Ingredients
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Pie Dough
- 1 favorite pie dough (store bought is fine)
Apple Filling
- 4 cups peeled and chopped apples (2 large apples or 3-4 smaller)
- 1 tbsp flour
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp all spice
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- 2 tbsp unsalted butter
- 1 tsp grated ginger
- 1/2 lemon squeezed
- 3 tbsp water
- 6 tsp crème fraîche
- 1/8 cup heavy cream (for brushing tops)
- 2-3 tbsp coarse sugar (for tops)
Instructions
Pie Dough
- Prepare pie dough as instructed and keep refrigerated until ready to use.
Hand Pies
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees and line sheet pan with parchment paper, set aside.
- Prepare filling. Mix together apples, flour, sugar, cinnamon, all-spice, salt.
- In a large skillet, heat your butter and add in apple mixture. Let cook for about 5 minutes then add in your ginger, lemon juice and water. Allow apples to soften slightly.
- Using a potato masher or fork smoosh a portion of the apples to make them a little more saucy. Keep the other half of the apples whole. The mixture should be thick, almost like a paste.
- Once combined, remove from heat and let cool slightly.
- Remove your pie dough and roll into a large rectangle about 10" x 12. Be sure to roll evenly and not too thin.
- Cut your dough into 6 even rectangles.
- Roll each rectangle slightly if needed to ensure they are even. Add 1 heaping tbsp (close to 2) in the center of each hand pie. Place a dollop of crème fraîche, about 1 tsp, toward the back of the filling.
- Fold the dough over and seal with a fork. Place on prepared sheet pan, brush heavy cream on the tops and sprinkle with coarse sugar. Make 2-3 small slits on tops.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes in the upper 1/3 of your oven. Checking to be sure browning is happening evenly on tops and bottoms.
- Remove from oven, let cool slightly and enjoy!