This Taco Bell copycat features pocket-like pastries filled with a caramel apple compote that is bursting with flavor. Serve it warm with some ice cream or eat on its own.
Preparation:
20mins
Cooking:
30mins
Total:
50mins
Serves:
10
Ingredients
¼cupgranulated sugar
1tspground cinnamon
1tbspall-purpose flouradd more as needed
4cupsGranny Smith applespeeled and sliced
¼cupwater
¼cupcaramel sauce
2tbspunsalted butter
To Serve:
2rolled pie crustsroughly 1 lb
¼cupegg whites
¼cupcinnamon sugarfor sprinkling
Instructions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
Mix sugar, cinnamon, and flour together and set aside.
In a saucepan, bring apples and water to a boil. Cover, reduce heat to low and let cook for 10 minutes or until apples are tender.
Remove from the heat then fold in sugar-flour mixture, caramel sauce, and butter.
Stir well until the mixture is combined. Add more flour as needed if the sauce is too thin.
Unroll the pie crusts and slightly thin out the dough with a rolling pin.
Use a cereal bowl or medium size ring mold to trace and cut out the shape in the dough. Then place the cut-out doughs onto a lined baking tray.
Spoon 2 tablespoons of the apple compote on each of the circles, leaving about ½ inch of the edges uncovered.
Wet the edges of the pie crusts with a little water, and fold over the circle in half.
Use a fork to press and seal the edges.
Brush the egg whites over the top of each hand pie.
Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.
Bake for 15 to 20 minutes until golden brown.
Serve warm with butterscotch sauce or even add some vanilla ice cream to top and enjoy!