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Jack-O-Lantern Hand Pies

These adorable Jack-O-Lantern Hand Pies are the perfect sweet treat to celebrate Halloween, combining baked apples and fresh blackberries into a cute, festive shape.
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Prep Time 1 hour
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 25 minutes
Servings: 12 servings
Calories: 250
Ingredients Method Nutrition

Ingredients
  

  • 2.5 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 8 oz unsalted butter diced and very cold
  • 6-9 tablespoons ice water
  • 2 large honey crisp apples peeled and diced small
  • 3 tablespoons salted butter
  • 2 tablespoons bourbon barley tea
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste
  • 0.5 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 0.67 cup brown sugar
  • 18 oz fresh blackberries
  • 0.33 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 egg for egg wash
  • 0.25 cup raw or turbinado sugar for sprinkling

Method
 

  1. Prepare the crust by mixing flour, sugar, and salt in a stand mixer. Add cold diced butter and mix until resembling coarse sand. Gradually add ice water until clumps form.
  2. Chill the dough by dividing it into two balls, wrapping in plastic, and refrigerating for at least an hour.
  3. Prepare the apple filling by cooking diced apples with butter, bourbon barley tea, vanilla bean paste, cinnamon, and brown sugar until syrupy. Cool to room temperature.
  4. Prepare the blackberry filling by roasting blackberries, then simmering with sugar and vanilla extract until thickened. Cool the mixture.
  5. Roll out the chilled dough to 1/8 inch thick and cut into pumpkin shapes. Refrigerate cutouts for 20 minutes.
  6. Assemble the hand pies by placing filling on one pumpkin cutout, sealing with another cutout, and brushing with egg wash. Sprinkle with sugar and bake until golden brown.

Nutrition

Serving: 1gCalories: 250kcalCarbohydrates: 30gProtein: 8gFat: 10gSaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 45mgSodium: 200mgFiber: 2gSugar: 15g

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