BB: Apple Turnovers

I am so excited for this special edition of Barefoot Bloggers. Anne of Anne Strawberry was the Bonus Recipe Challenge winner! Yea Anne! And she picked a good one. Apple Turnovers! I knew I could miss this one because Anne has been so great to me as a fellow blogger and she picked a pastry that I just love. Thanks Anne!

I love turnovers, especially peach and apple. My Memaw would always have them when I visited for the summer. Hers were always frozen but they were sooooo tasty! These yummies however were from scratch. Well...sort of. The puff pastry was pre-made but for me that still counts as from scratch. Besides the Danish Braid from the Daring Bakers a few months ago (which was hand made), I haven't had a lot of experience with laminated doughs/puff pastry. Because I had such a good experience with the Danish Braid, I wasn't terribly worried about the turnovers.

I almost forgot to make these. In fact, they were finished late last night. Because of my toe...issue, I've been a little negligent to my baking. I know its unthinkable but it happened. Thankfully these were fairly easy due to the pre-made puff pastry and the short list of ingredients. For my apples, I used Golden Delicious and a new one I had not seen before called Honeycrisp (quite yummy!).

Did anyone else end up with over half of the chopped apples left over? I had a ton left! I know I chopped them a little too big but still. I'm sure I'll find a use for them ;) . I was afraid that the turnovers would burst and leak because they were stuffed as much as I could get them. But they didn't! woo hoo! The puffed up nice and puffy! If I had not made them, I would have sworn they look just like the ones my Memaw fixed. Now that I know how simple and quick it was to make these, I doubt I'll be using the frozen ones again.

Once again, the Quality Control gods demanded 2 samples before they were deemed acceptable. I was worried for a moment they were going to go for 3 but they were infinitely pleased with their turnovers and left the rest for me. Charlie would like you to know that he quite enjoyed the crumbs and he completely licked the plate clean.

For more Apple Turnover goodness, check out my fellow Barefoot Bloggers here!  To get this recipe, check out Ina's Apple Turnovers at Food Network.

I'm also doubly excited because it is now less than two days until my vacation begins and my birthday is on Sunday! I'm visiting my family over the weekend so I'll hopefully get some time in the kitchen with my little sister!