Cream Cheese & Cherry Turnover Recipe Bombs

Instead of making Cream Cheese and Cherry Turnovers the triangular way, make them in a muffin tin for easy pick-up and eating.

I am the only one in my house who loves cherries. I love fresh cherries; I love Cherry Pie; I love Cherry Cobbler, and I absolutely love Cherry Turnovers. The only cherry I am not particularly fond of is maraschino cherries. They are too sweet and I am not digging the almond flavor with them. They are not my jam, to say the least. Oh, and Cherry Cordials. Not my jam. Probably because of maraschino cherries that are in them. That does make sense. In just about any other case, I love cherries and cherry recipes.

I can remember the first time I had a Cherry Turnover as a young girl from, of all places, Arby’s. Does Arby’s still sell Cherry Turnovers? I don’t remember the exact circumstances, but I do remember loving them at first bite. I love the crispness of the puff pastry, the coarse sugar that was coated on top, and the sweet and tart cherry filling. Oh my gosh, I was in heaven. There’s nothing more amazing than Cherry Turnovers than Cream Cheese and Cherry Turnovers or danish. The difference between a turnover and a Danish (this is my ignorant opinion), is the turnover has its name because of the piece of puff pastry that turns over the cherry topping and a Danish is.well…a danish. In my personal observation, danishes are typically open-faced. So, it has always been on my list to make cherry turnovers, so I figure why not now?!

 

How I made this Cream Cheese and Cherry Turnover recipe?

It is really quite simple, to be honest with you. I simply bought some puff pastry and cut it into 12 squares.

REAL QUICK ABOUT PUFF PASTRY: I am not getting paid to persuade you by using either of these brands that I am about to mention. Your choice in using them is a simple matter of time, preference, and availability. I typically use Pepperidge Farm Puff Pastry in the frozen section for any recipe that requires puff pastry. However, I recently discovered a brand I had never used before called Wewalka Puff Pastry. This puff pastry brand can be found in your refrigerator section and is ready for immediate use. Therefore, if you are as anxious as I was to make these turnovers, I recommend using that brand. But if Pepperidge Farm is also a good product as well. ANYWAY!

Once I cut the puff pastry into 12 squares, I placed the squares into each tin. Then, I added a good spoonful of cherry pie filling into each square. I took my cream cheese filling that I made using cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla extract, and placed a spoonful of cream cheese into the mixture. I covered the filing with the excess puff pastry dough, brushed with whisk egg, sprinkled with coarse sugar, and baked in an oven for about 20 minutes.

 

These Cream Cheese and Cherry Turnover Bombs come out begging to be eaten. This Cherry Turnover Recipe is perfect for brunches or potlucks amongst your peers, church members, or friends. You can leave out the cream cheese part if you wish and also use a different fruit topping. If you’re feeling really bold, you can make your own cherry filling if you wish. Just remember to remove the pit (wink, wink).

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