I love the idea of pie as a finger food! That’s why I had a time making this strawberry hand pies recipe. I cook down ripe strawberries into a thick juicy compote then spoon that into buttery pie dough rounds before baking them up all golden and flaky. I even make an adorable pink strawberry powdered sugar to dust on top. They are the cutest and straight up the tastiest.
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How to Make Strawberry Hand Pies
Step 1: In a medium sized bowl, add flour, sugar and salt and whisk together to combine. Next add butter cubes to flour and using your pastry cutter, cut the butter into the flour mixture until various sized crumbs appear.
Step 2: Slowly add the cold water into the flour until a ball of dough forms. Start with 1/2 cup and add more water if you need it. Knead the dough quickly to bring it together. Don’t worry if there is any flour left in the bowl. Remove the dough from the bowl, cut into 3 or 4 sections and round into balls. Cover each ball tightly with plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator for 30-45 minutes to rest.
Step 3: Then in a small pot, heat strawberries, sugar, and cornstarch over medium heat. Stir together and bring to a boil for about 15 seconds. Remove pot from heat then add vanilla, orange zest and salt and stir in. Allow the strawberries to cool to room temp.
Step 4: Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Whisk together egg and water and set aside. Remove dough from the fridge and add a bit of flour to a working surface. Using a rolling pin, roll dough out to about 1/4 inch thickness. Cut out circles using a 3 inch cutter. Spoon about ¾ to 1 ½ tablespoons of filling onto one half of each circle of dough.
Step 5: Brush a little egg wash around the outside of the dough circle and place another circle directly on top. Seal each hand pie by pressing the edges of the dough together.
Step 6: With the tines of a fork then add tiny slits to the top of each pie. Place back in the refrigerator for about 20-25 minutes to firm up before baking. Before baking, brush with egg wash.
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Step 7: Once firm, bake for about 30-35 minutes or until golden brown and puffed. (If you made super thick dough, you would have to bake for up to 40 minutes). Cool until room temperature or just warm.
Step 8: Add freeze-dried strawberries and powdered sugar to your food processor.
Step 9: Pulse until the mixture turns into a fine powder.
Step 10: Sprinkle pies with powdered sugar and serve.
Strawberry Hand Pies Recipe
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Ingredients
For the Crust
- 2 1/2 cup all purpose flour
- 2 tsp granulated sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 cup very cold unsalted butter cut in cubes
- 1/2 cup very cold water up to 2/3 cup if you need it
For the Strawberries
- 3 3/4 cup strawberries (about 1.5 lb) hulled and sliced
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 tbsp cornstarch
- 1 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 3/4 tsp orange zest
- 1/2 tsp salt
For Assembly
- 1 large egg
- 2 tbsp water
For Strawberry Powdered Sugar
- 1 1/2 cup freeze dried strawberries
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar
Instructions
For the Crust
- In a medium sized bowl, add flour, sugar and salt and whisk together to combine.
- Next add butter cubes to flour and using your pastry cutter, cut the butter into the flour mixture until various sized crumbs appear.
- Slowly add the cold water into the flour until a ball of dough forms. Start with 1/2 cup and add more water if you need it. Knead the dough quickly to bring it together. Don't worry if there is any flour left in the bowl.
- Remove the dough from the bowl, cut into 3 or 4 sections and round into balls. Cover each ball tightly with plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator for 30-45 minutes to rest.
For the Strawberries
- In a small pot, heat strawberries, sugar, and cornstarch over medium heat. Stir together until combined and bring to a boil for about 15 seconds.
- Remove pot from heat then add vanilla, orange zest and salt and stir in. Allow the strawberries to cool to room temperature.
To Assemble
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
- Whisk together egg and water and set aside.
- Remove dough from the fridge and add a bit of flour to a working surface or clean counter and place dough on it.
- Using a rolling pin, quickly roll dough out to about 1/4 inch thickness.
- Cut out circles using a large cutter the size of about 3 inch circumference.
- Spoon about ¾ to 1 ½ tablespoons of the strawberry filling onto one half of each circle of dough.
- Brush a little egg wash around the outside of the dough circle and place another circle directly on top.
- Seal each hand pie by pressing the edges of the dough together with the tines of a fork then add tiny slits to the top of each pie.
- Place back in the refrigerator for about 20-25 minutes to firm up before baking. Before baking brush with egg wash.
- Once firm, bake for about 30-35 minutes or until golden brown and puffed. (If you made super thick dough, you would have to bake for up to 40 minutes). Cool until room temperature or just warm.
To Make Strawberry Powdered Sugar
- Add freeze-dried strawberries and powdered sugar to your food processor. Pulse until the mixture turns into a fine powder. Sprinkle pies with powdered sugar and serve.
Notes
Nutrition
Recipe Tips
- Flaky Crust Must: You gotta keep that butter ultra cold and use ice water. This will help the flakiness develop when the pie dough hits the heat.
- Don’t Overwork: Keep the kneading to a minimum so the dough doesn’t get tough.
- Chill the Filling: Make sure you allow the filling to completely cool down before adding to the pie so it doesn’t melt the dough and make a mess.
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Hi there. Could any fruit be used for the filling? Thank you
Would using fresh frozen strawberries be okay? I usually freeze strawberries right before they go bad and add them in smoothies but can I do that for the jam in these?
Yes a lot of my followers have used frozen and it worked really well.
I made them and family loved them!! I did use a bigger cutter. 3 inch just not big enough for me to get filling in. This recipe is a keeper!!!! Best part-can freeze them and cook anytime!!
These were delicious! I made 12 pies and have 1 of the 4 dough balls left and probably 3/4 of the filling left. So I may just make a larger pie with the rest. My 2 year old son helped me sprinkle the powdered sugar on top and he enjoyed eating the pies and the “snow”. Wish I could attach a pic!
Oh wow! My daughter is going to love this recipe, so excited to make these soon! These hand pies look amazing and so yummy! This is definitely going to be a great treat and strawberry anything is always a hit!
I’m crazy for these strawberry pies! Super yummy!
I love making apple hand pies, but this strawberry version sounds like a delicious summer twist. I can’t wait to try it.
These are the perfect treat. I love that I can have more than one and not feel guilty about it because they are smaller than a slice ofpie, LOL!
Wow! What a fabulous recipe! Nothing better than portable pie. This will be perfect for the summer. YUM!