Strawberry Hand Pies
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Strawberry Hand Pies:
Today are making some adorable and delicious strawberry hand pies. Yum!
For those of you who are new to IBC, I’m using this year to perfect my pie making skills with my series “A Year of Pie.”
After trying a few more traditional pies, I’m now having fun mixing things up with unique takes on classic recipes.
My latest creations are these delicious Strawberry Hand Pies.
Since spring and summer are refusing to show their faces around PA (and I say spring and summer because usually winter is so long that spring lasts about a week and then summer is here.), I decided to take matters into my own hands and bring summer to my house.
For me, when it comes to fruit, there is nothing more summery than strawberries. And seriously, who doesn’t want a pie that you can hold in your hands.
How To Make Strawberry Hand Pies:
Begin by preheating your oven to 400 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with a silicone mat or parchment paper and set aside.
Next, in a medium bowl, combine strawberries, sugar, cornstarch, and vanilla and set aside.
Working with half of your prepared pie dough at a time, on a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough until it is about 1/8 inch thick. Using a 6-inch cookie cutter (or round bowl or plate with a 6-inch diameter), begin cutting out your rounds. Repeat with the remaining half of the dough.
Form any excess dough back into a ball, roll out and cut again. Repeat this until you’ve used as much dough as possible.
With all of the rounds cut, in a small bowl, whisk together the egg and water. Lightly brush this around the edges of each pie dough round. Then, place about 2 – 3 tablespoons of the strawberry filling onto one-half of each round. Fold the opposite side of the dough round over to enclose forming a half circle.
Using a fork, gently press the edges together to seal; then pierce the top of each pie to allow any steam to escape. Brush the tops of each hand pie with the egg wash and then generously sprinkle each with sanding sugar.
Bake for about 20 to 25 minutes until the pies are golden brown. Transfer the pies to a wire rack to cool slightly before serving.
And that’s it! Adorable and delicious little hand pies!
While these are delicious on their own, if you like a little more sweetness, serve them with a scoop of ice cream. You could also drizzle them with a sugar glaze. Yum! However, for this recipe, I just opted with a little sanding sugar on top.
I really like to serve these Strawberry Hand Pies at an informal brunch. They are also great for a picnic or even a delicious homemade snack on the road. While I love the strawberry filling, you can easily substitute whatever fruit you’d like.
Looking for More Pie Recipes? Try These:
- Salted Caramel Honeycrisp Apple Pie
- Blackberry Pear Pie
- Berry Hand Pies
- Mini Skillet Blueberry Pies
- Strawberry Rhubarb Pie
- Cinnamon Sugar Pie Crust Cookies
Whatever kind of filling you choose, you are sure to enjoy them!
Strawberry Hand Pie Recipe:
Strawberry Hand Pies
Ingredients
- 1 Homemade Pie Crust My favorite recipe is linked in the NOTES below.
- 3 cups strawberries cut into 1/2-inch pieces
- 4 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoon water
- 1/4 cup sanding sugar for garnish
Instructions
- Begin by preheating your oven to 400 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with a silicone mat or parchment paper and set aside.
- Next, in a medium bowl, combine strawberries, sugar, cornstarch, and vanilla and set aside.
- Working with half of your prepared pie dough at a time, on a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough until it is about 1/8 inch thick. Using a 6-inch cookie cutter (or round bowl or plate with a 6-inch diameter), begin cutting out your rounds. Repeat with the remaining half of the dough. Form any excess dough back into a ball, roll out and cut again. Repeat this until you've used as much dough as possible.
- With all of the rounds cut, in a small bowl, whisk together the egg and water. Lightly brush this around the edges of each pie dough round. Then, place about 2 - 3 tablespoons of the strawberry filling onto one-half of each round. Fold the opposite side of the dough round over to enclose forming a half circle. Using a fork, gently press the edges together to seal; then pierce the top of each pie to allow any steam to escape. Brush the tops of each hand pie with the egg wash and then generously sprinkle each with sanding sugar.
- Bake for about 20 to 25 minutes until the pies are golden brown. Transfer the pies to a wire rack to cool slightly before serving.
These look delicious, please tell me the recipe for the crust. Yours looks wonderful.
Thank you.
For this recipe I just used store bought. However, you can find my pie crust recipe here: https://inspiredbycharm.com/2014/03/ibcs-go-to-pie-crust.html
xo Michael
Have you frozen these before? Would you suggest freezing before or after baking? Thanks!
About how many hand pies does one recipe make? Thanks!
I’ll answer my own question, since I made these yesterday. The recipe makes about 12. I made it twice and did not roll out one section of dough enough to get the 6 that the other 3 sections produced. Great recipe, though!
What is Sanding sugar?
Can you use crescent roll dough to make these?? They look awesome but dont have pie dough on hand.
You make the pie dough! There is a link to the recipe. Flour, butter, salt, water- easy.
This is my SECOND time I have made these. Just made them tonight. This is one of those recipes you keep going back to time and time again, thanks!!!!!
These are so cute! I made some last night, but I used the all butter crust from your apple pie recipe instead of the go-to crust and they turned out great! So yummy and just the right amount of sweetness. Will definitely be making more of your recipes. Keep up the great work! 🙂
I cannot wait to try this recipe! I have some rhubarb these days – have you ever done this as a strawberry rhubarb hand pie?
I think this would be a great alternative to pop tarts which my grandchildren like and I won’t allow them to eat.
These look delicious!!! I can only think of one thing to make them better: a little bit of cream cheese inside lol..They look easy too!
Can’t wait to see your CA pics..Were you here in L.A.? If so, I would have loved to have met you!:)
Trying to catch up here on your blog..haven’t been online much lately.
Love! Your Year of Pies is the best.
Well, those are the cutest!
These look so cute, and I’m sure they taste delicious! I love anything strawberry and usually just polish ’em off plain right from the package, so I can only imagine how much I’d love them baked into a hand pie. Also, the name “hand pie” is adorable.
They’re so sweet- perfect for a picnic or a summer party. I feel ya on the winter thing. I live in northern VA but work in Philly and its been miserable in both places. Longest winter. ever. This week is supposed to be gorgeous though. Hope you got your summer fix in CA!
These pies look delicious! Pinning and hopefully Ill get to make them soon!
I’m inspired. Love desserts with Strawberries.
I rarely make pies because my husband doesn’t like them. I love them but if I make one, I know I will eat the whole thing by myself. This is a great way to make my own personal pies. I love the idea of making these for a brunch as well.
This is so funny. Yesterday I just made cherry hand pies. Your crust looks much better. I will definitely try these in a week or two. Thanks Michael for another (I bet) great recipe.
These look SO good!
These look delicious! Have I lost your pin it button or is it just me? I need to pin it so I can make these later.