Every Saturday our family would go to Grandma Rose's house for a great home-cooked meal. Best of all, though, were the treats she'd send over midweek—especially her homemade turnovers. She never followed a recipe, but this dessert comes very close.
Rose’s Apple Turnover Coffee Cake
Ingredients
- filling:
- 1/3 cup butter, cubed
- 4 medium tart apples, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch slices
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoon ground mace
- 1/3 cup dried currants
- dough:
- 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour, divided
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 package (1/4 ounce) active dry yeast
- 3/4 cup water
- 1/3 cup butter, cubed
- 1 large egg, room temperature
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
- topping:
- 3/4 cup chopped pecans
- 6 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar
- 3 tablespoons butter, melted
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Directions
- In a large saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Add apples; cook and stir until apples are just tender. Stir in the remaining filling ingredients. Cook 10-15 minutes, stirring until thickened. Remove from the heat; cool.
- For dough, in a large bowl, combine 1 cup flour, sugar, salt and yeast. In a small saucepan, combine water and butter; heat to 120°. Gradually add to dry ingredients; beat for 2 minutes. Beat in the egg, zest and 3/4 cup flour. With mixer at high speed, beat 2 minutes. Stir in remaining flour. Cover; let stand 20 minutes.
- Meanwhile, combine topping ingredients; set aside. Divide dough in half. On a well-floured surface and using a floured rolling pin, roll each half to a 14x12-in. rectangle. Place on greased baking sheets. Spread filling down center of dough to within 1 in. of ends. Starting about 3/4 in. from filling, cut 1-in.-wide strips diagonally from filling to edges of dough. Alternately fold opposite strips of dough at angles across filling. Fold ends over filling. Loosely cover dough with greased waxed paper; cover paper with plastic wrap. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours. When ready to bake, uncover and let stand at room temperature for 10 minutes. Sprinkle topping over coffee cakes.
- Bake at 375° for 30-35 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool.
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