Cream Cheese Turnovers

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 9
• 1 1/4 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 1/2 cup butter, chilled and cubed
• 1/8 cup ice water
• 4 ounces cream cheese, cubed
• 1 egg yolk
• 1/3 cup preserves, of your choice (i like strawberry)
• 1 egg , slightly beaten
• sugar, for dusting
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 tablespoons milk

Recipe

• 1 combine pastry dry ingredients in a food processor. pulse in butter 10 seconds, then water for 10 seconds. form into a ball and refrigerate for 1 hour.
• 2 roll pastry in a 12x12 rectangle. cut into nine even squares. cover and set aside while preparing filling.
• 3 for filling, beat together cheese and yolk until combined. add preserves and mix well. spoon equal amounts of mixture onto each pastry square.
• 4 moisten edges of pastry with water. fold to form a triangle and seal edges with the tines of a fork. brush with egg and dust with sugar.
• 5 cut 2-3 air vents in the top of each turnover. place on a cookie sheet and bake at 375 degrees for 15-20 minutes.
• 6 for icing, beat sugar, vanilla, and milk until smooth. place icing in a sandwich baggie, nip off 1/8" of one corner. squeeze icing over warm turnovers.