This Easy Apple Hand Pie Recipe is the quickest way to enjoy a damn good individual no-nonsense apple pie. Made with home-made pastry crust this Apple Hand Pie is gorgeous, quick and easy.
Hello there, hope you are doing great as we commence into this year’s A to Z Challenge. As I told you in my last post I am going to do a Dessert A Day Challenge where I am going to share 26 lip-smacking yet easy dessert recipes throughout April. It’s all going to be a lot of fun – dessert recipes from A to Z! So what do I have on the very first day for A. What do you learn first in your kindergarten – A for Apple B for Banana – I am sticking to that and I do have A for Apple today! I’m going to share an Easy Apple Hand Pie Recipe today which is fresh, quick, homemade and very easy to make. You need fewer ingredients and you can make it ahead if you are serving the hand pies at a tea party. I like this Easy Apple Hand Pie Recipe because they are individual pies, they are rustic and you don’t have to spend much time in decorating them. So let’s find out how we make our Apple Hand Pies.
Pastry Dough for our Easy Apple Hand Pie Recipe
I want to use loads of fruits in my recipes for this challenge because my one and half year old is also a consumer of these! When he sasses me with no-eating-fruit face I use them up in some dessert or bake them. With this apple hand pie, though – he was very happy with the pastry crust!
This is a simple homemade pastry crust using flour and butter. Check my Best flaky pastry dough recipe post for the recipe of this pastry crust.
Apple Filling for the Easy Apple Hand Pie Recipe
This apple hand pie recipe is so laid-back and rustic anyone can make it. All you need is apples, sugar, and a dash of cinnamon for the filling. In a saucepan add in chopped apples and pour granulated sugar on top of it and leave it for 5 minutes. It will turn into a golden caramel apple goodness. Stir in between so that the caramel is not sticking to the bottom of the pan. Add a dash of cinnamon powder – I prefer grating a fresh cinnamon stick – I like the aroma of it.
From here you be creative and add varieties to the recipe with raisins, sultanas, dried cranberries or whatever you like in the filling. Once the apples are soft turn off heat and keep aside.
Arrange the Apple Hand Pies
Roll out your pastry dough on a well-floured work top. Using a bowl make two discs out of the rolled pastry dough. Place one disc on a parchment lined baking tray. Place a spoon full of filling at the center of the pastry dough and cover it with the other discs. Seal the edges around by pressing a fork. Use the fork to make some pokes on top of the pie so that the steam can come out. Give a quick egg wash and pop it in a pre-heated oven. Bake for 15 -20 minutes at 220C / 425F for 20 minutes.
Vegan option
If you want to make it completely vegan, skip the egg wash and give a milk wash to get the golden glow!
How can you serve your Apple Hand Pies?
These little apple hand pies are good to go alone as they are. But if you want to get creative you can serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, or a drizzle of maple syrup or caramel syrup. The one and a half men enjoyed just like that – the rustic way.
- Filling
- Red Apple / Cooking Apple – 1, peeled and chopped
- Sugar – 1/2 cup
- Cinnamon powder – 1/2 teaspoon
- Dry Fruits – 2 tablespoons (optional)
- Pastry Dough
- AFP Flour – 1 cup sifted
- Butter – 1/3rd cup chilled and chopped in small bite size pieces
- Chilled Water – 2-3 tablespoons for combining dough
]]]]]
]]
- Pre-heat oven at 220C/425 F
- Line baking sheet with a baking sheet / parchment paper
- Add butter to flour and crumble them with your fingers
- Once crumbled add flour to your work surface and bring the crumble togetherA
- Add chilled water to incorporate everything together
- Do not knead
- Once combined wrap in a cling film and fut in freezer for 15 minutes
- Take out after 15 minutes and roll out on a floured surface
- Use a bowl to make round discs
- Place one disc on the lined baking tray
- Add spoonful filling in the center
- Cover with the second disc and press the edges with a fork to seal the edges
- Make slits/holes on top of the hand pies to let steam out
- Give a good egg wash
- If you want a vegan option – brush with milk
- Bake for 20 minutes at 220C/425F
- Cool for 15 minutes
- Serve as it is or with a scoop of ice cream
Pin it for Later
#FoodieTina Food Blog Hop
This year A to Z Challenge doesn’t have a list of bloggers with their Blog links which in turn is making it difficult to find out niche blogs. I want to find out as many food blogs, participating in this challenge as possible. So this April, if you are writing about food – recipes, food stories, your favorite food or anything that says food join the #FoodieTina Food Blog Hop and find for a niche reading. The linky will be open for the entire week. Just add this line at the end of your post.
I am joining #FoodieTina for a Foodie April for the A to Z Challenge 2017.
I am participating in the A to Z Challenge 2017. Are you too?
Did You want more Apple Recipes?
I am pretty much an apple fan when they are baked to perfections. If you enjoyed the Apple Hand Pie Recipe you might like these apple recipes too. Have a look.
Mini Apple Pies
Mouth watering 😀 I’m too lazy though, can your parcel a couple of them to my address :p
LOL Anmol. Come to Bangalore once will make some for you. Thank you for dropping by.
Tina, you’re a cooking wizard or what. This looks way too scrumptious and my palette seems to be calling for it 😍
Hehehe Thank you Seema, I just enjoy baking and doing up new things for the family. Nothing more than that. Thank you for dropping by.
