Date Turnovers Recipes

Steps:

• Cook the dates and water together, stirring frequently, until soft and amalgamated.
• Let cool.
• Preheat the oven to 325°F.
• Butter a large cookie sheet.
• Stir together the dry ingredients.
• Beat together the cooled melted butter and eggs, then beat in the buttermilk.
• Mix the beaten butter and egg mixture into the dry ingredients, adding a little more buttermilk if needed to make a soft dough.
• Drop half the dough by spoonfuls onto the cookie sheet.
• Space them well apart.
• Divide the filling evenly over the cookie bases.
• Spoon the remainder of the dough over the cookies.
• Bake for 20 minutes.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Place a baking sheet in the oven. Lightly flour a work surface and roll the pastry out to a 25 x 30cm rectangle. Mix the apples with the dates, 1 tbsp flour, the sugar, cinnamon, lemon juice and a pinch of salt. Spoon over one half of the pastry, leaving a border around the edge. Brush the edges of the pastry with a little of the egg, then fold the other half over the top, pressing the edges together to seal well. Slash the top with a knife and brush with the remaining egg.
• Place in the freezer for 10 mins to firm up the pastry, then carefully lift onto the hot baking sheet and bake for 20 mins. Drizzle with icing, if you like, and serve with custard or ice cream.