Ninja Foodi: Auntie E's Apple Turnovers

The sweet tooth in the house is high.  One thing I like to do is provide the sweets with  a healthier choice. Granny smith apples are a good apple with lower sugar carbs than other apples. Fiber can be adding to help with the impact sugar glucose.

Regular red apples have:

Total Carbohydrate 25 g	8%
Dietary fiber 4.4 g	17%
Sugar 19 g
Protein 0.5 g

Granny Smith apples have:

Total Carbohydrate 14g	5 %
Dietary Fiber 2.8g	11 %
Sugar 9.6g

Protein.0.4g

With this recipe Brown Sugar is used instead of White Sugar. Brown sugar is a low glycemic index sugar. that means is does not give a  spike in the  blood sugar levels. With prediabetic and Diabetes people it is import to control the  refine Sugars. Which cause Sugar spikes and crashes. Maintaining a good even level helps the body work at processing the sugar.

Using spices also help with the tartness of the  Granny Smith Apples. I use a  mixture of them to enhance and flavor.

Next thing is using a puff pastry instead of a Pie crust.  There is less sugar in the puff pastry.

Puff pastry   3.5oz                                                                 Pie crust  3.5oz
total Carb= 45.7                                                                     Total carbs= 64.48
sugar= 0.75g                                                                           Sugar= 26.31 g
starch= 0                                                                                  starch=37.67

We know the Starch is another thing to watch when eating for Diabetics. Starch the body converts to Sugar. Causing an increase in the Blood Glucose level. That is why Potatoes are not a good choice for  folks with Diabetes.

Auntie E's Apple Turnovers.

4 Granny smith apples, peeled, core and sliced.
1 & 1/2 teaspoons of Cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon  Nutmeg
 pinch of  ground Cloves
2 Tablespoon of Dark brown sugar.
 1/2 cup water
1 teaspoon lemon juice.

combine all ingredients in the pot . Put the  pressure cooking lid on , set to seal. Pressure on high for 4 minutes, Natural Release ( NR) for 5 minutes. Then Quick Release (QR). Remove lid. Pour apple mixture in a   Strainer and reserve the juices. At this point you can refrigerate and use later.

When ready. take 2 sheets  of Puff Pastry. Divide into 18 pieces. Put about 1 tablespoons of apple mixture on one side a one of the 18 pieces. fold over and crimp with fork. repeat with all 15 pieces.
spray the air crisp basket with some oil. (I use an  Avocado Oil Spay). Preheat on bake  at 375°F for 4 minutes. Open lid and place Turnovers in  one layer ( it take a couple times to get all of them done.). You can do one batch( one puff sheet cut into 9 pieces) and save the second puff pastry to fixed later. Air Crisp at 375°F for 12 minutes. Remove and put in cooler rack. let rest about  10 minute before serving.

*You can make an icing from the liquid saved.

1/2 cup powdered sugar to about 2 tablespoons liquid.  drizzle on top of cooled turnover. Note: that will add more sugar and calories to the turnover.

Recipe copyright 2019 by "Auntie E Cookbook/EM Dubros"

 this is for  non iced apple turnovers: