This recipe is so simple, and it’s one my kids love to help make. If you have refrigerated pastry dough on hand, feel free to use that. I always make my pastry from scratch – it’s a foolproof recipe from my mom!
Easy Fruit Turnovers
pastry (see recipe below)
1 apple or pear, chopped into small pieces
strawberry or raspberry jelly (I like Smucker’s natural fruit spread – no high fructose corn syrup!)
powdered sugar, for topping
Pastry
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp salt
1/2 cup canola oil
5-7 tbsp water
Combine flour and salt. Measure canola oil into measuring glass. Add water, then immediately pour into flour mixture. Stir with fork until well combined.
For Turnovers
Roll pastry dough to 1/4-inch thickness into a rough 8×8 square. Cut dough into 4 equal triangles. Place 1-2 tablespoons jelly in the center of each dough triangle and top with a handful of chopped fruit. Carefully fold dough over filling to make turnovers; press and seal edges and crimp with fork. Roll out remaining dough and repeat above steps.
Place on greased baking sheet and bake at 400 degrees for 20 minutes or until tops are golden. Remove from oven; let cool. Sprinkle with powdered sugar if desired.
We ended up with 4 BIG turnovers, so you could easily get 8 small ones out of this recipe. This makes for a quick, easy and fun breakfast. The good thing is you can’t really mess anything up. This makes it a great recipe for kids!
Until next time,
Muncho Mom
Another yummy treat! I might just have to try this one, too, since it’s so easy! I’m in my second childhood, you know!
Thanks for sharing….
Looks great! Nothing beat a warm turnover on a cold day
Another good one, Munchomom! Have you tried peaches?
Do you know how to make easy pastries with just an oven toaster? I kinda need to prepare something to impress my best friend every time she visits the house
For a toaster oven, I would recommend using a basic pastry recipe, and if you make turnovers, just be sure that your dough is not too thick (it won’t get done) and keep your turnovers small so they need less time to cook. The thing with toaster ovens is whatever you are baking in them tends to get browner on top before the inside is completely done. So, keep your pastries small and roll your dough out thing, but not so thin that it tears. Does your toaster oven have a bake setting? Most do. If so, I would recommend using the bake setting (with both knobs turned to bake) at 350 degrees and try that – checking it every 5 minutes or so. But it is possible to use the toaster oven – I’ve even made cornbread in mine before! Thanks again for your comments.
Okay! I would be trying that out soon! Thanks!
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I made these using a teaspoonful of marmalade with chopped apple. So delicious!
Sounds wonderful! I’m glad you gave them a try!