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Blueberry Hand Pies
These blueberry hand pies combined homemade filling with store-bought crust for a simple recipe that tastes completely homemade.
Course
Dessert
Cuisine
American
Prep Time
20
minutes
minutes
Cook Time
30
minutes
minutes
Total Time
50
minutes
minutes
Servings
10
Hand Pies
Calories
185
kcal
Equipment
Heavy bottom saucepan
parchment paper
baking sheet
cooling rack
small bowl
Wooden spoon
Rolling Pin
Ingredients
2
cups
fresh or frozen blueberries
⅔
cup
sugar
Zest of one lemon
Juice of one lemon
3
tablespoons
Mascarpone cheese
1
tablespoon
corn starch + ¼ cup water
1
store bought pie crust package
with 2 crusts
1
egg + 1 tsp water
2
tablespoons
Sugar in the raw
or any sugar
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 375
Cook berries, lemon juice, and sugar in a heavy bottom skillet on medium high heat. After about 4-5 mins, smash up the berries.
Mix the cornstarch and water together creating a slurry.
Pour that mixture over into the pot and stir.
Cook on medium low heat allowing it to reduce to a jam consistency. Let sit for 7-10 mins.
Using a small bowl and a knife, cut out circles of the pie crust.
Make the circles as close together as possible.
Roll up any additional dough and roll it out to make more circles.
Place dough on parchment lined trays.
Create an Egg wash (1 egg + 1 tsp water) to seal.
Fill each circle with 1 tsp jam + 1 tsp mascarpone cheese.
Fold over and close with fork
Vent the top of the crust with a small slit.
Brush the top with egg wash and Sprinkle with sugar.
Bake at 375 to 20-25 mins.
Notes
Be careful to not overfill your hand pies or the filling will ooze out as they bake.
Nutrition
Serving:
1
Hand Pie
|
Calories:
185
kcal
|
Carbohydrates:
29
g
|
Protein:
2
g
|
Fat:
7
g
|
Saturated Fat:
3
g
|
Polyunsaturated Fat:
1
g
|
Monounsaturated Fat:
2
g
|
Trans Fat:
0.002
g
|
Cholesterol:
21
mg
|
Sodium:
79
mg
|
Potassium:
46
mg
|
Fiber:
1
g
|
Sugar:
19
g
|
Vitamin A:
103
IU
|
Vitamin C:
3
mg
|
Calcium:
14
mg
|
Iron:
1
mg