EASY PUFF PASTRY HAM CHEESE AND BROCCOLI HAND PIES
Hand pies… little packets of flaky crust and yummy insides! These are perfect for a quick-to-make back to school dinner! The secret is all store-bought, easy to prepare ingredients! These little golden clouds can be frozen ahead and popped into the oven. They go from freezer to table in about 30 minutes! Once you have the basic recipe down… the ingredients can be switched up and the options are only limited by your culinary imagination!
Here’s a very easy recipe that can be tweaked so many yummy ways!!!
EASY PUFF PASTRY HAM CHEESE AND BROCCOLI HAND PIES
Makes 4 big hand pies.
- 1 pkg of puff pastry, thawed in the refrigerator
- 1 cup soft cheese spread (I used cheddar and horseradish spreadable cheese in a tub)
- 1 cup fully cooked ham steak, chopped
- 1 cup broccoli florets, fully cooked and chopped into small pieces (I used the steam in bag kind)
- 1 egg
- water
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Mix cheese, ham and broccoli in a bowl.
Open up puff pastry on a well floured work surface.
Gently roll each piece just a little to get rid of the fold lines. Keep the rectangle shape. Do not press hard. If slight lines still appear, it’s okay!
Fold each piece of puff pastry in half and open them back up. Cut along the fold lines. Now do this again for each piece so you end up with 8 squares.
Put 1/4 if the cheese mixture on a square. Dip your finger into cold water and run it around the a 1/2 inch edge of all the sides.
Put another puff pastry square on top of the mixture and play with it until all the edges match. Press gently with your fingers, then push the tines of a fork into the edges, sealing the hand pies and making a nice border.
Scramble an egg in a small bowl with a splash of water. Use this egg wash to cover the top of each pie. Cut vents in the top of the pie to let air escape.
Put the hand pies in the refrigerator for 15 minutes. Then bake for 20-25 minutes until they are golden brown and puffy.
Eat hot!!!
To freeze: prepare hand pies but do not bake. Freeze in a single layer on a parchment lined baking sheet and transfer to a freezer bag. To bake, heat oven to 400 degrees and bake for 30 minutes until golden brown and the inside ingredients are hot.
Here are a few other quick hand pie combinations:
- chicken, Alfredo sauce, broccoli
- sloppy joe meat
- pepperoni, marinara sauce, mozzarella cheese
- ham, cauliflower. cheddar
Can you think of other combinations?
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My gosh I think the possibilities are endless. My mind is already a whirl with combinations. Thank you for the great recipe and your photos are really beautiful.
They look so delicious and I love that you can make them ahead !!!
These look so easy and scrumptious! I think I am going to try them! Thanks for sharing.
Winning! Pinning!
My granddaughter loves broccoli and chicken. I can’t wait to have her make these up with me! Thank you for the recipe idea!! As always…..you’re brilliant:)
What an amazing idea!
These look delicious! I will omit the broccoli when I try these, but I’m definitely going to try them! A question: do you mind sharing the brand of the cheese product you use? Thanks so much!
I’ve pinned this and will definitely be referring to it! 🙂
Richella, so sorry I threw the tub away!
These sound easy and wonderful! Trader Joe’s has a Cheddar Horseradish Cheese Spread we like.
Looks so yummy! Thank you! Is there some way I can print this recipe directly from your website or save it without copying all of the photos? Would love to put this in my recipe collection.
If you want to make a copy of this, copy and past the recipe to a word document. Hope this helps!
I would love to have a stash of these in the freezer. For other flavor combos I would try taco meat with queso fresco, pulled pork, leftover turkey, or a vegetarian one with peppers, onions, mushrooms and zucchini.
Yes please! these are right up my alley and your photos, wow, I can almost taste that flaky puff pastry!
Yvonne, your puff pastry handpies are stunning–and they look absolutely delicious. Can’t wait to bake these for my family. Have a beautiful and blessed weekend!
Can you make these with cream cheese and fresh fruit? or maybe orange marmalade/ Lemon curd ?
YUMMY! Give it a try! Sound like a winner!
My daughter doesn’t eat meat so I’m going to try these withou the ham.
Love your Blog
Cindi
I am imaging the possibilities with leftover at Thanksgiving. My guys will these. Thanks!
Oh yummy! Sounds scrumptious Doni!
I love this recipe for a tea party, even. We have the custom here to start a tea party, something like this as an entrée.
Thanks for sharing.
Happy Valentine’s.
FABBY
When trying to open the puff pastry leaves recipe, the ham and cheese hand pie recipe appears. The hand pies are on twice and no leaves. I would like to make the leaves. ???????!!!
Cat
I’ll fix that for you Carol!
Found this recipe three weeks ago and have made it three time already. First time for me and twice for company. All raves. Couple of ideas: if cheese is stiff micro for just a little bit for easier mixing, before adding cheese mixture to bottom layer I smeared a 2 inch square of grainy mustard.
Going to be making a couple of batches up for the freezer trying your other suggested options.
Thank for this wonderful meal!
So glad you like this Lyn!
These look delicious! Cannot wait to add it to my list of easy, go-to recipes! So many possible combinations!. I’m thinking Turkey & Brie with maybe some pear? Thank you Yvonne, you’re the best!
So glad I saw this post. This will be perfect for Christmas Eve.
Wow Wow , wish I were at your house this week. EVERYTHING looks yummy and delisch.. Blessings and I am definitely cooking those recipes.
I pinned the Puff Pastry Chicken/Broccoli and Cheese Handpies. I can’t wait to give this recipe a try soon 🙂
PS. We ❤Mexican Train Dominoes too!!!
Oops. I typed chicken…..meant ham :). Chicken would be yummy too ?
Yum, yum, yummy, can not wait to make these delicious looking pastrys.
looks easy enough even for me. Thanks!
I used polish sausage, diced potatoes and corn, with cheddar and pepper jack cheese. Yummy !
I’m thinking Tuna mornay, chicken and mushroom, Baked beans and cheese
Is there a way to make them smaller, more appetizer sized? Also, what are your thoughts on serving them at room temperature? Thanks.
Hi Tracey, I think you can cut the puff pastry down to a smaller size. Try that! And puff pastry is better served warm. You might want to make them and freeze them and then when you are ready to bake them add just a little more time. Hope this helps.
I use flaky canned biscuits when I want a smaller pie. I also do this open-faced with a variety of fillings. The biscuits bake up around the sides and make for an easy hold and two or three bites.
YUM!
How big are these? Is one a meal or is this more of a side dish?
Hi Shilpa, they are more like a meal. Hope this helps.
This looks so yummy, that I can hardly wait to make this tomorrow. Thanks for sharing
Would be nice to have a print button…
Yes, it would! This is an old recipe. I’ll put it on my list for post I need to redo.
I make a handpie which is very similar with tuna. I make a basic tuna salad with sweet pickle relish, plus I add finely chopped tart apple. I also make a chicken salad pie and add cranberries and chopped blanched almonds. We’ve been eating these since my children were little. They always loved it with creamy soup in the winter and in the picnic basket in the summer with chips. Thanks for sharing the ham, cheese, and broccoli recipe. I’m sure my family will enjoy it, too.
Sounds so so good!