- 8
Ingredients
- Apple Butter (makes 1 1/2 - 2 cups):
- 8 Tbsp Butter, chilled and cubed
- 8 Tbsp Shortening or Lard, chilled and cubed
- 2 1/2 Cups All Purpose Flour
- 1 Tsp Salt
- 5-6 Tbsp Ice Water
- 1 Tbsp Honey
- 1 Tbsp Water
- Apple Butter
- 2 Apples (1 tart such as granny smith or wine sap, 1 sweet such as golden delicious or Fuji)
- 1/2 Tsp Cinnamon
- 1 Tbsp Agave Nectar
- 1 Tbsp Apple Juice, Cider or Water
Preparation
Step 1
1. Place the first 3 ingredients in a food processor and pulse until it resembles coarse cornmeal.
2. Sprinkle 1 tbsp of the water in the food processor and pulse a few times until the dough starts to come together.
3. Place the dough on a piece of parchment or plastic wrap and gather the dough into a ball and flatten into a disk.
4. Refrigerate the pie crust dough for 30 minutes or until chilled.
5. Roll out the dough 1/4 inch thick.
6. Using cookie cutters, cut out turnovers into desired shapes (If you are making 8 turnovers, you need 16 cut-outs, one for the top and one for the bottom).
7. Place one cut-out on a parchment or silpat lined baking sheet, top with 2 tsp of apple butter (depending on the size of your shape) leaving a 1/4 inch border around the cut-out.
8. Combine the honey and water together in a separate bowl.
9. Brush the 1/4 inch border with the honey water, place matching pastry shape on top of the apple butter and using the tines of a fork, gently press down to seal the dough.
10. Brush the remaining honey water on top of each turnover.
11. Using the tip of a knife, cut several slits through the dough (to allow ventilation).
12. Bake at 400 degrees for 20 minutes.
13. Cool and serve.
Apple Butter:
1. Place all the ingredients in a sauce pan over low heat.
2. Cook for 15 minutes, covered or until apples are soft and tender.
3. Smash apples with a potato masher or back of a spoon. You want to apple butter to be slightly chunky.
4. Cool and serve.