Okay. These pictures are delightful! And I second Anmol!! We want parcels!!
Doctor drop down to Bangalore someday we’ll have a foodie party
I was looking for your posts Dessert Queen and was happy to find your mini Apple Pies . Will definitely try these out once the madness of the AtoZ is over. But I will feast my eyes on your gorgeously sinful creations and just drool.
Thank you Sunita – Dessert Queen is an overwhelming title though, I am still learning a lot of things from a lot of people. Thank you fro dropping by.
Looks so yum
will try it soon
well written. Thanks for sharing Amazing Guide to your First Menstrual Period
Thank you Dew. Hopping over to your post.
Yum yum yummy, Tina and the pics are so good! I love Apple Pies and as you know I dread baking. So please send me some over 😀
Baking is actually easy as long as you keep the measurement, timing and temp okay. Thank you Shalini. Drop by Bangalore some day
this looks so good Tina 😀 and simple enough for me to try as well 😀 Love it.
It’s actually pretty simple. Thank you for the Love Raj.
I love baked stuff! Some day, I really want to try making bread at home. I hate the kind we get in the market here. Are you going to post recipes all through April? Oh man! I am on a weight-reduction diet currently! 🙁
I am actually posting dessert a day. That diet thing is kept in the shelf this month in my house! Thanl you for dropping by
Alas, no recipes on my blog about my developmentally disabled brother in law, although, if I can get my mother in law’s chicken divan recipe in time (my brother in law’s favorite dish) maybe I would post it for “C”. Maybe I’ll do it anyway!
That would be great – ill get to see a new recipe. Thanks for dropping by
I love apple pie. Pinned this! I am the most terrible crust maker – but perhaps, when I retire, learning how to make good pie crust will be on my bucket list.
This is a delicious post, Tina. I made apple crumble yesterday and am a huge fan of anything that involves fruit. Looking forward to reading the entire A to Z desserts. What if I don’t want to use egg? (referring to the egg wash).
Hugs! How joyful when your little one enjoys what you make!
I love desserts with fruit too Vidya and there will be many more desserts with fruits in this challenge. You can skip the egg and brush some milk. Thanks for dropping by
I am craving for apple pie now and it is my family’s favourite. I love any dessert with cinnamon. This looks like an easy recie. Will surely try.
I’m a big fan of using fruits in baking and apples top that list because family loves the Apple pie and the Apple crumble to the crumbs.
Those gorgeous pictures have tempted me to bake an apple pie over the weekend, love your mini pies that could make for a delightful snack for kids and are so much easier to make than the traditional pie.
I’d be around all month, checking out your daily dessert posts.
Good Luck, Tina!
I loved the recipe .Now hopping over to the pie crust to check it out.Looks like the best way to bake and not add to the waist line
Yummy yummy yummy – I want to eat it right away.
Anger #Lexicon of Leaving
I have lost count of the times i’ve told you I wish i was your padosi, Tina! Once more!
These looks scrumptious, Tina!
hehehe, next time we meet – for sure! thank you M
They look so yummy.Hope to taste these made by you someday in one of the BlogChatter meet. Good luck 🙂
Tinaaaa !!! I am speechless …looks so yummmm
I never made pies or crumbles but this yummy looking easy to make recipe is boosting me to try these. Thanks for sharing the recipe Tina.
Lovely food pics- made me drool over.
Tina, you are not supposed to post such drool worthy pictures, here someone is trying to reduce the weight gained during the shadi!
On a serious note, I love apple pies, will try this and get back to you. 🙂
Wow! I love the pictures. This looks delicious. I wonder how you manage all this with a one and half year old child. Great going, Tina!
heheh I know, sometimes I have to click the photos with him clinging n to me – he wants to see everything happening in the kittchen. Thanks for dropping by
I might write : share a few recipes but not sure so. It linking as yet!
Wow this apple pie looks yum and the pictorial helps! A Lot!
Point 1 : Your pics just looks so yummy !!
Point 2 : I need a free home delivery of the 27 desserts you are gonna cook this month !!! 😀
Point 3 : Loved the post- presentation; and your pics especially !! You are a pro Tina 🙂
Wishing you a happy A-Z month :))
Yummilicious!! I am sure I will be baking a cake at the end of April!Keep it going
Never tired. Will definitely try my hands in this.
My mouth is well and truly watering now… wonderful! Liz, from Extraordinary women http://www.lizbrownleepoet.com
Absolutely Bang on Chef……that looks so “doable” for somebody like me who cannot be too adept in the kitchen. But I am going to try this with different types of stuffings. what say?
Aww…looks yummy n sumptuous…will try this recipe
Tina I just died, died died. Went to heaven, went to heaven, went to heaven. I have drool all over my face and keyboard. If your A post is so sumptuous, I don’t know what we are headed for in the next 25 days. I loveeee apple pies, and desserts, but I’m trying to cut down on sugar. So this is going to be a tough A-Z challenge, with such delectable pictures and recipes, but I guess time to test my will power and I’ll make do with my cravings virtually 🙂
natashamusing
Travel Epiphanies:
Boisterous Fruit Bats
They look yummy! Since I am a sugarholic in recovery, I will share your delicious recipes with my daughter and live vicariously through her tastebuds. I am sending her a link for the Apple Hand Pies!
Thank you so much Trudy. I am a sugarholic too – with no recovery yet! LOL