These apple hand pies reside within the area I try to hit in relation to baking – traditional, rustic, with a little bit of a wink or shock. I make them with a powerful, selfmade apple butter filling. The graceful type. Like while you had 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 pink chile flakes. Bake it to the purpose the place it crisps and caramelizes, you’ve got the sugar crust goals 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, selfmade apple butter is the filling for these hand pies. You can also make it when apples are in season, and the apple butter will maintain, refrigerated, for a pair weeks. It would maintain frozen for as much as six months. I attempt to fill every pie as full as doable and nonetheless get them sealed. Â
- 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 pink chile flakes (I exploit these smoked pink chile flakes). Among the sugar melts and caramelizes, the sesame will get toasted, and also you get little pops of warmth from the chile flakes. So good. Â
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 tug 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 under)
Rigorously fold in half, urgent alongside the sting together with your finger to create a seal. Use a fork to strengthen that seal all alongside the sting of every pie. (pictured under)
Prepare on a parchment lined baking sheet. Brush with extra egg, and sprinkle generously with a sesame-sugar combination. (pictured under)
Bake till deeply golden. 
Make Forward:
The 2 essential elements listed below are the pie crust and the filling. Each could be prepped forward of time. Each could be frozen for weeks/months.
- Pie Dough: In case you maintain 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 can also 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 some months. If you’re able to bake the hand pies, brush them with eggs, sprinkle with sesame seeds, and reduce a pair slashes within the high of every pie earlier than putting 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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