White Chocolate Cherry Hand Pies

White Chocolate Cherry Hand Pies

  Ready in : 45 mins

The recipe White Chocolate Cherry Hand Pies can be made in about 45 minutes. This recipe serves 10. One portion of this dish contains around 8g of protein, 24g of fat, and a total of 410 calories. For 88 cents per serving, this recipe covers 10% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe from Foodista has 9 fans. Only a few people really liked this hor d'oeuvre. Head to the store and pick up chocolate chips, salt, all purpose flour, and a few other things to make it today. With a spoonacular score of 31%, this dish is not so excellent. Similar recipes include Easy Cranberry Hand Pies with White Chocolate Drizzle, Easy Cranberry Hand Pies with White Chocolate Drizzle, and Cherry Hand Pies.

Ingredients

pie crust

pie crust

10 servings

flour

flour

1.25 cups

all purpose flour

all purpose flour

1.25 cups

brown sugar

brown sugar

2 Tbsp

salt

salt

0.5 Tsp

butter

butter

4 Tbsp

greek yogurt

greek yogurt

0.25 cup

sunflower oil

sunflower oil

3 Tbsp

ice water

ice water

4 Tbsp

egg white

egg white

1

cream cheese

cream cheese

8 oz

cherries

cherries

1 cup

vanilla extract

vanilla extract

1 Tsp

chocolate chips

chocolate chips

0.25 cup

Cooking in Steps

  1. 1
    Prepare the pie crust first. In a large bowl sift together flours, sugar and salt.

    pie crust

    pie crust

    sugar

    sugar

    salt

    salt

    bowl
    bowl
  2. 2
    Cut the butter into small pieces and add to the bowl. Rub the butter into the flour mixture with your hands until the pieces are small but still visible.

    butter

    butter

    all purpose flour

    all purpose flour

    dry seasoning rub

    dry seasoning rub

    bowl
    bowl
  3. 3
    Add oil and yogurt to the bowl and stir with a fork to combine. Knead the dough for one minute in a bowl. It will still be fairly crumbly.

    yogurt

    yogurt

    dough

    dough

    cooking oil

    cooking oil

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    bowl
  4. 4
    Transfer to a floured surface and continue to knead until you can form a ball of dough. Divide the dough in half and flatten into two discs. Wrap in cellophane and refrigerate at least one hour.

    dough

    dough

    wrap

    wrap

  5. 5
    While the dough chills, create the filling.

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    dough

  6. 6
    Add all ingredients to a food processor and pulse until smooth. Refrigerate until ready to use.

    food processor
    food processor
  7. 7
    Preheat oven to 40

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    oven
  8. 8
    Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and set aside.

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    cookies

    baking paper
    baking paper
    baking sheet
    baking sheet
  9. 9
    When the dough is chilled, remove from the fridge and unwrap. Flour a large, smooth surface.

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    dough

    all purpose flour

    all purpose flour

  10. 10
    Roll both balls of dough until they are each about inch thick. Use a cookie cutter to cut heart shapes or use a biscuit cutter/large glass to cut circles.

    biscuits

    biscuits

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    cookies

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    dough

    roll

    roll

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    cookie cutter
  11. 11
    Place half of the pie hearts onto the prepared cookie sheet and add one teaspoon of pie filling to the centre of each one.

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    cookies

    baking sheet
    baking sheet
  12. 12
    I added personalized messages to each pie using letter stamps I bought at a craft store. I stamped love be mine and honey on the heart shaped dough that would act as the tops of the pies.

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    dough

    honey

    honey

  13. 13
    Wet your finger and paint it along the edges of each cut out.

  14. 14
    Place a second dough heart on top of the filling and press down along the edges to secure.

    dough

    dough

  15. 15
    Use the tines of a fork and press down along the edges to contain the pie filling.

  16. 16
    Brush a small amount of egg white on the top of each pie. This will give a nice golden colour to the pies.

    egg whites

    egg whites

  17. 17
    Bake for 20 minutes.

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    oven
  18. 18
    Makes 10-12 mini pies (depending on the size of your cookie cutter. Mine was about 3 inches wide)

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    cookies

    cookie cutter
    cookie cutter