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Chocolate-Cherry Hand Pies

Cherry Chocolate Hand Pies have an amazing sugar crust, this with store bought or homemade pie crust, chocolate chips, and frozen cherries. In just about 45 minutes, you can bake these sweet dessert pies at home for those you love.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Total Time35 minutes
Course: Desserts & Sweets
Cuisine: American
Keyword: cherry hand pies, chococolate cherry hand pies, dessert hand pies, hand pie, hand pie recipe
Servings: 6
Calories: 562kcal

Ingredients

  • 2 pie crusts homemade or store bought
  • 16 ounce bag frozen dark pitted sweet cherries
  • 1 cup semi sweet chocolate chunks or semi sweet chocolate chips
  • 3 tablespoons corn starch
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
  • ¼ teaspoon kosher sea salt
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

  • On a lightly floured surface, roll out the pie dough. Cut the pie dough into heart shapes using a large cookie cutter, paring knife, or heart hand pie press. Reroll the excess dough, and rollout using a rolling pin.
  • In a small bowl, mix the cherries, chocolate, cornstarch, sugar, lemon juice sea salt and vanilla extract. Give the cherry filling mix a good stir.
  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
  • Fill each hand pie with a small amount of filling about 5-6 cherries per pie, try to not overfill. Be careful to not overfill the press or pie hearts so they seal well.
  • Place your filling on the bottom crust, place top crust, and press in hand pie press or crimp the edges closed with a fork.
  • Sprinkle each pie with granulated sugar. This gives a nice crust, or brush with an egg wash glaze, or melted butter.
  • Bake 400 degrees for 20 minutes, on a parchment lined baking sheet until edges are golden brown. Cool on a wire rack at room temperature.
  • Optional, serve slightly warm and sprinkle with powdered sugar.

Notes

What are hand pies?
A  folded or pressed pastry with either a sweet or savory filling that is either baked or fried.
Hand pies are made by placing a small amount of sweet or savory filling onto a round piece of dough. Then it is folded over and sealing the edges with either a fork or a small pie mold before baking or frying.
 

Nutrition

Serving: 6g | Calories: 562kcal | Carbohydrates: 76g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 26g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 2mg | Sodium: 332mg | Potassium: 395mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 37g | Vitamin A: 64IU | Vitamin C: 6mg | Calcium: 40mg | Iron: 4mg