Southwestern Cheese Turnovers

Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 2 hrs Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup flour
• 4 ounces jalapeno jack cheese, cut into chunks
• 1/2 cup cold butter, cut into chunks
• 3 1/2-4 tablespoons pepper jelly
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon water

Recipe

• 1 put flour in bowl of food processor.
• 2 add cheese and butter chunks.
• 3 pulse processor 6 times until butter and cheese are coarsely chopped.
• 4 run processor steadily until dough forms a ball.
• 5 chill dough for at least one hour.
• 6 on floured board, roll dough to 1/8 inch thickness.
• 7 cut dough into 20 2-inch rounds.
• 8 place 1/4 teaspoon pepper jelly in the middle of each round.
• 9 brush edges with egg wash made of 1 egg and 1 tablespoon water.
• 10 fold dough over jelly and seal.
• 11 bake at 375 degrees 12-15 minutes on ungreased cookie sheet.
• 12 cool (but really good warm!).
• 13 may be frozen - to reheat, bake 5 minutes at 375 degrees.