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STRAWBERRY HAND PIES

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It’s strawberry season here at StoneGable!

Oh, YUMMY!

Let’s make a summer sweet treat… strawberry hand pies! These hand pies are so so easy to make and even easier to eat on the go!

Hand pies can be made with any in-season fruit… but strawberries ripe and ready now…

I adapted this recipe from Martha Stewart’s hand pie recipe. It’s the best hand pie dough I have ever used. So easy!

STRAWBERRY HAND PIES
2 cups fresh strawberries, hulled and cut in quarters
2 TBS sugar
1 TBS cornstarch
1/2 tsp grated lemon peel
flour, for work space
2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp sugar
1 cup cold unsalted butter (2 sticks) cut into small cubes
1/4 to 1/2 cup ice water
1 egg, lightly beaten
sanding sugar (or regular sugar)

Put strawberries, 2 TBS sugar, lemon peel and cornstarch in a bowl and stir to incorporate and set aside.

 
 
 
 
Add 2 1/2 cups of flour, 1/2 tsp salt, 1 tsp sugar and butter in the bowl of a processor. Whirl until mixture resembles coarse meals, about 8-10 seconds.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
With the machine running, add the ice water (sans ice, please) in a slow stream through the feed tube. Pulse the dough just until it holds together. Do not add too much water or the dough will be sticky… and you don’t want sticky dough. Squeeze a small amount of dough together and if it is crumbly add just a little more water.
 
Divide the dough in two and form into discs. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour.
 
 
 
Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
 
Prepare a work surface with flour.
 
I divided each plastic wrapped disc into 3 equal parts and rolled each out so that I could cut them out with a bowl that measured 5 inches diameter. This will make one hand pie.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
I cut around the depression with a sharp knife.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Place 2 TBS of strawberries (try not to get too much juice with it) on 1/2 of each round.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Brush the egg wash around the edges of half of each round, and fold the rounds over to create half-moons.
 
Cut vents in the hand pies with a sharp knife.
 
Brush the tops with the egg wash and sprinkle liberally with sugar.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Put the hand pies on a parchment lined rimmed baking sheet.
 
 
Bake for 20-25 minutes until the crust is just golden brown.
 
 
 
 
Remover from oven and transfer the hand pies to a wire rack.
 
 
Eat warm… cold… or store them for up to four days in a airtight container.
 
They go quick… they are that good!
 
 
Recipes makes 6.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
What favorite summer fruit would you fill a hand pie with?
 
 
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    • Wow! The recipes from the past few years are printable. That would be a huge amount of work. Just cut and paste to a page. Hope this suggestion helps.

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  5. Saving this recipe, they look so good. I love your extra touches, the string around the pies …..I would like the recipe for the pumpkin for this…..hopefully the lady that mentioned making these, will share her recipe.

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  7. I tried these the other day, and they were great. For the filling I used peach, and now I will try with pumpkin. My daughter in law really liked them! will try again with another kind of filling. Thanks.

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  9. Lucky me! I live near the Winter Strawberry Capital in the U.S.! We celebrate strawberry season in February here in Florida, but twist my arm just a little, and I’m traveling north to Vermont in July for family reunion – oops, just hit strawberry season again! Awww, shucks, just will have to try this recipe! Thanks, Yvonne!

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  10. Should I put the first handpie on a cookie sheet and put in the refrig while I finish making five more? Or is it ok to let it sit on the counter while I make the rest of them? I might be kinda slow in doing this for the first time. Can’t wait to try. Looks oh so wo-nderful.

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  16. We leave in the morning for OBX or I would want to try these! They look delicious. I never have an opportunity to bake as Joe NEVER eats sweets. So I just don’t bake. Sure wish I had one of these right now!!!! XOXO

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  18. They look delicious, Yvonne! I used to love eating the fruit hand pies that – who had them years ago, Hostess? – when I was a kid. Now that I have to eat gluten free, its probably a good thing I can’t eat them. I’d have way too many!

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  22. My grandmother that passed recently used to make these with cherries. I never had the recipe so I’m happy to see you posted this. I will have to make these for my dad who loved them. Maybe for the fourth!

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  23. Love your hand pies, Yvonne!
    The styled hand pie photo looks like ‘Summer on a plate!’ I LOVE the pairing of the blue china and pink country rose tablecloth. Beautiful!!
    Thinking I might need to make these this weekend for an extra special treat. I’m a lover of blackberries, so I might change up the berries a bit ;0) Thanks for sharing!!
    Have a great weekend,
    Suzanne

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