You'll love these flaky hand-held turnovers created with pie crust and a sweet apple cinnamon filling. So simple to prepare and oh-so-good. They are excellent for breakfast and dessert! Once you try this delicious apple turnover with pie crust, you'll want to make it all the time since it contains all your favorite apple pie flavors. If you love this be sure to try our Easy Apple Crisp and our Apple Cream Cheese Puff Pastry Braid.
Why these pie crust turnovers are awesome
- Super easy since they are made with store bought buttery pie crust
- These hand held pies are crisp and flaky on the outside and filled with tender sweet apples on the inside.
- Make a wonderful breakfast, snack or dessert
These easy apple turnovers with pie crust were inspired by my apple crescents, and are similar to my apple pie muffins using crescent rolls.
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Ingredients
- pre-made pie crust
- apples
- butter (salted or unsalted butter)
- salt
- brown sugar
- cinnamon
- vanilla
- egg
- sugar for dusting
See recipe card for quantities.
How to make apple pie turnovers
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
Start out by peeling apples and slicing the apples into quarters. Cut each quarter of apple into three pieces.
Some people prefer larger chunks of apple, while other prefer them to be more finely chopped. I like larger chunks since they do reduce in size a bit while they cook.
In a medium saucepan, melt the butter. Add apples, cinnamon, brown sugar, salt, and vanilla to the pan and stir to combine.
Cook the apple filling over medium heat.
Stir the apple mixture and let them simmer until the apples start to soften (about 5 minutes).
When the apple pie filling is done, let it cool while you prepare the pie crusts.
Two pie crusts come in the package. Separate them and unroll the pie crust.
Hint: to make these apple hand pies, I used 4-inch round cookie cutter.
Cut 3 circles out of each pie crust. If you can't get 3 circles out of the the pie crust, you can gather the scraps and roll them out until you have enough to make another circle.
Make sure the apples are cooled before adding the apple filling to the middle of dough. Fill each dough circle with ¼ to ⅓ cup of cooked apples.
Now it's time to fold the dough. Fold the top part of the dough over the bottom part and press down with your fingers. Some people push the dough down with a fork, making sure it is sealed.
Once the dough is sealed, you can fold it again like an envelope and pinch it.
Place the apple hand pies on a parchment lined baking sheet. You can also top a baking sheet with a silicone mat.
Make 3 small slits at the top of each of the mini apple pies with a sharp knife. Crack an egg and beat it in a small bowl. Use a pastry brush to apply the egg on top of each hand pie on the parchment-paper.
Before placing homemade apple turnovers in the oven, sprinkle them with coarse sugar.
Bake in a 400 degree oven for 25 minutes, until the tops have turned a golden brown.
Let these sweet apple hand pies cool for 15 minutes before eating as the filling will be very hot.
When you slice open these easy apple turnovers, you can see all the juicy chunks of apple in there. So good!
These mini apple hand pies make a delicious portable meal or dessert.
Substitutions
If you don't have pre-made pie crust to make this apple turnover with pie crust recipe, you can make the same yummy treats with puff pastry dough. The directions are similar, you just use the pastry dough (which you can find at any grocery store) instead.
Variations
Don't have apples? No problem. You can use cherry pie filling to make cherry turnovers. A nice fall treat are these pumpkin turnovers from The Melrose Family.
📖 Recipe
Apple Turnover with Pie Crust
Ingredients
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
- Peel the apples and slice them into quarters. Cut each quarter of apple into three pieces.
- In a medium saucepan, melt the butter. Add apples, cinnamon, brown sugar, salt, and vanilla to the pan and stir to combine.
- Cook the apple filling over medium heat and let it simmer until the apples start to soften (about 5 minutes).
- When the apple pie filling is done, let it cool while you prepare the pie crusts.
- Separate the two pie crusts that come in the package and unroll them.
- Cut 3 circles out of each pie crust. If you can't get 3 circles out of the the pie crust, you can gather the scraps and roll them out until you have enough to make another circle.
- Make sure the apples are cooled before adding the apple filling to the middle of dough. Fill each dough circle with ¼ to ⅓ of a cup of the cooked apples.
- Now it's time to fold the dough. Fold the top part of the dough over the bottom part and press down with your fingers. Once the dough is sealed, you can fold it again like an envelope and pinch it.
- Place the turnovers on a parchment lined baking sheet.
- Make 3 small slits at the top of each of the mini apple pies with a sharp knife.
- Crack an egg and beat it in a small bowl. Use a pastry brush to apply the egg to the top of each hand pie.
- Before placing in the oven, sprinkle coarse sugar over the top of the apple turnovers.
- Bake in a 400 degree oven for 25 minutes, until the tops have turned a golden brown.
- Let these sweet apple hand pies cool for 15 minutes before eating as the filling will be very hot.
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Notes
Nutrition
This nutritional information is approximate and was calculated using online calculators. Your nutritional information may vary depending on numerous factors.
Frequently asked questions
These are best served as soon as they are made, after cooling off a bit. Homemade apple turnovers can be stored at room temperature for up to 24 hours or in the refrigerator for 3 to 4 days.
Granny Smith apples are ideal for this dish since they are what is typically used in classic apple pie filling. You can also use honey crisp or gala apples.
Yes you can! To do that, combine 1 cup of confectioner's sugar with 3 teaspoons of milk and ¼ teaspoon of vanilla. If the glaze is too thick, you can add another teaspoon of milk. Drizzle the icing over the turnovers in a zig zag pattern.
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Bill
The cutout circles look bigger than 4 inches.
One cookie dough easily makes 4 or more 4 inch circles.
I think 5 inch circles is correct
Kay Miller
One of my new husband's favorites. It would seem easier to roll out the pie dough a little and cut into 4 squares. Thoughts?
Thank you!
zoritoler imol
Some truly interesting info , well written and broadly speaking user friendly.
Tara
Oh wow! These apple turnovers look fantastic! I love those flavors and the flaky crust.
Toni
These turnovers were so good!! Everyone at my house loved it! Thanks for sharing the recipe!
Andrea
I'm all in for a delicious hand held dessert that's very easy to make. Yummy!
Holley
I'm loving this little turnovers! I love how they aren't super big and it can fit in my hand when I'm on the go. A very sweet pick me up!
Nathan
These apple turnovers are absolutely delicious, and I love being able to use pre-made pie crusts to speed up the process. Thanks for the recipe!