These apple hand pies stay within the house I try to hit in the case of baking – basic, rustic, with a little bit of a wink or shock. I make them with a powerful, home made apple butter filling. The sleek sort. Like whenever you have been a child. However I add a little bit of miso to it for some depth. The crust is showered generously with sugar and sesame then kissed with a little bit of crimson chile flakes. Bake it to the purpose the place it crisps and caramelizes, you’ve gotten the sugar crust desires are fabricated from.
Apple Cinnamon Hand Pies: The Elements
- Pie Dough: Your hand pies are solely pretty much as good as your pastry. I exploit this pie crust. It’s flaky, structured, and straightforward to work with. It bakes into deep, golden buttery deliciousness.
- Apple Butter: Thick, concentrated, home made apple butter is the filling for these hand pies. You may make it when apples are in season, and the apple butter will hold, refrigerated, for a pair weeks. It’s going to hold frozen for as much as six months. I attempt to fill every pie as full as doable and nonetheless get them sealed.
- Sesame-Sugar-Chile Crust: I like some texture to play off the graceful filling right here. After an egg wash, every hand pie is sprinkled with giant granulated sugar that has been tossed with sesame seeds and crimson chile flakes (I exploit these smoked crimson chile flakes). A few of the sugar melts and caramelizes, the sesame will get toasted, and also you get little pops of warmth from the chile flakes. So good.
How To Make Apple Cinnamon Hand Pies
Right here’s the step-by-step of the best way to make these hand pies. You want pie dough, apple butter filling, egg wash, and sesame-sugar sprinkle. They’re tremendous easy to drag collectively (actually!). You begin by rolling out your pie dough. Then make giant circles utilizing a cookie cutter (or bowl, like I did).
Brush a little bit of egg across the perimeter of every pastry, then add a pair tablespoons of filling. (pictured beneath)
Rigorously fold in half, urgent alongside the sting together with your finger to create a seal. Use a fork to bolster that seal all alongside the sting of every pie. (pictured beneath)
Organize on a parchment lined baking sheet. Brush with extra egg, and sprinkle generously with a sesame-sugar combination. (pictured beneath)
Bake till deeply golden. 
Make Forward:
The 2 primary parts listed below are the pie crust and the filling. Each may be prepped forward of time. Each may be frozen for weeks/months.
- Pie Dough: In case you hold pie dough within the freezer, switch it to your fridge a day earlier than you need to roll out and fill your hand pies.
- Filling: You may make the apple butter filling every week or two prematurely of filling your hand pies.
- Freezer Hand Pies: When you’ve assembled your hand pies, they freeze splendidly. Freeze in a single layer on a parchment-lined baking sheet or plate. Switch to a container for up to a few months. Whenever you’re able to bake the hand pies, brush them with eggs, sprinkle with sesame seeds, and lower a pair slashes within the prime of every pie earlier than inserting within the oven.
Extra Hand Pie Recipes
Extra Pie Recipes
- Shaker Lemon Pie
- Pumpkin Pie
- Deep Dish Quiche
- Shaker Apple Pie
- Vegan Samosa Shepherd’s Pie
- Vegetable Pot Pie
- Berry Pie
- Coconut Cream Pie
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