Heart Shaped Cherry Hand Pies

heart-shaped cherry hand pie on a red and white napkin

Heart shaped cherry hand pies are perfect for your sweetheart or kids on Valentine's Day or any time of the year! You only need 4 ingredients to make these festive mini pies with a flaky crust and juicy filling. Baked in the oven, not fried.

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Prep Time 15

Cook Time 25

Total Time 40

Course Dessert

Servings hand pies

Calories 394 kcal

Equipment

Ingredients

1 unbaked pie crust homemade or from a package
1 can cherry pie filling
1 large egg
1 tablespoons sugar

Instructions

Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper but do not grease the baking sheet or the parchment paper. (Parchment paper is optional. I use it but my photographer does not, so you won't see it in the photos.)
Unroll the pie crust on a lightly floured flat surface. Use a rolling pin to flatten it slightly, to a thickness of about ¼ inch. Use the heart cookie cutter to cut out eight heart shapes.
Place four of the pie crust hearts on the baking sheet and place a spoonful of cherry pie filling in the center of each heart, spread it out across the heart but leaving about ½ inch of space at the edges of each heart.
Top each pie crust with another heart. Use a fork to seal the edges together. Cut a small X in the top of each to let the steam to escape. (This is an important step. If you don't do it, the pie will puff up from the steam trapped inside and the top crust will get distorted and my pop open, allowing the filling to leak out all over your baking sheet.)
Beat the egg with a fork, adding a few splashes of water as necessary to get it to a uniform consistency. Use a pastry brush to brush the egg wash on top of each pie, then sprinkle with sugar.
Bake pies in the preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes, or until pie crusts are golden brown.
Allow hand pies to cool completely before serving.

Notes

You could probably bake the pies without using the egg wash at the end. If you skip it, the pies will stay sort of white as they bake, and they won't get a nice golden color when they're done. The egg wash also helps them to be a little shiny, and it helps the sugar to stick. The sugar is also probably optional, but I think the egg wash and sprinkle of sugar really make the pies nice. I wouldn't ever skip them.

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Keyword baked goods, cherry, pie

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