Apple Hand Pies (Oven and Air Fryer) Recipe

🧂 Ingredients

• 2 large apples

  about 1 lb., peeled and diced small
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar

  packed
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3 tablespoons water
• 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• pinch ground nutmeg
• pinch allspice
• 2 unbaked pie crusts

  rolled into two 12-inch circles
• 1 egg wash

  (1 egg + 1 tablespoon milk or water)

Instructions

• 1 Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add apples, sugar, brown sugar,
  and salt. Cook, stirring often, for 5 minutes. Stir in water, cinnamon, nutmeg,
  and allspice; cook for about 4 minutes more. Let cool completely (I will often
  refrigerate the filling while preparing the hand pie crust).
• 2 Roll the dough into 12-inch circles (working with one pastry at a time) and then
  cut out apple shapes or circles of dough. You will need 2 shapes per pie, a top
  and a bottom. Reroll the pastry scraps until used up. In half of the shapes, use
  a sharp knife to cut three slits in the pastry for vent holes.
• 3 Make the egg wash by whisking the egg and milk or water together and set aside.
  Arrange half of the circles about 3 inches apart on a parchment-lined baking
  sheet, this is the bottom. Place about 2 tablespoons of filling in the center,
  leaving the edges bare. Place the vented top shape over the filling and press
  around the edges to seal. Using a fork, crimp the edges of the pies. Lightly
  brush the top of the pie with the egg wash and sprinkle with coarse sugar if
  desired.
• 4 To cook hand pies in the air fryer, place 4 (if they fit) in the basket of an
  air fryer. Cook at 350℉ for 12 minutes. Repeat with remaining pies until done.
• 5 Preheat oven to 400℉ and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Transfer pies
  to the prepared sheet and bake until golden and the filling is bubbling, about
  15 minutes.

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