🩷 Shaped Hand 🥧’s

Tried these super cute heart hand pies at home and this is how they turned out. Not exactly perfect but they were so delicious 😋!!

What do you think! 💭

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Ingredients:

* 14 oz. box pre-made pie crust (containing two sheets)

* 12 oz fresh raspberries

* ⅔ cup granulated sugar

* 1 ½ tablespoons cornstarch

* Zest of one lemon

* ½ teaspoon cinnamon

Egg Wash

* 1 egg

* 1 tablespoon milk

* Turbinado sugar (optional)

Instructions:

1. Make your raspberry filling

Add 12 oz of washed and dried raspberries to a pan. Add in the lemon zest, sugar, cornstarch, and cinnamon. Cook over medium heat for about 6-10 minutes until the raspberries have broken down and the jam is saucy. Allow your raspberry filling to cool for to room temperature.

2. Prepare and cut your pie dough

One of the best parts of using pre-made pie dough is that you don't even need to roll it out. Pre-made pie crusts usually come with 2 sheets of dough that have already been rolled out to the proper thickness and are ready to use. Use a 3.5" heart-shaped (or any shape of your choosing) cutter for the pie crusts, and cut out the crusts one sheet at a time. You should be able to get about 8 cutouts from each sheet. *Note: You can to re-roll out some of your scrap dough to possibly get 9-10 hand pies.

Place the first layer from the first sheet of dough onto a cookie sheet and pop into the fridge while cutting out the second sheet. Repeat the same steps for cutting out the second sheet of pie crusts. These will be used for the tops of the hand pies. Once they're all cut out, carefully make small slits in the middle of the hearts. You can make an "X" or two parallel lines next to one another in the center of each one.

3. Filling and prepping the hand pies

Start by grabbing the tray of bottom crusts from the fridge. Next, make the egg wash that you will use to help seal the pies together, as well as brush on top before baking. For the egg wash, beat together one egg with 2 tablespoons of milk. Scoop about 1 ½-2 tablespoons or so of raspberry jam into the middle of each heart, making sure to keep a little space from the edges. Repeat for all of the bottom crusts. Now, you'll need to brush the inside edge of your pie crust with egg wash.

Carefully place the top heart crusts onto each pie. Gently press the outside edge of the crust on with your finger. Then, use a fork to crimp/press the edges tightly down around the entire pie. Note: Be sure to press and seal the top "V" of the heart very well. The raspberry jam will seep out while baking if not sealed all the way.Repeat for all of the pies. Brush the tops of the pies with the remaining egg wash. Sprinkle the tops with turbinado sugar, if desired.

4. Baking the hand pies

Pop the hand pies into a 375°F preheated oven. Bake for 20-25 minutes, until the tops of the pies are nice and golden brown. Allow pies to cool for at least 15 minutes once out of the oven.