Hand pies stuffed with your favorite filling are a delicious summery treats for on-the-go snacking!
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There’s something about certain foods that take me right back to my childhood. Pies is one of those foods. I grew up enjoying homemade pies and to this day, they are one of my very favorite desserts.
Before I go into the details of these cute lil’ pies, I’d love to share a little bit more about my new favorite appliance. The Breville Smart Oven Air has been the best addition to our kitchen. Our weather can so hot in the summer and most of the time it doesn’t cool off at night. Often times, I don’t like turning on our big oven as it heats up the house so much. Well, with the Breville Smart Oven Air, I certainly don’t have to worry about that anymore. I can’t believe the difference a convection feature makes! 
Here are some of the features I like most about this oven:
- Saves energy and the super convection setting reduces cooking time by up to 30%.
- The 1 cubic foot interior has room for roasting a 14-lb turkey, fitting a 12 cup muffin trays, 9X13″ baking pan or 9 pieces of toast.
- The oven is convection powered and has an inbuilt fan that circulates the hot air within the oven.
- It has 13 cooking functions that include dehydrating, roasting, airfry, baking, reheat, cookies and so many more! Perfect for all your cooking needs!
I find this oven so incredibly convenient for reheating food and making quick lunches like nachos or pizzas. Those are some of our kids’ favorite summer lunches and they both only take about 5 minutes to bake in the oven! More time in the sun so it’s definately a win-win for us! I can’t wait to use it to cook all of our family’s favorite meals!
- 5 cups flower
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 lb. lard
- 1 egg
- 1 tbsp. vinegar
- 1 tsp. brown sugar
- cold water
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup flour
- 1/2 cup water
- 3 cups cherries; pitted
- 1 tbsp. butter
- 4 drops almond extract
- 1 egg, beaten
- coarse sugar
- In a medium bowl, mix flour, baking powder and salt.
- Using a pastry blender, cut in the lard until mixture is crumbly.
- Break egg into a measuring cup and beat with fork.
- Add vinegar and brown sugar. Beat again and add water to the 1 cup mark.
- Pour water mixture around the edge of the flour mixture while stirring with a fork. Be sure to moisten all the flour but do not overmix.
- Divide dough into 6 equal balls.
- Flour countertop liberally and roll out dough with a floured rolling pin. Add more flour if necessary.
- Use a 5 " bowl to cut round shapes for hand pies.
- In a medium saucepan, combine sugar, flour and 1/4 tsp. salt.
- Stir in water.
- Cook and stir over medium heat until thickened.
- Cook 1 minute longer.
- Add cherries, butter and almond extract and stir.
- Let cool completely.
- Add 1 heaping tablespoon of cherry filling to center of round dough.
- Using a pastry brush, brush beaten egg around edges of half the dough.
- Fold into half moon shapes and seal edges with fingertips.
- Brush tops with beaten egg and sprinkle with coarse sugar.
- Bake at 325F for 10 minutes or until lightly browned.
- For hand pies,
- If making pies, one ball dough makes one pie crust.
- Two balls make one double crust pie.
- Leftover dough freezes well.
And they were well worth the wait. So delicious!
A huge thank you to Breville Canada for sponsoring this post! If you’d like to see more of their products like coffee machines, waffle makes, cookers and of course, ovens, be sure to check Breville and see all the amazing features of these products!
Thanks for stopping by friends, and let me know if you try these!
Kendra, those pies look SO delicious! Can’t wait to try them! And I bet that little oven is a life saver through this Summer heat!
Thank you, Kristi! So many of the seasonal fruit right now would be SO good in them! And yes, I don’t think twice anymore about turning the oven on on a hot day! Thanks SO much for stopping by! xo
Those look amazing. Pinning and headed to the grocery store! Yumm
Thank you, Cindy! I know you’ll love them! Peaches, apples or strawberries would be so good in them too! Let me know how you like them 🙂 xo
These look delicious! Can’t wait to try them. And, that oven sounds amazing. I can’t believe a little oven can do so much.
Thanks so much, Samantha! That “little” oven still amazes me! It really is such a great appliance and don’t know what I’d do without it! Thank you for stopping by today!