Easy Apple Turnovers from scratch

Step 1

In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar and salt. Add the cold butter and, toss it into the flour mixture and try to incorporate the butter into the flour.Add cold water, little by little into the flour mixture and, using a fork, gently toss and stir together until large lumps form and all of the flour has been moistened. Using your hands, pat the dough into a ball and wrap with plastic wrap or parchment paper. Refrigerate for 30 minutes or more until the dough is firm

Step 2

In a small pan, add the sugar, cinnamon powder,salt,corn flour and water and bring it to boil .When it get thickened,stop cooking and take it out from the stove.

Step 3

Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

Step 4

On a lightly floured work surface, roll out one half of the dough to ⅛-inch thickness. Cut the pie dough sheet into circles using a cookie cutter or into long rectangles or squares using a pizza cutter.Spoon about 1 to 2 tablespoons filling onto each dough sheet and fold it in half so the other side comes down over the filling. Seal the hand pie, and make a decorative edge by pressing the edges of the dough together with the tines of a fork.Transfer them to the parchment-lined baking sheet.

Step 5

Freeze for 20 minutes or Refrigerate the assembled hand pies for 30 minutes.

Step 6

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F

Step 7

In a small bowl, whisk together an egg and milk for the egg wash. Remove the chilled hand pies from the refrigerator, and lightly brush with the egg wash. Using a sharp knife, cut a few small slits on the top of each hand pie, then sprinkle generously with coarse sugar.

Step 8

Bake @400 F for 10 minutes and then reduce the temperature to 375 F and bake for another 18-20 minutes or Bake until the hand pies are golden brown, the baking time vary according to how thick we rolled the dough.

Step 9

Remove the pies from the oven, and let stand to cool slightly before serving.Enjoy!