes or until golden brown. 
  • Allow cooling for at least 5 minutes before drizzling with apple butter. 
  • Place apple butter in a small ziplock bag and cut the very tip of one corner to create a piping bag. 
  • Drizzle apple butter over turnover from one side to another.