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Gluten-Free Cherry Turnovers

Give the gift of gluten-free cherry turnovers. They look so fancy you could totally bring them to a party or wrap them up and give them to a friend, but they’re so easy!
2.34 from 3 votes
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 7

Ingredients
  

  • 1 package gluten free puff pastry
  • 2 cups frozen cherries
  • 1 teaspoon lemon juice
  • cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tablespoon cornstarch
  • 1 tablespoon water

Instructions
 

Preparation

  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
  • Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

Filling

  • Heat cherries, lemon juice, and sugar on the stove until the cherries are melted.
  • Mix water and cornstarch together and add to the cherry mixture.
  • Heat on medium heat until the mixture thickens.
  • Take off heat.

Assembly

  • Cut one sheet of puff pastry into nine even squares and arrange them on the baking sheet.
  • Spoon half a tablespoon of the cherry mixture in the middle of each puff pastry square. Be sure not the overfill. 
  • Fold one corner of the square to meet the opposite corner. The puff pastry should create a triangle shape.
  • Repeat for the remaining puff pastry squares.
  • Take a fork and press down the edges of each square.
  • Brush the squares with a beaten egg.
  • Bake in the oven for 15 minutes.
  • Take out, cool, and enjoy!
Keyword cherries, cherry, Dessert, glutenfree, puffpastry
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