Take a bite into these mouth-watering apple turnovers. They are delicately crunchy as you bite in, filled with a sweet, tart flavor of fresh apples and lightly topped with delicate flavor of sugar.
I love to keep a batch or two of my puff pastry dough on hand so that I can make these quick apple turnovers whenever the craving arises. They always come out so flaky, buttery and airy.
When I host a brunch, I always whip up some apple turnovers for my guests to snack on while I prepare the main course. I also like to have these little treats as a snack or pack them away in my kids’ lunches. But, no matter when or where I serve these turnovers, they are always a crowd pleaser. You can count on that!
Best Apples for For Apple Pies or Apple Turnovers
There are tons of different types of apples out there but not all are created equal when it comes to making turnovers.
Granny Smith apples (the light green ones) are my favorite type to use for this recipe. Slightly sour and hard to the touch, they stand up well during the baking process and give the pastries a nice bite. Another great option is Fuji, Honeycrisp and Gala apples.
Tips for Making Apple Turnovers
- There’s no need to pre-cook your apples. Just be sure to cut them into thin, uniform slices.
- Make sure the puff pastry dough is really cold when you are shaping your turnovers. The colder the puff pastry is, the more slowly the butter inside the dough will melt in the oven. This process creates the signature light and fluffy layering of the puff pastry.
- Make sure to flour the surface you are going to work with your puff pastry on. You don’t want the dough to stick!
- If you need to wait to bake them, refrigerate turnovers until you are ready to pop them in the oven.
- Brush the tops of apple turnovers with whisked egg to achieve that beautiful golden color on top.
Apple Turnovers Pie Crust Options
If you don’t have time to make my puff pastry dough, get a store bought puff pastry or use Pillsbury Crescent Rolls dough. But homemade puff pastry is really easy to make and gives them the best flavors!
How Long do Apple Turnovers Last?
Apple turnovers stay fresh for 2-3 days stored in an airtight container at room temperature. Refrigerate them in an airtight container for up to a week. You can also freeze them for a few months in an airtight container.
Reheat Apple Turnovers
The best way to reheat apple turnovers is in the oven (not the microwave) at 350F for 5-10 minutes. They will come out nice and flaky crust while the inside has a delicious steamy filling.
Are you loving the Apple season and need some more Apple Treats?
- Sharlotka Apple Cake – this makes a perfect pairing with coffee, it’s light and fluffy. Baked in one pan!
- Banana Apple Bread Recipe – it’s loaded with fruits and makes the best way to use up those leftover bananas.
- Quick Apple Cake Recipe – this one goes great when you are hosting a party.
Recipe
Ingredients
- 5 medium apples
- 1 lb puff pastry
- 1 cup sugar (Optionally use Cinnamon Sugar)
- 1 egg
Instructions
- Prepare all ingredients for the apple turnovers.
- Peel and slice apples into 8-10 pieces and set aside.
- Roll out the pastry dough on a floured surface. Cut the pastry sheet into 9 equal pieces. Into the middle of each piece, place 4-5 pieces of apples, a spoonful of sugar into each one.
- Fold the dough over the apples, forming little pockets from it. Place each pie on a lined baking sheet. Whisk the eggs in a separate bowl. Brush each pie with the whisked eggs, sprinkling them with some sugar.
- Bake the pies at 415F for about 15 minutes or until golden brown.
The homemade puff pastry was delicious. Grating the frozen butter is a genius idea and makes the pastry so flaky. I think I’ll try that idea with biscuits next time I make them. The apple tarts were the perfect size for dessert with a scoop of vanilla ice cream! Thank you for the great recipe!
Julie, I'm so glad you enjoyed both of the recipes and that the puff pastry came out perfectly flakey! Thank you for taking the time to comment your feedback!
Tastes great with all the sugar however recipe is confusing. 6 servings. 8 pies pictured on baking sheet. Cut 9 equal squares of pastry dough. ?? Very messy baking. Syrup ran every where.
Hi Marilee, we test our recipes several times before posting them. Sorry, the pictures were confusing, hope the instructions were clear. What type of syrup did you add?
Great recipe! I put brown sugar and cinnamon instead of white sugar in step two, and I found it tasted better than with just white sugar.
Thanks.
Thank you Jason for the tips I think they will be super helpful for everyone! I'm so glad you enjoyed the recipe.
Try your recipe super easy and very tasty thank you
I'm so glad you enjoyed the recipe, thank you for the feedback!
These were easy to make and super delicious! I'm so glad I found your website! I'm seeing lots of other recipes on here that I will have to try. Just subscribed to your Youtube channel as well. I love simple, homemade, good-tasting recipes (surprisingly, that combo is hard to come by!), so you're channel is just perfect!
Oh Mae, you totally made my day with your review. Thank you so much for your incredible feedback. So glad you are loving the recipes.
These are awesome. We have a lot of apples. And I came across this recipe and it was a big hit. I don’t like cooking much. But this is easy for me and every body loves it. It was such a big hit that I had to make my husband to go back to the store to get more puff pastry.
Thank you
Hey Angie, I am so so glad that you loved them. I really appreciate you taking the time to leave a comment. I love hearing the feedback! 🙂
These look amazing! Could I use pie crust instead of the puff pastry?
Hey Colleen, You can but puff pastry would be flakier.
