Sweet Cherry Hand Pies

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These sweet cherry hand pies are a delicious, portable treat, perfect for picnics and bag lunches.

Prep Time30

Cook Time45

Total Time1 15

Course: Dessert and Sweet Stuff

Cuisine: American

Servings: hand pies

Calories: 258kcal

Author: Sarah

Ingredients

2 cups pitted fresh or frozen sweet cherries halved
1/3 cup sugar (you can also adjust to taste)
2 tablespoons cornstarch
Juice of half a lemon
2 cups all purpose flour
1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
11 tablespoons butter (about 150g)
4-5 tablespoons ice water
Egg wash (1 egg beaten with 2 tablespoons water)

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Stir together the cherries, sugar, cornstarch, and lemon juice. Set aside.
To make the dough, pulse the flour, sugar, salt, and butter in a food processor until coarse crumbs form. Add the water and form into a dough. Add a little more water if needed.
Roll out the dough to a large rectangle about ¼ inch thick and cut out circles or squares (for circles, I used an inverted circular Tupperware container). Re-roll the dough and continue cutting until you have 10 circles. Place five of the circles on a baking sheet and divide the cherries among them (reserve the excess juice). Cover with the other five circles, crimp closed, and cut vents in the top. Spoon the cherry juice into the pies through the air vents. Brush with egg wash.
Bake in the middle of the oven for 40-45 minutes, or until golden.

Notes

Makes 5 hand pies, 10 servings.

Nutrition

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