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Apple Hand Pies with Edible Flowers

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Servings: 16 mini pies
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 2 large sheets of puff pastry
  • 1 egg, lightly beaten
  • edible flowers for topping, optional
For Apple Filling:
  • 3 Cosmic Crisp apples
  • 1/4 cup maple syrup or honey will work
  • 3 Tbsp water
  • 2 Tbsp butter
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 Tbsp + 1 tsp cornstarch + 2 Tbsp milk for slurry
For glaze:
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 Tbsp milk
  • 1/8 tsp pitaya powder use more for a darker color

Method
 

  1. Preheat the oven to 400°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper
Make the filling:
  1. Peel, core, and finely dice the apples.
  2. Melt butter and cinnamon in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir in apples, syrup & water.
  3. Cover and cook stirring occasionally until very slightly softened. about 4-5 min then add the slurry. stir continuously and cook until the filling is thickened. 
  4. Turn the heat off and let the filling cool down completely.
Make the hand pies:
  1. Roll out the pie dough and using a circle cutter or cup, cut out 16-20 circles/disc. (depends on how big your cutter is)
  2. Add about a tbsp of apple pie filling to each disc laid out on the baking sheet and top with another disc. Seal off the edges using a fork, then cut 2 slits on top of each pie.
  3. Finally, brush each pie with egg wash and bake for 18-20 minutes or until they are golden brown.
  4. Remove the pies from the oven and set them aside to cool.
  5. Combine all ingredients to make the glaze. Then dip each (cooled) hand pie into the glaze coating the top part only (like how it’s shown in the video on insta). 
  6. Return to parchment paper and to finish it off, top with edible blooms (optional) then allow the glaze to set.
  7. Serve and enjoy!