Glazed Cherry-Cheese Turnovers

By dashy_65

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups  pitted sweet cherries, coarsely chopped
• 1/3 cup  granulated sugar
• 1 tablespoon  cornstarch
• 2 tablespoons  water
• 1 teaspoon  grated fresh orange rind
• 1/4 teaspoon  almond extract
• 1/2 cup  powdered sugar, divided
• 1/4 cup  (2 ounces) 1/3-less-fat cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 teaspoon  vanilla extract
• 16 (14 x 9-inch) sheets frozen phyllo dough, thawed
• Cooking spray
• 1 teaspoon  orange juice

Details

Servings 16

Preparation

Step 1

Combine cherries and granulated sugar in a medium saucepan over medium heat; bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Combine cornstarch and 2 tablespoons water, stirring until smooth. Add cornstarch mixture to cherry mixture; bring to a boil. Cook 1 minute, stirring constantly. Remove from heat; stir in rind and almond extract. Cool.

Preheat oven to 400°.

Combine 3 tablespoons powdered sugar, cheese, and vanilla in a small bowl, stirring until well blended.

Place 1 phyllo sheet on a large cutting board or work surface (cover the remaining dough to keep from drying); lightly coat with cooking spray. Repeat layers 3 times. Gently press layers together. Using a sharp knife or a pizza cutter, cut each phyllo stack lengthwise into 4 (9 x 3 1/2-inch) strips. Spoon 1 teaspoon cream cheese mixture onto 1 short end of each rectangle. Spoon 1 level tablespoonful cherry mixture on top of cream cheese mixture, leaving a 1-inch border. Fold 1 corner of edge with 1-inch border over mixture, forming a triangle; continue folding back and forth into a triangle to end of strip. Repeat procedure with remaining phyllo, cooking spray, cream cheese, and cherry mixture.

Place triangles, seam sides down, on a large baking sheet coated with cooking spray; lightly coat triangles with cooking spray.

Bake at 400° for 10 minutes or until golden. Cool on wire racks 5 minutes. Combine the remaining 5 tablespoons powdered sugar and juice in a small bowl, stirring until smooth. Drizzle juice mixture over turnovers.

Nutritional Information
Calories:
108 (17% from fat)
Fat:
2g (sat 0.8g,mono 0.8g,poly 0.2g)
Protein:
1.9g
Carbohydrate:
20.6g
Fiber:
0.7g
Cholesterol:
3mg
Iron:
0.7mg
Sodium:
106mg
Calcium:
7mg