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February 20, 2007
Apple Turnovers
I hope you all had a lovely holiday weekend. Things were pleasantly quiet around here and I managed to accomplish a few things. I spun on Friday night and my alpaca spinning techniques need some work. It's pretty slippery stuff and I haven't mastered the best way to spin it, but I'm going to have a lot of time to practice because I have a basket full of fiber. I imagine I'll be spinning this alpaca for months to come. I hope I have it figured out by the time I get done.
Saturday afternoon seemed like a good time to try to bake some apple turnovers. I tried these once before (although with a different recipe) and they were less than stellar. However, I had some apples that needed to be used up and so I thought I'd try again. This time the recipe was from my favorite baking book - How To Bake. The recipe uses quick puff pastry (my first try at this) and has you cook the apple filling before you bake the turnovers. I added icing rather than just dusting with powdered sugar because Travis thinks everything is better with frosting.
I am really happy with how these turned out. The pastry is light and flaky (not tough and chewy like my last attempt) and the filling is sweet and a little spicy. The recipe made 6 (with apple left over) and they lasted for a day and a half. I will definitely be making these again.
I am this close (imagine me holding my thumb and index finger about 1 1/2 inches apart) to finishing the second knee high - I can't wait. I'll have those pictures for you just as soon and I can get it done. These suckers have taken forever, but I hope they're worth it in the end. Have a great Tuesday that is a Monday. Happy knitting.
Comments
Those turnovers look fabulous!
Posted by: Carole at February 20, 2007 7:46 AM
YUM!! I've been spinning superwash which is very slippery, too. Erin (Mama E) told me to wrap the single around the slide one more time to slow down the take up. I just wrapped it around the bottom where the pinch clamp is and it worked out well.
Posted by: margene at February 20, 2007 8:13 AM
beautiful!!! i think this whole domestic goddess thing is really your true calling! they look so yummy!
Posted by: kaetlyn at February 20, 2007 8:27 AM
oh my god, those turnovers look evil. this is why i don't bake at home :)
Posted by: gleek at February 20, 2007 8:41 AM
Oh, that is so not fair. I'm sitting here this morning drinking my coffee, having not eaten, and not having anything close to that good looking to eat in my kitchen. You are cruel.
Posted by: Lori at February 20, 2007 8:42 AM
Those look so yummy!!!!
Posted by: Kris at February 20, 2007 9:00 AM
Mmmm, you're making me drool! Those look so delicious...
Posted by: Adam at February 20, 2007 9:04 AM
those turnovers look so good... my stomach is growling. And Travis is right - everything IS better with frosting. I think I need to include some baking in my life!
Posted by: mari at February 20, 2007 9:11 AM
That's just mean...between Lent and the diet I need to go on before our trip to Santa Fe, those turnover photos were downright "friend abuse". Boo. (I may have an article or two in old SpinOffs on the alpaca dilemma..let me look, even though you don't deserve it after the Turnover Torture incident.)
Posted by: Marcia at February 20, 2007 9:15 AM
Mmmm. My Raisin Bran just doesn't compare.
Posted by: claudia at February 20, 2007 9:30 AM
Oh, those look so yummy! Now I'm craving granny smith apples and my poor nectarine doesn't look half as good. lol
Posted by: Kelli at February 20, 2007 10:22 AM
Man, those look sooooo good.
I just put the book on hold at the library. :)
Posted by: Jessica at February 20, 2007 10:29 AM
Ooooh, the turnovers look sooooo delicious!! I'll have to check out that recipe in my book. And Travis is right -- everything is better with frosting. In fact, sometimes frosting all by itself (with nothing else) is the best. =) Yummm....
Posted by: caitlyn at February 20, 2007 10:54 AM
mmmm - what isn't better with frosting? :) can't wait to see the knee-highs!!
Posted by: stacey at February 20, 2007 10:59 AM
will you let me know a few days in advance before you make them next time? just so i can book my flight over?
Posted by: kris at February 20, 2007 11:30 AM
I agree with Travis. Powdered sugar is so messy, too. Bleh.
Posted by: Katherine at February 20, 2007 11:38 AM
Yum!!! Will I beat you? I'm just about done with my knee highs and just have to cast off. But I have a feeling, by the time I've actually finished and posted them, you'd have beat me to it by 2 weeks! ;)
Posted by: yaiAnn at February 20, 2007 12:57 PM
I admire you for sticking with the knee highs... I gave up and went for shorter socks, but then I don't have your long, lanky legs to show them off.
Posted by: Birdsong at February 20, 2007 3:25 PM
Wow, they lasted a day and a half, they would have been gone in 10 minutes in my house (with just me at home as well!!)
Posted by: liz at February 20, 2007 4:05 PM
Yummy! Apple turnovers! Sounds delicious. Looks like I have a new idea on what to make with those Granny Smiths sitting on the kitchen counter! :)
Posted by: AJ at February 20, 2007 4:22 PM
Yummy! Awesome! Looks so good that I feel like I could print the picture out and eat it! LOL
Posted by: The Procrastiknitter at February 20, 2007 4:25 PM
those are yummy looking - makes me want to make some right away.
Posted by: Teyani at February 21, 2007 8:16 AM
Oh my goodness -yum! Delicious picture too.
Posted by: brooke at February 21, 2007 8:21 AM
One word, two syllables: YUM-MYYYYY!
Posted by: Becky at February 23, 2007 2:55 PM
Nice work! They look terrific, Yum.
Posted by: heather at February 25, 2007 6:57 AM
Those turnovers look really good! They make me want to bake something. I don't think I will be leaving to go to the store today though since we are in the middle of a massive winter storm. Sigh.
I wanted to let you know that I think you and your new camera are taking beautiful pictures! I am hoping to have a little extra money this summer due to an accounting class I will be teaching and would like to buy a camera to improve my quality of pictures.
Posted by: Knittripps at February 25, 2007 8:37 AM
OMG!! Your turnovers look delicious!! Now I want one!!
Posted by: elisabeth at February 28, 2007 11:01 AM
