Easy Cheesy Turnovers!

Posted on Jun 4, 2010 05:30:31 PM

Hello! Welcome to my Cooking Friday. Today I baked, which probably means the end of the world is near. Nevertheless, for you quesito lovers, here is a super easy cheesy recipe.

Things you’ll need:

1/2 Cup of Sugar.
8 oz. of Cream Cheese.
Vanilla Extract (a few drops)
1 Lime (a few drops too…)
1 Egg
1 Pastry Dough Sheet (hojaldre in Spanish)
Honey Glaze (as much as you want!)
A Pizza Cutter

Step 1:
Preheat oven at 350 degrees.

Step 2:
Cut pastry dough sheet (must be at room temperature) in nearly perfect squares.

Step 3:
In a bowl, mix the cream cheese, lime, vanilla and sugar until everything is silky smooth.

Step 4:
Stretch every other corner of each square as shown in picture:

Step 5:
Place a spoonful or forkful of filling in the center of each square. You can add other fillings too like Guava or Strawberry.

Step 6:
Brush a small amount of egg (you can mix it with a little water) in the two stretched tips of each square. After placing the filling in the center, wrap each corner to look like this:

…and brush a little egg on top of each pre-baked quesito.

Step 7:

Bake! Stare at your oven’s door like an idiot until the turnovers are golden. I did it!

Step 8:

Drip a delicious amount of Honey Glaze on top of each quesiiiiiito!

Step 9:

Pig out! ^_^ As we say in Puerto Rico: Buen proveho y a lechonear se ha dicho!