Apple Foldovers

Title:
Apple Foldovers

Yield:
12 Servings

Categories:
Desserts,
Pastries




Ingredients:





     1    Recipe basic puff pastry


     1    Egg yolk


     1 ts Water


     6 c  Peeled sliced apples


   3/4 c  Firmly packed brown sugar


   3/4 c  Chopped pecans


     3 tb Butter or margarine; melted


 1 1/2 tb Lemon juice


     2 ts Cornstarch


          Powdered sugar






 Roll pastry into a 17- x 13-inch rectangle. Cut pastry into 4-inch squares;


 place squares on ungreased baking sheets.


 


 Combine egg yolk and water; brush edges of pastry with yolk mixture.


 


 Fold each square of pastry into a triangle; press edges of foldovers


 together with a fork. Bake at 425?F for 13 to 15 minutes or until foldovers


 are puffed and golden brown. Let foldovers cool on a wire rack.


 


 Combine apples, brown sugar, pecans, butter, lemon juice, and cornstarch in


 a medium saucepan, stirring until cornstarch dissolves; bring to a boil.


 Reduce heat to low; cook, uncovered, about 10 minutes or until apples are


 tender.


 


 Slice foldovers in half horizontally, not cutting completely through long


 side of pastry.


 


 Spoon hot filling into foldovers; sprinkle tops with powdered sugar.


 


 Yield: 1 dozen.


 


 Note: One (17 1/4-ounce) package frozen puff pastry may be substituted for


 Basic Puff Pastry.


 


 Busted by Gail Shermeyer 


 


 Recipe by: The Southern Living Cookbook, 1987, 8487-0709-5


 


 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest by Gail Shermeyer 
on May 02,


 1998