Cherry Turnovers
Cherry turnovers a perfect pastry for breakfast or for an afternoon treat with a cup of tea or coffee, but they’re also incredibly easy to make! Use fresh cherries, or frozen cherries, to make them all year long.
Cherry turnovers are a delightful pastry which seem to be extremely underrepresented in the realm of turnovers and fruit pastries, in general.
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With a handful of ingredients, you can be enjoying these crispy, flaky and luscious treats in just about an hour, any time of year, but especially during cherry season! Cherries are one of the best fruits you can eat and cook with! Puff pastry cherry turnovers are my favorite for the ease of making them, and the crisp results.
One of my very first recipes was for cherry pie filling, which is what you’ll need to fill the puff pastry.
Whether you use fresh, frozen, and sweet or tart cherries, the filling is ready in minutes.
Is there anyone who wouldn’t want to bite into one of these delectable handheld cherry pies?
This cherry turnover recipe is the one you’ll go to every time. I make them the same way I make my apple turnovers.
I highly recommend these, as well, especially with a scoosh of freshly whipped cream!
If you love cherries, try this cherry cream cheese coffee cake recipe. And did you know you can make your own candied cherries (glacé cherries)?
Let’s get to this fantastic recipe for cherry turnovers with puff pastry recipe! Just a warning: it’s difficult not to eat the filling before you use it!
Cherry Turnovers Recipe
Recipe by Christina Conte Makes
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Ingredients
- puff pastry
- cherries (fresh or frozen)
- sugar
- corn starch
- egg white
Special equipment: pastry brush
Directions
Preheat oven to 400ºF (200ºC).
Make the cherry pie filling if you’re using fresh or frozen fruit.
Be sure to use less sugar if using sweet cherries.
Cut the puff pastry sheets into 8 piece (each sheet into 4 if using Trader Joe’s.)
On one piece of puff pastry, put about 2 tablespoonfuls of cherry pie filling. Imagine that there is a line diagonally across the pastry and keep the filling on one triangle of the square.
Wet two edges of the puff pastry with your finger dipped in water.
Then fold the empty corner of the pastry over the cherries.
Seal the edges with a fork.
With a knife, make a small slit or two in the top of the pastry.
Repeat with the rest of the cherry pie filling and pastry, and place on lined baking sheet.
Brush with a very slightly beaten egg white (do not let it get frothy, just to make it easier to brush), and sprinkle with a coarse sugar. Another option is to omit the sprinkled sugar and just dust the cherry turnovers with powdered sugar after baking.
Bake for approximately 20-25 mins. until golden brown.
Don’t worry if some of the filling escapes, it still tastes perfectly fine. Allow to cool before serving.
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Cherry Turnover Recipe
Special Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 cup cherry pie filling (see recipe link in notes)
- 18 oz puff pastry (see notes)
- 1 egg white omit for vegan
- 1 Tbsp coarse sugar or powdered sugar, as needed for decoration
- fresh whipped cream (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400ºF (200ºC).
- Cut the puff pastry sheets into 8 piece (each sheet into 4 if using Trader Joe's)
- On one piece of puff pastry, put about 2 tablespoonfuls of cherry pie filling. Imagine that there is a line diagonally across the pastry and keep the filling on one triangle of the square.
- Wet two edges of the puff pastry with your finger dipped in water. Then fold the empty corner of the pastry over the cherries and seal the edges with a fork. With a knife, make a small slit or two in the top of the pastry.
- Repeat with the rest of the cherry pie filling and pastry, and place on lined baking sheet.
- Brush with a very slightly beaten egg white (do not let it get frothy, just to make it easier to brush), and sprinkle with a coarse sugar. Another option is to omit the sprinkled sugar and just dust the cherry turnovers with powdered sugar after baking.
- Bake for approximately 20-25 mins. until golden brown.
- Allow to cool before serving.
Notes
- Cherry pie filling recipe.
- Puff pastry instructions: 16-18 oz pkg cut into 5″ x 5″ (12.5 cm x 12.5 cm) squares
- Tip: if you have two sheets of puff pastry, keep the one you’re not working with in the fridge as it’s more difficult to work with when it gets warm.
- Note: omit the egg white for vegan turnovers if using vegan puff pastry.
- I recommend Trader Joe’s frozen puff pastry as it is made with butter, however, it is only seasonal.
Nutrition
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Be still my heart, cherry is a favored flavor by me. I once lived near a pick your own cherry orchard & I would go & come home with a boatload of cherries each year. I even purchased a cherry pitter, but the old timey one, not plastic. No longer living next to an orchard I now purchase my cherries but still, fresh cherries are the bomb. Thanks for sharing this recipe, it’s at the top of my list for baking.