I want your puff pastry recipe
I got you! 😉 https://momsdish.com/recipe/3…
While I do admit these taste really good I think there’s a couple problems. I peeled and sliced only 3 apples. I used bought puff pastry which cuts into 8 equal squares. I put about 5 slices in each square. It was difficult to get that many apple slices on a square and fold edges up. And I threw away gobs of apple slices using only 3 apples, not five. In the text before instructions it talked about butter in each square but it doesn’t call for butter in ingredient list, plus doesn’t mention it in instructions. I did remember butter before I baked them and went back and added a pat of butter on each one. But I will say they tasted fantastic.
Hi, I am so glad you love enjoyed them. When it references butter inside the dough, meaning puff pastry is made with butter. There is no need to add additional butter to the pastries. But I am so happy the turn out was great and extra butter doesn't hurt anyone 🙂 Thank you for sharing your feedback!
Yes, very very tasty!!
Thank you! 🙂
Made this last night and it turned out great! Thank you!
Hey Misty, I am so glad you loved them. Thank you!
Made this last night (used an alternative for egg since I'm vegan). So good!
Hey Alyssa, thank you for sharing your feedback.
Well I’m waiting for them to come out of the oven, smells wonderful but, like Barbara a few years ago, mine look like they fell off a bus or something... probably because my puff pastry defrosted too long and I had to roll it out - lesson learned! Tomorrow we see how they taste!
Wow, this happened to me as well, ha! I think you are correct --- i probably let the puff pastry unthaw too long. I am going to try again this weekend!
Good to know, I need to make a note about the thawing process.
Hey Steve, so funny, I got a good laugh about the bus. Baking can take some practice and I am confident they will taste amazing! hope you love them!
Shamazing 🤩🤩💕💕😍😍
Sue, thank you!
Can you use Splenda instead of sugar? My husband is diabetic.
Yes you definitely can or skip sugar all together. They will be more tart but still good with natural sweetness:)
Hey, in the title it states 5 ingredients , I only see 4. There was mention that the colder the pastry puff the slowly the butter will melt but I did not see butter in the ingredients
5th ingredient is cinnamon, which is optional. There is a lot of butter in puff pastry dough. If you will be making your own you will see that in ingredients.
How many turnovers this makes?
6-8, it depends on the size you make them.
I will make those.They look so good.They look delicious.Thanks alot for that recipe
Hey Libby, thank you so much! I really hope you love them as much as we do!
How does the texture of the apples turn out? Are they soft like in a regular apple pie? Or a little crunchy still? I went apple picking and honestly don't love apple picking or a lot of things apple... but I do love apple pie! So these are perfect for me to use those apples!
They have a bit of a crunch to them but if you like them softer you can precook them. Chop apples into small cubes, simmer them on a skillet with sugar and cinnamon. Cook them until they are slightly softened, they will cook a bit more while baking.
I am seeing ingredients, and the word instruction but there is no text or link to dough recipe?
There is a link to the puff pastry dough in the description. Here a puff pastry link for you.
Thanks! I did see that when I went back up ...How about instructions for the mini pies? I see ingredients but no instructions, just ads ??
I had the same problem, and managed to see the instructions using the .pdf recipe option
Are you using Iphone?
Please let me know what device you are using? I am wondering why you cant see the recipe. I would love to help you.
I am on an iPad I see the ingredients and then the wire instructions, then ads, then the nutritional info ? Thx!
I am not sure why it's not working for you. Try using another device because I can see it perfectly.
Just have to drop you a note - altho mine turned out looking more like the semi-truck ran over them, they were out of this world delicious (I like
to bake/cook but am of little patience!) Ran out of apples, used pears. Perfect moment to finally use that puff pastry we were saving for the unexpected guerst who usually didnt come - saved the day. Thinking of them holding mincemeat - my brother loves it, rest of the family does not in a big way - thank you and I hope you and yours have a great Thanksgiving.
Lol, semi-truck part made me laugh. I am glad that you still love the way they turned out.
Do you happen to have a recipe for this with cream cheese?
Yeah, there are few versions I have in the blog.
Thanksgiving is tomorrow, hosted by my sister. Do you think I could make these today, freeze them, then cook them frozen tomorrow?
I am not sure how apple will turn out after freezing it
Okay, thank you. Oh, by the way, I made these last year and they were fabulous! Happy holidays!
Does the pastry sheet need to be thawed prior to filling it with apples, etc?
Yes you will need to have the dough thawed.
these are delicious! i used brown sugar instead of white and they were just perfect!
Oh yeah! I can totally see how brown sugar would work amazing in this recipe. Love it!
They looked so good but I'm not big fan of apple pies.. so I put cherry instead. . in it..ohhh boy it was so boom.. ❤❤❤❤ ( don't know why but doesn't let me post picture ?)
oh no 🙁 I want to see the picture. What kind of cherries did you use? I am a huge fan of cherry anything 🙂
Just caned cherries the one u would put in pie.. 🙂 I used .. organic country cherry pie filling or topping. . ???
That sounds amazing!!! For real
Great idea, but I would add cinnamon. I'll have to try this; thanks for sharing!
Hey Carol, we like our apple pies with cinnamon also but in this case we just wanted something diff 🙂
These are too cute and look fabulous! I will have to make them since they seem so quick!
Hi Jennifer, I know, right? They are just way too easy to make. 😉
Yummy! this looks absolutely delicious! 🙂
Thank you Valya, they sure are and so quick to prepare.