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Strawberry Hand Pies

Strawberry Cheesecake Hand Pies

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Course Dessert
Servings 10 Pies

Equipment

  • Parchment Paper
  • Baking Sheets
  • Zester
  • Paring Knife
  • Fork
  • Pastry Brush

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups strawberries
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 Zest of a lemon
  • 1 tbsp corn starch
  • 1 juice of a lemon (or 2 tbsp water)
  • 2 store bought pie crust
  • 2-3 tbsp sugar in the raw

Instructions
 

  • Cook strawberries and sugar in a heavy bottom skillet.
  • After 4-5 mins Smash up the berries.
  • Let it reduce to a jam consistency.
  • Add in the slurry (cornstarch plus lemon juice OR water)
  • Cut pie crust into 5 inch circles using a small bowl
  • Place dough on parchment lined trays.
  • Smooth on one tsp cream cheese to the center of the dough.
  • Add 1 tsp of the strawberry jam to the center.
  • Brush Egg wash (1 egg + 1 tsp water) on the outer rim of a second piece of dough.
  • Place that dough circle on top of the circle with the filling and use a form to seal the edges.
  • Brush the top with egg wash and sprinkle on Sugar in the Raw.
  • Vent the top crust, with a small slit.
  • Bake in 375-degree oven for 18-20 mins or until golden brown.

Notes

You could use premade strawberry preserves for this recipe and have a super quick pie snack.
While making the jam from scratch it will be important to keep stirring the mixture in the pot as it cooks because it can and will burn.
Once the slurry is added the mixture will thicken quickly.
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