Dessert Recipe: APPLE & PEAR HAND PIES

Sometimes I get those dessert cravings and since I had some fruit in the fruit bowl and a box of puff pastry sheets in the freezer, I knew exactly what to make! It’s an easy and tasty treat that combines the sweet-tart flavor of a granny smith apple and bosc pear. You can practically add any fruit filling but to try out this one out, keeping scrolling for the recipe and enjoy!

Dessert Recipe: APPLE & PEAR HAND PIES

 

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Recipe type: dessert recipe

Serves: 5

Ingredients

• 1 Granny Smith Apple
• 1 Bosc Pear
• 1 Puff Pastry Sheet
• ⅓ cup, Sugar
• 1 tbsp, Cinnamon
• ½ tsp, Ground Allspice
• ¼ tsp, Nutmeg
• 1, Lemon (juice and zest)
• 1 tbsp, Butter
• 1, egg
• Cinnamon Sugar, for dusting

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. While you thaw one puff pastry sheet, dice your apple and pear into small cubes and place in a bowl. Combine the sugar, spices, half of a lemon juice and zest; toss to combine.
2. In a small saucepan, over medium-high heat pour the apple and pear mixture into the pot. As it comes to a boil, stir occasionally until apples and pears are soft but not mushy. Remove saucepan from heat and set aside.
3. In a small bowl, lightly whisk the white part of the egg; set aside.
4. On a lightly floured surface, unfold the pastry sheet and slice down lengthwise in three equal slices. With each long slice, you are going to slice 4 equal squares. You should have a total of 12 squares. Each square is for a top and a bottom. This will give you 5 hand pies.
5. Line a baking pan with Parchment Paper and place your pastry squares on top. Lightly brush the egg white on all sides of each pastry square.
6. Scoop a spoonful of the apple and pear mixture in the middle of five pastry squares; take the remaining squares and place each one on top of filled ones and use the back of the fork to seal the edges. Brush each pastry top with egg white and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.
7. Bake until pastry puff is brown. Let cool on wire rack before serving.

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