Rustic Hand-Pies

Hand-Pie Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup Butter
• 1/2 cup Granulated Sugar
• 1/4 cup Brown Sugar, not packed
• 1 Egg
• 1 tsp Vanilla
• 1 1/2 cup Flour
• 2/3 cup Quick Oats
• 1/2 tsp Baking Soda
• 1/4 tsp Salt
• 1 Tbsp Cinnamon

 

pumpkin filling ingredients: (you can use your favorite pie filling recipe as well)

• 2/3 cup Pumpkin Puree
• 1/4 cup Sugar
• 2 Tbsp Milk
• 2 tsp Cornstarch

 

Hand-Pie dough directions:

• In mixing bowl, cream butter, both sugars, and vanilla until fluffy.
• Add egg, mix for 1 minute.
• In small bowl, mix flour, oats, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon. Then slowly add to butter mixture. Mix until combined.
• Refrigerate for 1 hour.

 

pumpkin filling directions:

• In bowl, mix pumpkin, sugar, milk and cornstarch until smooth.
• You can substitute any pie filling.

baking directions:

• Preheat oven to 350ºF
• Using cookie scoop, scoop dough, then roll into a ball (approx. golf ball size), coating with sugar
• Place on cookie sheet lined with parchment paper, pressing flat. Use your thumb to indent center and spread dough slightly to 3 inch round.
• Spoon 2 Tbsp of filling into center of each cookie,
• Hand-pie should be 2 inches apart to allow for expanding.
• Bake for approximately 14 minutes.
• Keep hand-pie on parchment paper, remove from cookie sheet and allow to cool completely.