Apple Turnovers - cooking recipe

Ingredients

400 g pie apples
2 tablespoons caster sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 sheets frozen puff pastry, thawed
1 egg, beaten
2 tablespoons strawberry jam
sifted icing sugar, to decorate

Preparation

Place apples in a bowl with sugar and cinnamon. Mix well.
Cut pastry sheets into quarters.
Spoon 2 tablespoons of the apple mixture and 1 teaspoon jam onto one half of each pastry square.
Brush each square with a little of the egg around edge of pastry.
Fold over pastry to enclose filling, then pinch and fold edges to seal.
Place turnovers on oven trays lined with baking paper.
Brush tops with remaining egg.
Cook in a hot oven (200C) for 20 minutes, or until pastry is golden brown.
Sprinkle with some sifted icing sugar if desired.
The turnovers are best served warm.