Low-Fat Apple Turnovers - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    2 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and chopped (2 1/4 c.)
    1 tsp. lemon juice
    3 Tbsp. sugar
    1 Tbsp. flour
    1/2 tsp. cinnamon
    1/4 tsp. nutmeg
    8 sheets phyllo pastry, thawed if frozen
    cinnamon sugar (2 tsp. sugar, mixed with 1/4 ground cinnamon, optional)
Preparation
    Mix all filling ingredients; place stacked sheets of phyllo on flat surface and cover with plastic.
    Wrap to keep from drying out.
    Place 1 phyllo sheet on work surface.
    Lightly coat with butter flavored nonstick coating spray.
    Top with another sheet. Cut lengthwise in three 4-inch wide strips.
    Move strips apart. Mound 1 heaping teaspoonful filling at one end about 1 inch from corner.
    Fold opposite corner at same end over filling, forming a triangle.
    Continue folding your way up the strip as you would a flag.
    Repeat with the rest of filling and phyllo.
    Heat oven to 400\u00b0; lightly coat cookie sheet.
    Bake 15 to 17 minutes.
    Arrange turnovers seam side down.
    Spray tops lightly with coating spray and top with cinnamon sugar.

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