Kiss old-fashioned pies goodbye and use this charming recipe to bring some festive fun to your table this holiday season. The large tree or star cookie cutters are perfect for making sweetly shaped pies that are sure to be a crowd pleaser.
Pie has been a staple on tables since the Middle Ages, even moonlighting as a breakfast food. (Yeah, I know, that was kind of an oxymoron). This recipe brings the enduring dessert to a whole new frontier, eliminating the need for forks and fuss. Use your Silicone Wonder® Mat to make cleanup easy as pie.
Holiday Hand Pies
Ingredients
- 2 9"/23 cm refrigerated pie crusts
- ½ cup desired canned pie filling, roughly chopped if containing large piece such as apple
- ½ tsp. Cinnamon-Vanilla Seasoning
- 1 tsp. granulated sugar
- 1 tbsp. unsalted butter, melted
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400° F/200° C.
- Place pie crusts on Pastry Sheet and use tree holiday cookie cutter* to cut out pie crust. 2 trees make 1 pie. It may be necessary to reroll excess dough to make 3 pies using 1 crust.
- Place 1 tbsp. pie filling on top of tree shape and place another tree shape over filling. Gently press edges together using tines of a fork.
- Using fork, pierce the top pie crust a few times.
- Brush top of pie with melted butter and sprinkle with seasoning and sugar.
- Place Silicone Wonder® Mat on a cookie sheet and place pies on Silicone Wonder® Mat. Bake 12 minutes or until golden brown.
Notes
The large star shape also works to make hand pies, however, use ½ tbsp. of filling instead.
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