Baked Triple Berry Hand Pies are so simple to make. All you need is pie crust dough and berries and some sugar to sweeten them. When you have berries or any stone fruits that are needing to be eaten, hand pies are the answer.
The one thing I like most about making them is that you really don't have to have a set amount of any ingredients.
I start with the berries, by tossing them in some sugar and cornstarch, and then spooning them on top of the crust.
For the crust, I start with one recipe of pie crust and make as many of them as I can with that one recipe. Then I make another recipe if I need to---how simple is that?
Growing up in East Texas, I had Dewberry vines all around my house.
We would start watching for the blooms in the spring.
Then we would pick gallons of them.
Mother canned several jars of jelly, and froze some also, to make berry cobblers all through the year.
These hand pies have blueberries, blackberries, and raspberries in them.
The flavor combination is absolutely scrumptious. These hand pies are the next best thing eating a slice of pie!
Baked Triple Berry Hand Pies
Ingredients: Hand Pie Crust
2 cups of flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup powdered sugar
3/4 cup butter, cold and cut in small cubes
3/4 cup butter, cold and cut in small cubes
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup ice cubes
Directions: Hand Pie Crust
In the bowl of the food processor using the metal blade, pulse together flour, salt, and sugar until blended. Add the butter all at once and pulse until mixture is pea size.
In a 1 cup measure cup add ice cubes and water. Stir until water is cold. