September 2008

I made this recipe the other day only because I had left over pie crusts in the freezer and wanted to use them. Pre made pie crusts are such a great thing, so most of the hard work is already done. I’m a huge fan of pre made stuff for something simple like hand pies. I spied some pretty amazing blackberries at the market, so I thought it might be a good combo with green apples. Here is the recipe:

1 pint of fresh black berries
1 cup, about 1 green apple, grated
2 tablespoon flour
some cinnamon
1/2 cup sugar
milk or eggs for brushing  the tops
sugar in the raw for sprinkling the tops

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Thaw out pie crusts. I used 3 pie crusts, so one and a half boxes.

2. In a medium or large size saucepan, basically dump all the ingredients in there, aside from the sugar and milk or eggs for the tops of the finished hand pies. Cook all of it at medium heat until it seems ready, because there is no liquid, it won’t boil, so just guess. I would say 5 to 10 min.

3. Roll out the pie crusts and cut out 5″ circles from them. I got 9 circles, three for each crust.  Then fill with the blackberry and apple mixture and pinch the sides.

4. Brush the top with eggs or milk and sprinkle with sugar in the raw, or regular sugar, whatever you prefer. I didn’t cut a slit in the top because I felt like it didn’t really need it. I didn’t get much spill out.

5. Bake of a cookie sheet for 25 minutes.

Ta Da! The end. Yummy yummy.

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