Homemade Hand Pies: Secret Recipe Club
It’s hard to believe how fast time goes. I am already on the second month of the Secret Recipe Club that was created by Amanda’s Cooking to bring together food bloggers. Last month I shared Chocolate Doughnuts. We are assigned another food blogger, we dive into their blog and “try” to decide what to bake, cook and share with our readers.
My secret blogger this month is Jen from Beantown Baker! Jen and I have actually met in real life, last Fall when while in New York City for the I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter Holiday Bake-off. Jen is an amazing baker! Did you see the Snitch Cake Pops that I shared last week? Yep, those were Jen’s! When I spotted these Strawberry Hand Pies I knew right away I wanted to give them a try. I followed Jen’s recipe for the pastry dough, and I agree with her, the dough is easy to work with and taste really good too.
One of the reasons I wanted to give the Hand Pies a try, besides the fact they looked amazing, is that I received some Oregon Fruit last week. I first found out about Oregon Fruit when I attended BlogHer Food Conference in Atlanta a couple months ago. They sell lots of different fruits, Blueberries, Blackberries and Cherries to name a few.
Let’s make some Homemade Hand Pies…
After mixing the pastry dough {recipe below}, roll it out and cut with a 2 or 3 inch round cutter. I used an antique cutter that has a scalloped edge, but a plain round cutter works perfect too. The dough should be 1/3 to 1/2 inch thick.
After the circles are cut, roll each of them as thin as possible, trying to keep them as round as you can.
I made Cherry and Blueberry filling. This filling is also REALLY good on french toast, pancakes or even on your ice cream sundae! Jen made her Hand Pies with Strawberry filling. If you happen to have extra strawberries, grab her recipe for Strawberry Hand Pies.
Homemade Hand Pies
Ingredients
- Pastry Dough
- 2 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 6 tablespoons shortening
- 3/4 cup milk
- 1 beaten egg mixed with 1-2 teaspoons water
- Filling
- 1 can Oregon Fruit {cherries, blueberries or other fruit}
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1/3 - 1/2 cup sugar
Instructions
- Pastry Dough Instructions
- In a large bowl, whisk together dry ingredients
- Cut in shortening with a pastry blender or your hands
- Make a well in the middle and add the milk, mix with a spatula until combined
- Turn dough onto floured table, and knead about 10-20 times
- Roll out, turning often so it does not stick, until dough is about 1/3 - 1/2 inch thick
- Cut with a round cookie cutter
- Roll each circle until thin
- Cherry or Blueberry Filling
- Drain fruit, and pour juice or water into a heavy saucepan
- Whisk in cornstarch
- Add fruit and cook until thick and bubbly
- Use a potato masher to break down fruit
- Let filling cool {you can put it in the fridge to hurry up the cooling}
- Add 1-2 tablespoons of fruit to middle of pastry dough circle
- Brush with egg and water mixture
- Fold over and seal with a fork {dip fork into flour if it gets sticky}
- Brush outside with egg and water mixture
- Using a sharp knife, cut 2 or 3 small slits in pie
- Bake at 350 degrees for about 20 - 25 minutes or until golden brown
Nutrition Information:
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 0Total Fat: 0g
Disclosure: Oregon Fruit sent me some fruit to try. They did not pay me to post or require that I share with my readers. The opinions are all my own.
Gratitude Journal: I’m thankful for my safe return from Colorado, where I attended the Savvy Blogging Summit and learned a TON!!
These pies are ADORABLE! They make me smile. 🙂 Also, you asked about the Matchbox ice cream truck. It is Matchbox brand and I found it at Wal Mart! I’m sure Target would have it too. Good luck. <3
Thanks so much for letting me know about the ice cream truck Lisa! So glad you like to pies too.
~Liz
Beantown Baker is a fun blog and your pies are gorgeous. How much fun is the SRC???
Dessert on the go! My kind of thing for sure =)
I love reading Jen’s blog and this was a perfect choice for SRC!
These hand pies are so fun for picnics!
So fun to be in the Secret Recipe Club with you. This looks amazing 🙂
These look yummy! I’ll take a blueberry one please 😉
Yum! I have seen these on Jen’s site and I have been wanting to give them a try for a while now. Great job, they look fabulous!
These look delicious! I will definitely have to try them! This was so much fun doing the SRC – I am really looking forward to doing it again next month!
Love the first picture of the pies in the basket! I want to try my hand at making these. I think that they would go over well in lunchboxes this school year.
These look fabulous and sound amazing!! I can hardly wait to make them. Great SRC entry!
Your homemade pies look amazing! Found this from the The Secret Recipe Club blog hop 🙂
Thanks for the kind words! So funny you got paired with someone you knew. Every month (this is my 3rd month doing SRC), I’ve gotten a blog that I’ve never even heard of. Love you pics!
These look delicious. Have eaten many hand pies but never ones I have made…think its about time!
Oh…these homemade pies look gorgeous..have to try this out. Lovely SRC entry.
I saw these before and have been wanting to make them and you’ve inspired me further.
I’d love for you to check out my SRC recipe this month: Holy Guacamole.
Lisa~~
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I recently made Jen’s hand pies too. So easy an delicious!