Fresh cherry hand pies made with frozen puff pastry dough and fresh cherries!
I'm positive your 4th of July plans include more than two people, however, hear me out: this recipe is easily scaled up to feed your crowd. Like, way too easily. And then suddenly you have hand pies for breakfast, which isn't entirely a bad thing.
I'm so dang happy right now because 1) I have a pie in my hand and 2) we will have a crowd this Wednesday night. Not only are my parents driving up for a quick visit (hooray for living close to family again!), but the Mr. and I have met some pretty wonderful people in this new city already.
I've always heard midWestern people were the nicest bunch around, and I'm happy to report it's very true.
We will be smiling from ear to ear while we cook it up for our crowd. He's in the charge of the meats on the grill (including red chile buttermilk-marinated chicken!), and I'm in charge of side dishes and dessert.
I plan on making these fresh cherry hand pies. Puff pastry makes this recipe easy peasy, and I bet you even have the other ingredients in your pantry already. I'm one of those people that always keeps puff pastry in my freezer (because you can even make puff pastry donuts with it!), but just in case you don't, I have a recipe for homemade puff pastry from scratch. And once you make your own puff pastry, you can also make ham and cheese puff pastry squares or apple turnovers. Did you know?!
Puff pastry is amazing stuff.
This recipe is a starting point for you. Simply multiply the ingredients by how many guests you have, and then bake!
I hope y'all have a wonderful 4th of July!
Dainty pies look best in rough farmer hands. Fact.
Fresh cherry mini hands pies: Recipe makes 2 hand pies, but can be doubled. This recipe easily multiplies up to feed a crowd. Enjoy! As an Amazon Associate and member of other affiliate programs, I earn from qualifying purchases.Fresh Cherry Hand Pies
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Nutrition Information:
Yield:
2
Serving Size:
1
Amount Per Serving:
Calories: 244Total Fat: 12gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 8gCholesterol: 191mgSodium: 79mgCarbohydrates: 28gFiber: 2gSugar: 16gProtein: 6g
Em (Wine and Butter) says
Your neighbours, no doubt, are counting their blessings to be close to YOU!! Happy 4th of July my love!
Erica { EricaDHouse.com } says
Awww I love family time - and pies! Have a wonderful holiday!
Carla @ Carlas Confections says
Love it in the rugged farmers hand... looks perfect :) and so do the pies!
Julie @ Table for Two says
love these hand pies! so easy to tote around and eat during a nice cookout :) glad you're fitting right on in with your new friends that you've made..who are we kidding? you're the friendliest person i know! xo
Nutmeg Nanny says
Lovely! I have a serious love for fresh cherry pie...yum!
Amanda @ Once Upon a Recipe says
Oh, they look so buttery and flaky, yum!
Kristi @ My San Francisco Kitchen says
I love this idea! Your cheesecakes look so yummy =)
Hailey @ nakedcupcakes says
These look awesome! We have a ton of blueberries leftover here, I think I just found the perfect home for them! I hope you had an awesome July 4th celebration :)
Kathy says
Hi....just made these .....what a mess.....the filling was oozing out....very liquidy...I could hardly crimp them...not pretty!.....what did I do wrong!....but tasted yummy.
Christina says
Hi Kathy,
Thanks for writing. A few things:
Did you use fresh cherries? Frozen cherries = nightmare!
Did you allow the cut cherries to sit while you prepared the dough? The cornstarch thickens the cherries while it sits. I purposefully used an extremeley high rate of cornstarch in this recipe to prevent cherry ooze. If anything, the final product should be on the dry side rather than wet.
You said you had a hard time crimping: was your dough cold? If your dough was warm or room temp, I can imagine it would be hard to handle.
Sorry you had such a difficult time, but I'm glad they were delicious regardless :)
Happy baking!,
Christina
Heidi @ Bits of Sunshine says
YUM! Totally love cherry - I think I look at your cherry fool post at least once a day :) And i think this is post will be a silmiar thing for me :) Love the rugged hands!