Making Mini Apple Turnovers

These are mini two-bite apple turnovers like the ones you would get at the supermarket, but homemade. An apple turnover Is a little pastry with apples inside like a mini pie.

•1 cup flour
•1/2 tsp. salt
•1/3 cup 1 tbsp. shortening
•4 tbsp. cold water
•1 apple diced
•4 tbsp. sugar
•1 tbsp. flour
•1/2 tsp.cinnamon
•some cinnamon and sugar mixed in a ratio of 1:1

Preheat the oven to 450* Fahrenheit. This is important to speed up cooking time.

Take a large empty bowl and put the 1 cup flour inside.(note- in the pictures I used a wheat flour so the color will be off. Don't worry if your dough is the wrong color;). Add the 1/2 tsp. salt into the flour. Add all the shortening into the mixture and use a pastry blender to cut the shortening into the flour mixture until the shortening is small bits all mixed in. Drizzle the water on top and mix with a fork until it forms a ball of dough.

Peel the apples and cut them into small pieces. Add 4 tbsp. sugar, 1tbsp. flour, and 1/2 tsp cinnamon. Mix this together to make the apples for the inside of the turnover.

Take your ball of dough and put it on a lightly floured counter. Roll it 1/2 an inch thick and cut a small circle from it. Put a few apple bits on one side and food it over. My touch is I take a fork and press the and so it stays together and it looks nice. Poke holes on top for vents and drizzle the top in the cinnamon and sugar mixture

Put the turnovers int the oven for around ten minutes, depending on the size. It is done when the outside feels somewhat crunchy, but not completely dry. The take a while to cool because the apples retain heat, but they taste best warm. Enjoy!