Name: Cream Cheese and Jelly Turnovers Recipe
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 puff pastry; 8 oz cream cheese; 2 egg yolks; 2 egg whites; 4 tbsp granulated sugar; ¼ tsp salt; 1 cup fruit preserves

Cream Cheese and Jelly Turnovers Recipe

Brocky Prentice Modified: February 18, 2024

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Feeling lazy to cook up something big for the kids? These yummy-looking cream cheese and jelly turnovers are so easy, they can be prepared in no time. They are perfect after brunch or even just as an afternoon snack.

This recipe is fun for kids to do themselves as it uses premade pie crust. If you’re making this on your own, you certainly can make your own pie crust, but that would take much longer. The entire recipe from start to finish will only take 30 minutes.

How To Make Cream Cheese and Jelly Turnovers

This homemade cream cheese and jelly turnovers recipe is made with our favorite dessert fillings.

Prep: 20 mins

Cook: 15 mins

Total: 35 mins

Serves:

Ingredients

2 puff pastry, cut into four squares or premade pie crust rolled into 12x12 square
8 oz cream cheese, softened
2 egg yolks
2 egg whites
4 tbsp granulated sugar, plus additional for sprinkling
¼ tsp salt
1 cup fruit preserves, such as strawberry, blueberry, pineapple, etc.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
Combine the cream cheese, sugar, salt, and egg yolks. Mix it all up together until it is smooth.
Lightly fold each quarter of your pie crust into a triangle and press to make a crease. Make 3 to 4 slits on one side.
Take one tablespoon of the cream cheese mixture and place it on one side of the dough triangle with no slits. Spread it around, leaving a ½-inch edge.
Spread a tablespoon of jam on top of the cream cheese. Using your pastry brush, or finger, paint the edges of the turnover.
Fold the cut side over the filled side and crimp the edge with a fork.
Brush egg white over the entire surface of the turnover. This helps it turn a nice golden color and also becomes an adhesive for the sugar to stick.
Sprinkle sugar evenly on top.
Bake in the oven for 12 to 14 minutes, or until the filling begins to bubble and the turnover is a golden brown.
Serve warm topped with fruit preserves. Make sure to let it cool a little when serving it to your kids.

Nutrition

Sugar: 15g
:
Calcium: 80mg
Calories: 956kcal
Carbohydrates: 71g
Cholesterol: 154mg
Fat: 69g
Fiber: 2g
Iron: 3mg
Monounsaturated Fat: 33g
Polyunsaturated Fat: 7g
Potassium: 184mg
Protein: 15g
Saturated Fat: 24g
Sodium: 658mg
Vitamin A: 892IU

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