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Before you start position 2 oven racks evenly in the oven near the center so there is space in between them. Preheat the oven to 400u00b0F Grease 2 baking sheets with butter.
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To make the filling peel, core and cut into small chunks the apple and pear.
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Put the chunks into a bowl.
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Add the brown sugar, flour, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg and raisins and stir together.
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Sprinkle a work surface with some flour.
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Unfold 1 of the thawed puff pastry sheets on top of the flour. Keep the other sheet wrapped in the refrigerator.
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Sprinkle some flour on the pastry.
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Using a rolling pin, and beginning at the center of the pastry, roll out to the far side. Then roll from the center toward you.
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After every few rolls, give the pastry a quarter turn and sprinkle the top and bottom of the pastry with more of the flour so the pastry does not stick.
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Keep rolling and sprinkling until the pastry is a 12 1/2-inch square.
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Using a ruler and a pizza wheel or table knife, trim the edges to make a 12-inch square.
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Pull away the scraps of dough and discard.
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Cut the 12-inch square into 4 equal 6-inch squares.
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Spoon 1/3 cup of the filling into the center of each square.
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Spread the filling across the middle toward 2 opposite points.
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In a small bowl, beat the egg with a fork.
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Brush the beaten egg along 2 edges of each square with the pastry brush.
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Fold one-half of each square over the filling, enclosing it fully and forming a triangle.
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Press the edges together with the fork to seal them.
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Place the 4 turnovers on a prepared baking sheet, spacing them 2 inches apart.
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Repeat with the remaining puff pastry sheet and filling.
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Using a pastry brush, brush the tops of the turnovers with the beaten egg.
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Sprinkle the turnovers with the sugar.
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Put 1 baking sheet on the upper rack in the oven and the other sheet on the lower rack in the oven and bake for 10 minutes.
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Then, using oven mitts, remove the baking sheets and put each one on the opposite rack.
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Bake until the turnovers are puffed and brown, about 15 minutes more.
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Allow to cool for 10 minutes.
