How To Make Blueberry Hand Pies
Try out blueberry hand pies for some quick, on-the-go, sweet snacks! This crunchy pastry is loaded with fresh blueberries for a fruity sweet treat.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 1cupall-purpose flour
- 1cupoat flouror wheat pastry flour or white flour
- 2tspgranulated sugar
- ¾tspsalt
- ⅛tspnutmeg
- ⅔cupcoconut oilchilled
- 9tbspice cold water
For Filling:
- 2cupsfresh blueberries
- ⅓cupgranulated sugar
- 1pinchsalt
- 1tbspcornstarch
- ¼tspground cinnamon
- 1tbspfresh lemon juice
- 1eggmixed with 2 tsp water for brushing, optional
For Glaze (Optional):
- ⅓cuppowdered sugar
- 2tsplemon juiceor milk
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
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In a food processor, pulse together the all-purpose flour, oat flour, sugar, salt, and nutmeg until combined.
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Add in the coconut oil, the pulse the mixture until crumbly.
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Add in 6 tablespoons of ice water, then more as needed, until the mixture starts to come together.
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Dust a work surface generously with flour.
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Roll the pie crust out into an 18 x 12-inch rectangle, then cut into 8 even rectangles.
Filling:
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In a small mixing bowl, whisk together the granulated sugar, salt, cornstarch, and cinnamon.
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In a separate mixing bowl, toss the blueberries with lemon juice.
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Pour the sugar mixture over the blueberries, then toss to evenly coat.
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Divide the blueberry mixture evenly among 8 rectangles, piling the blueberry mixture on one side of each rectangle and leaving at least a ½-inch rim around the berries.
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Brush the edges of the crust around the blueberries lightly with water, then carefully lift the opposite side of each pie crust and fold over the blueberries.
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Seal the edges together well using fingertips, then if desired, use a fork to make decorative lines around edges.
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Transfer to a parchment paper lined baking sheet.
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In a mixing bowl, whisk together the egg and water until well blended.
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Brush them lightly over the pies.
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Poke the top of each pie twice with a fork.
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Bake in the preheated oven for 40 minutes, or until golden.
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Allow to cool slightly.
Glaze:
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In a mixing bowl, whisk together the powdered sugar and lemon juice.
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Drizzle glaze over pies, serve, and enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories: 355.42kcal
- Fat: 20.16g
- Saturated Fat: 16.14g
- Trans Fat: 0.00g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 1.66g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.98g
- Carbohydrates: 41.45g
- Fiber: 2.22g
- Sugar: 18.19g
- Protein: 4.49g
- Cholesterol: 20.00mg
- Sodium: 248.21mg
- Calcium: 16.60mg
- Potassium: 104.97mg
- Iron: 1.47mg
- Vitamin A: 9.72µg
- Vitamin C: 4.82mg
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