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Cream Cheese Mushroom Turnovers stacked on a board ready to eat.
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Mushroom Turnovers with Cream Cheese Pastry

These easy cream cheese mushroom turnovers are made with a homemade cream cheese pastry dough and a savory filling made with seasoned caramelized onion and mushrooms. They're a tasty snack or the perfect party appetizer for holidays and special occasions.
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Refrigerate1 hour
Total Time1 hour 50 minutes
Servings: 8 servings
Calories: 140kcal

Ingredients

Pastry

Filling

Instructions

  • Gather up your ingredients.
    Ingredients to make Cream Cheese Mushroom Turnovers

Pastry

  • Place the butter and cream cheese in a medium-sized bowl.
    Butter and cream cheese in a bowl.
  • Use a stand or handheld mixer to beat cream cheese and butter until smooth.
    Butter and cream cheese beat together with a mixer.
  • Add flour.
    Flour added to the bowl of butter and cream cheese.
  • Beat until blended.
    Mixture mixed together.
  • Once dough starts to form just use your hands to knead and shape dough into a ball. Cover with a damp towel and refrigerate for at least an hour, if not two.
    Dough formed into a ball.

Filling

  • In a large skillet melt butter and saute onions and mushrooms until tender. Stir frequently. Add flour, salt, pepper, and thyme.  Stir until blended. Add sour cream and stir some more until combined. Remove from heat and allow to cool.

Assemble Pastries

  • Preheat your oven to 375 degrees. Prepare a baking sheet with tinfoil and set it aside.
  • Remove pastry ball from fridge and roll out on a lightly floured surface until it is less than ¼ inch thick.
    Dough rolled out on a work surface.
  • Using a round cookie cutter or even a small bowl or glass, cut round circles out of the dough and set aside. I use a 4-inch wide glass usually. A little smaller or bigger you must either decrease or increase cooking time.
    Circles cut into the dough.
  • Once you remove as many circles as possible knead dough again, roll it out until flat, and cut some more circles keep doing this until no dough, or very little, is left. 
    Smaller amount of dough rolled out to cut more circles.
  • In a small bowl beat your egg and grab a brush. Set aside. 
  • Next, take your pile of circles and place a heaping spoonful on to the one half of the circle.
    Circles topped with filling.
  • Brush a little egg around the edges of the circle and fold empty half of the circle on top of the other half.
    Top folded over the filling.
  • Seal by pinching edge with your fingers.
    Edges pinched together to seal the turnovers.
  • Use a fork to press gently around the edge. Repeat until every circle is full.
    Crimping the edges with a fork.
  • Using a sharp knife cut two or three slits in the top of each.
    Slits cut in the top of the pastry.
  • Brush on remaining egg over the tops of the pastries.
    Brushing the egg over the pastry.
  • Place the turnovers on a baking sheet.
    Turnovers on a baking sheet ready to cook.
  • Bake for 25-30 minutes. Turnovers will turn a nice golden brown color when they are done. Remember to decrease or increase cooking time if your circles are smaller or bigger than 4 inches.
    Baked mushroom turnovers on a baking sheet.
  • Eat and enjoy!
    Mushroom turnovers on a plate with one cut in half to show the filling.

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Notes

Expert Tips:
  • Refrigeration: The cream cheese pastry dough must chill before rolling it out. 
  • Size: You can make these cream cheese pastries or turnovers as big or small as you desire.
  • Bake time: Please remember to adjust your timing accordingly if you make your mushroom turnovers smaller or larger than that. We have suggested timing for 4-inch rounds or circles of your cream cheese dough.
  • Don't overstuff: Avoid adding too much filling to the inside of the pastries.

Nutrition

Calories: 140kcal | Carbohydrates: 23g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 3g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 27mg | Sodium: 105mg | Potassium: 188mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 114IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 42mg | Iron: 1mg