Star Shaped Mini Cherry Hand Pies
These Star Shaped Mini Cherry Hand Pies are so easy to make and are a festive dessert to serve for the Fourth of July or Christmas.
Servings: 6
Ingredients
- 14 ounce box premade pie crust dough
- 21 ounce can cherry pie filling
- 1 egg
- 1 tbsp water
- sugar for sprinkling
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425.
- Using a 4 inch star cookie cutter, cut out 6 stars from each pie crust.
- Spoon about 2 tablespoons of filling onto half of the stars keeping the filling in the center.
- Using water and your fingertips, wet the edges of the stars with the filling.
- Carefully cover with the other half of the dough stars, pinching the edges together and crimping it shut with a fork.
- In a small bowl, beat together the egg and one tablespoon of water.
- Using a brush or your fingers, lightly coat the top of each pie with the egg mixture.
- Sprinkle with sugar and bake on parchment-lined baking sheet for 12-15 minutes.
- Allow the hand pies to cool for 10 minutes before serving.