Sleet is blanketing Atlanta with a sheet of ice and the forecast warns of additional snow tonight. Severe winter storms typically skirt the metropolitan area, but two major storms have barreled through our city in as many weeks. For the last two days, I’ve planted my pajama-clad self and my laptop on a comfy chaise, where I’m working away.
Knowing we’d be housebound for a couple of days, Jim and I made a run to the grocery store yesterday for some wine and snacks. As always, I was amused to see the bread aisle ravaged and the coolers devoid of any milk. I’m sorry, but if a winter storm locks me in my house for a couple of days, the very last thing I’ll be eating is a sandwich with a glass of milk! I do wonder what people do with all that bread and milk. When frigid weather immobilizes me, I want something hearty that warms the body and soul. Give me Pappardelle Bolognese or Chicken and Dumplings any day. And for dessert…a warm apple cheddar turnover.
I posted an Apple Galette recipe in the fall, but the ice storm gave me the perfect excuse to whip up some turnovers. I realize that most people consider ice cream a required accompaniment to apple pie, but I always opt for melted cheddar cheese. That, my friends, is a match made in heaven.
For these turnovers, I added cheddar cheese to the dough. The cheesy, buttery, and flaky crust perfectly complimented the sweet apple and cinnamon filling. Have I said before how much I love the combination of sweet and savory?
Ingredients
1 cup unsalted butter (two sticks)
2 1/2 cup all unbleached all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup grated sharp cheddar cheese
1/2 cup buttermilk
6 to 8 tablespoons ice water
3 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored, and sliced into 1/2 inch pieces
2 Gala, Pink Lady, or other baking apples, peeled, cored, and sliced into 1/2 inch pieces
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 egg, beaten
Coarse sugar
Instructions
1. Cut the butter into 1/2 inch cubes and place in freezer for 15 minutes.
2. In the bowl of a food processor, combine flour, sugar, and salt. Pulse to mix. Add cold butter to flour mixture and pulse several times until mixture resembles course meal. Some larger pieces of butter are okay.
3. Add cheddar cheese and buttermilk to the bowl and pulse until combined. Add 4 tablespoons of ice water and pulse. If the dough has not come together, add one additional tablespoon at a time until it clumps. You'll know the dough is ready when a small amount holds together in your hand.
4. Transfer dough to a floured surface and form into a 8 inch disk. Cut dough into eight equal wedges. Form each wedge into a 3 inch disk. Wrap dough portions in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
Mix all ingredients together in large bowl.
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Cover a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
2. Roll each dough portion into an 8 inch round. Spoon 1/8 of apple filling onto one side of dough, Brush the edge of dough with egg wash. Fold dough over and seal, leaving 1/2 inch border. Crimp the edge with your fingers or a fork. Score the top of each turnover, brush with egg wash, and sprinkle with coarse sugar.
3. Place turnovers on baking sheet and bake for 50 to 55 minutes or until crust is golden brown.
https://southernboydishes.com/2014/02/14/apple-cheddar-turnovers/
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Wow! These look great. I saw your mention of Caramel Cake over at Sippity Sup, and I thought I’d come take a look at your site. I am so glad I journeyed over.
Thank you so much for stopping by, Adri! I’m going to check out your blog as well. Have a great day!
I am looking forward to trying your recipes. Love the blog!!!!
Thank you Rosemarie! I appreciate you dropping by!
It wouldn’t have to be sleeting for me to munch don’t on these. Oh how I love apple pie with cheddar and these look like they would top that! WOW!
Thanks so much, MJ. They helped me get through the yucky weather!
I have yet to try the cheddar+apple combo, but I’ve heard it’s amazing! These turnovers look wonderful. What a great way to spend a wintery day. π
Thanks so much for dropping by, Beth!
I tried a recipe a few weeks ago using puff pastry instead of a pie pastry. They were okay, but I wasn’t real impressed. These sound good and the cheddar would be a great addition. I have to say that I love the fact that you took a picture of your turnovers on your old beat up pan. I thought to myself, everything looks so perfect all the time. I bet your house looks like Martha Stewart lives there. I have a pan just like that, my grandmother gave it to me when I first moved out on my own. It looks like it’s been to hell and back, but I will never part with it!
You should see my kitchen after I’ve completed a dish for the blog. Ask Jim and he’ll tell you there must have been an explosion of some kind! π
I wish I had been stuck at your house during snowmegeddon 2! I would have loved to have downed a couple of these!
You have a great point – why on earth does bread fly off the shelves at the mere mention of snow? I went to the grocery store to get frozen yogurt, and was stunned to see people running down the isles with buggies full of bread and milk…at least more frozen yogurt for me! π
These look completely swoonworthy…I cannot wait to try them!
Thank you, Candace. Thanks so much for dropping by SBD!
Thank you, Candace! I really appreciate you visiting SBD.
I love that you used two kinds of apples in these. I do that too. I love what it does to the texture and it makes the apple flavor so much more complex. I also totally love that this is what you whipped up in the bad weather. So much better than bread and milk.
I’ve always wondered about that bread and milk thing too! Anyway, lovely turnovers. I’ve made apple ones before, but not with cheddar. Gotta try that! Love the idea — thanks.
These turnovers are incredible!!!