These decadent blueberry hand pies are a delicious bite-sized dessert bursting with flavor. Perfect for your next summer BBQ! Complete with a homemade crust and blueberry jam for a filling, these mini pies are a real treat!
Prep Time: 30 minutesminutes
Cook Time: 15 minutesminutes
Chill Dough 4 hourshours
Total Time: 4 hourshours45 minutesminutes
Servings: 18
Ingredients
Pastry Dough Ingredients
1 ¼cupsall-purpose flour
¼teaspoonsalt
½cupbutterchilled and diced
¼cupice water
Egg Wash Ingredients
1egglarge
1tablespoonwater
Jam Filling Ingredients
¾cupjam
1tablespooncornstarch
1tablespooncold water
Instructions
To make dough, combine flour and salt in a large bowl. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in water, a tablespoon at a time, until mixture forms a ball. Separate into two balls, wrap in plastic, and refrigerate for 4 hours or overnight.
Place racks in the center of the oven and preheat to 400 degrees F. Line to baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone mats.
Remove pie crusts from the refrigerator and roll out to about ⅛ inch thickness. Using a heart shaped cookie cutter, cut approximately 10 hearts from the crust. Place these hearts on a tray in the refrigerator while you’re working on the second crust. After rolling and cutting out each crust, you should have approximately 20 hearts.
Beat your egg and water together to form the egg wash and lightly brush half of the hearts with the egg wash. Place a small amount of jam in the center of each heart. Gently place the remaining hearts over the top and use your fingers to seal the edges. Go over the edges with the tines of a fork for a final seal. Use a paring knife to cut three small vents on the top and brush each heart with the beaten egg.
Place the hearts on your prepared baking sheet and bake for 10-14 minutes. You want the tops to be golden and the filling to be bubbling. Remove from the oven and let cool for 10 minutes before serving.
Heather's Helpful Hints
There is a fine art to rolling out pastry dough that only comes with practice. I’m still learning as I go along but have found two things that always help with the process. First, always work with well-chilled pastry; otherwise, the dough will stick to the counter and tear. Second, never roll out the dough by rolling back and forth over the same section. Each time you press on the same spot, more gluten develops that can toughen the dough.