Ingredients
1sheetpuff pastry,thawed
2cupscherries,pitted
½cupsugar
2tbspcornstarch
¼tspground cinnamon
1large egg yolk
1tbspwater
¼cupcoarse sanding sugar,or powdered sugar
Preparation
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
Combine the cherries and sugar in a saucepan and mash slightly, then stir in cornstarch.
Cook the cherries over medium heat for 2 minutes or until thickened. Remove the cherries from the heat and stir in the cinnamon.
Roll out the pastry dough and cut into 8 even squares.
Evenly distribute the cherry mixture in the center of each of the 8 pastry squares, then fold one corner of each square of dough over to the opposite corner.
Place the turnovers on a greased baking sheet.
Make the egg wash. In a small cup, beat the egg yolk with water.
Brush onto the top of the puff pastry and sprinkle with coarse sanding sugar.
Bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until golden brown.
