Our Puff Pastry Apple Hand Pies are light, crispy and incredibly delicious. The apple pie filling is out of this world, and the puff pastry makes them extra good! These hand pies are a fun and easy way to serve up individual little apple pies.
We love apple recipes, and these hand pies are the perfect dessert for fall because of the warm flavors of apple, brown sugar and cinnamon!
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Peel and dice the apples in small pieces, then toss them with the lemon juice. Over medium-high heat add them to a skillet, with the brown sugar, cinnamon, flour, butter and salt. Mix to coat and bring to a simmer, stirring occassionaly. Cook 5 minutes, or until the sauce is thick, and the apples are a little soft. Transfer filling to a bowl, cover and cool completely in fridge.
Go ahead and take a taste of these sticky, caramel apples – they’re oh so good! And, you might have a little filling left over, which goes great over vanilla ice cream, pancakes, waffles, or cheesecake. You’re welcome. 😉
Pro tip: Cooling the filling will help keep the pastry sheets chilled, so they’re a little easier to place on the baking sheet.
Wipe clean and generously flour a counter, and lay down one sheet of thawed but chilled puff pastry dough. Roll out into a square, then repeat with the other sheet.
Using a pizza cutter, cut both pastry sheets into 9 squares and cut out small stars in the center of one of the sheets. If your filling is a little runny, drain as much of the caramel sauce as possible and place a small scoop into the middle of each square. Put the other squares with the stars on top and seal the edges with a fork.
Brush pastries with the beaten egg and water and generously sprinkle with sugar. Take a thin metal spatula and slide the pastries onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
Pro tip: Keep the counter dusted with flour while rolling, cutting and filling the squares. This will help them come off the counter easier.
Bake in a preheated 400º F oven for 20-25 minutes, or until puffed and golden brown.
Just look at those light and crispy pastries! The sticky juices that seep out a bit taste like the best apple fruit roll-ups. So, make sure to peel those off and eat them right up!
Cool on baking sheet, then dust generously with powdered sugar.
We hope you make our Puff Pastry Apple Hand Pies. If you do, please tag us on social media @MySweetMission, we’d love to see them!
We hope you try our Puff Pastry Apple Hand Pies and enjoy them as much as we do. If you make them, please snap a picture and tag us on social media @MySweetMission or #MySweetMission. We’d love to see it!
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Puff Pastry Apple Hand Pies
Ingredients
- 4 cups apples, peeled and diced
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
- 3/4 cup brown sugar, packed
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons unbleached or all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 17.3 ounces puff pastry, thawed at room temperature, but chilled (1 box)
- 3-4 tablespoons unbleached or all-purpose flour, for dusting the counter
- 1 egg + 1 teaspoon water, beaten together
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 3-4 tablespoons powdered sugar, for dusting the tops
Instructions
Preheat oven to 400º F and line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Peel and dice the apples into small pieces, then toss them with the lemon juice. Over medium-high heat add them to a skillet, with the brown sugar, cinnamon, flour, butter, and salt. Mix to coat and bring to a simmer, stirring occasionally. Cook 5 minutes, or until the sauce is thick and the apples are a little soft. Transfer mixture to a bowl, cover and cool completely in the fridge.
- Wipe clean and generously flour a counter, and lay down one sheet of thawed but chilled puff pastry dough. Roll out into a square, then repeat with the other sheet.
- Using a pizza cutter, cut both pastry sheets into 9 squares and cut out small stars on the one sheet. If your filling is a little runny, drain as much of the caramel sauce as possible and place a small scoop into the middle of each square. Put the other squares with the stars on top and seal the edges with a fork.
- Brush pastries with the beaten egg and water and sprinkle with sugar. Take a thin metal spatula and slide the pastries off the counter onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
- Bake in a preheated oven for 20-25 minutes, or until puffed and golden brown.
- Cool on baking sheet, then generously dust with powdered sugar.
Notes
- Thaw the frozen puff pastry sheets at room temperature for 40 minutes, but keep them chilled.
- Cooling the filling will help keep the pastry sheets chilled, so they're a little easier to place on the baking sheet.
- Keep the counter dusted with flour while rolling, cutting and filling the squares. This will help them come off the counter easier.
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Charlotte Moore says
September 13, 2017 at 6:31 pmApples are my fave this time of year. I have never tried puffed pastry. Always felt intimidated by it. This sounds easy. They look wonderful.
Heather Carter says
September 14, 2017 at 9:45 pmHi, Charlotte. Apples are our fave this time of the year too. Yes, please give our Puff Pastry Apple Hand Pies a try, they’re pretty easy! Just make sure to keep the dough chilled until your filling is cooked and then cooled. Happy baking, Heather
Pat Burse Turner says
October 25, 2018 at 12:52 pmWhat are the best apples to use when making these pies.
Heather Carter says
October 25, 2018 at 5:23 pmHi Pat, thanks for stopping by. We like to use Gala, Fuji or Golden Delicious for our apple pie recipes. But, Granny Smith will work too. Hope this helps and you enjoy our Puff Pastry Apple Hand Pies! ~Heather