Best Turnover Cookies Recipes

JAM TURNOVER COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Place flour on pastry board. Make a well in the center. Put butter, sugar, 2 eggs, (grated lemon rind) and salt into the well. Work the flour mixture gently with your hands and form into a ball.
• 2. Cover with clean towel and let rest for 1 hour. With rolling pin, roll dough to 1/4" thickness and cut out 3" circles (I use a drinking glass for this).
• 3. In the center of each circle of dough, place 1/2 tsp. of preserves then fold dough in half and crimp with fork to close edges. Brush the dough with the beaten egg.
• 4. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place cookies on cookie sheet and bake for 10-15 minutes. Remove them from the oven and serve.
• 5. Optional: after removing cookies from oven you can sprinkle them with confectioner sugar...I never do but the recipe offers this option.

DATE "TURNOVER" COOKIES

Steps:

• Cook the dates and water together, stirring frequently, until soft and amalgamated.
• Let cool.
• Preheat the oven to 325°F.
• Butter a large cookie sheet.
• Stir together the dry ingredients.
• Beat together the cooled melted butter and eggs, then beat in the buttermilk.
• Mix the beaten butter and egg mixture into the dry ingredients, adding a little more buttermilk if needed to make a soft dough.
• Drop half the dough by spoonfuls onto the cookie sheet.
• Space them well apart.
• Divide the filling evenly over the cookie bases.
• Spoon the remainder of the dough over the cookies.
• Bake for 20 minutes.

TURNOVER COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream the cream cheese and butter together. Blend in flour and salt.
• Roll out on a floured surface and cut out circles with a biscuit or cookie cutter.
• Place a dab of preserves or jam in the center of each cookie. Fold over and press edges together with a fork.
• Bake on an ungreased cookie sheet at 375º for about 10 to 15 minutes.

RASPBERRY TURNOVER COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Sift the dry ingredients together (I used a dried orange peel, so it was sifted with my other dry ingredients).
• Using a pastry blender, cut the margarine and cream cheese into the dry ingredients (like a pie crust).
• Sprinkle the milk onto this mixture, mix and gather into a ball.
• On a lightly a floured surface, roll to 1/8" thickness.
• Use a 2" or 3" cutter to make 16-18 rounds.
• Spoon 1 to 1 1/2 teaspoons jelly onto the center of each round (don't use too much or it will "bleed out" when baking).
• Fold the cookie over and bake on an ungreased cookie sheet for 12-14 minutes (oven time may be less-- I used a toaster oven).

CHERRY ALMOND TURNOVER COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Mix flour, sugar, and salt in a bowl. Beat cream cheese, butter and 1/2 tsp. almond extract in large bowl with hand mixer til fluffy, 1 minute. Add flour mixture and beat just to mix. Divide dough in half, form each half into a disk, and wrap in plastic wrap. chill 1 hour or up to 1 day.
• 2. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
• 3. Roll dough on lightly floured work surface to 1/8 inch thick. Using a 3 inch round cookie cutter, cut cookies; transfer to prepared baking sheets. Reroll scraps once.
• 4. Drop 1/2 tsp. preserves in center of each cookie, brush edges with egg wash, fold over filling and seal with a fork. Freeze cookies 1 hour. Preheat oven to 350.
• 5. Brush cookies with egg wash and prick center with a fork. Bake cookies, one baking sheet at a time, til golden, 12 to 15 minutes; let cool on racks.
• 6. Whisk together powdered sugar, heavy cream and 1 tsp. almond extract. Drizzle cookies with glaze. Note: I was thinking of making these with orange marmalade and orange extract in place of the cherry preserves and almond extract. Just a thought.