Food Friday: Quick and Easy Cherry Turnovers

National Cherry Turnover Day was the same day as the Departing Dinner this Transfers...so what could I do?!! I had to make them as my part of the dessert for the dinner at the mission home.  Sister J made some fabulous poppy seed cake and some chocolate cake with chocolate frosting.  They were so tempting...but I held strong.

The night before I had asked Heavenly Father to wake me up early so I could make the turnovers the same day as the dinner.  I awoke at 4:24 and leaped out of bed, well, rather slowly, but still, I did get out of bed and started on the cherry turnovers.

There are only two ingredients in the cherry turnovers, unless you count the egg wash...Pepperidge Farms Puff Pastry Sheets and Cherry Pie Filling.

The process:
Pull the Puff Pastry out of the freezer and let it thaw for 30-40 minutes.

Turn on the oven to preheat at 400 degrees F.

Put a Silpat or parchment sheet on a half sheet pan.

After the pastry has thawed AT LEAST 30 minutes (otherwise it will tear) but no more than 40 minutes, unfold it onto a lightly (VERY lightly) floured surface.  Roll it ever so slightly thinner.

Cut each pastry sheet into 4 squares which are about 4 inches or a little more square.

Place 1 Tablespoon of cherry "goo" onto the center of each square. I made sure to have 3 cherries in each gooey pile.  Don't be tempted to put more cherry onto the squares or you will have blow out the edges when it cooks, and that is not pretty.

With a pastry brush and egg wash (beat up one egg very well in a small bowl), brush two consecutive sides of the squares then fold over into a triangle.  Press the two edges together with a fork.

Brush the top with egg wash and sprinkle on a little granulated sugar.

Bake for 20 minutes until lovely and golden brown.

Each package of Puff Pastry Sheets will make 8 turnovers.

If you really want to, after the turnovers are cooled very well, you can drizzle on confectioner's sugar glaze. I did not do that. I thought there was enough sugar already.

Somehow I managed not to eat one of the turnovers until two days later.  Sad.  They are really only good the same day.  In my view.  And I am going to keep telling myself that!!!  Eat fresh food or not at all.

Now...the rest of the story on Heavenly Father waking me up...I was well into the cherry turnover process when I happened to look at the clock on the microwave.  It turns out that when I looked across the form of my sleeping husband at the clock on his side of the bed,  the 4:24 AM I was actually 1:24 AM!  Rats!  I got back to bed around 4 with the turnovers cooling...and did NOT get back to sleep.  I had no problem sleeping the night following.  Sadly, I was so tired by the end of the dinner that I did not stay to help clean up.  Dear One and I left to go fill the car with the bedding for the arriving missionaries for the next night.  I managed to stay up until after 8 PM, but then was out like a light!