Flaky Apple Turnovers

Name: Flaky Apple Turnovers
Yield: Makes 9 turnovers (5-inch each)
Ingredients: 2 cups, unbleached all-purpose flour (10 ounces); 1 tablespoon, granulated sugar; 1 teaspoon, table salt; 16 tablespoons, unsalted butter (2 sticks) cold, cut into 1/4-inch cubes; 6 tablespoons ice, water; 1 teaspoon, lemon juice; 4 , Granny Smith apples (about 1 pound); 1 cup, granulated sugar; 2 teaspoons, lemon juice; 1/4 teaspoon, table salt; 1/2 cup, granulated sugar; 2 teaspoons, ground cinnamon

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated January/February 2001

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Fruit

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Fast food-processor puff pastry and grated apples make a turnover vastly superior to those made with store-bought pastry or precooked apples.

SERVESMakes 9 turnovers (5-inch each)

TIME1½ hours, plus 1½ hours chilling and 20 minutes cooling

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

For an apple turnover recipe that wouldn’t require a day in the kitchen, we used quick food processor puff pastry and added a quick extra step for more flakiness—the classic technique fraisage, in which the dough is pressed, one handful at ...

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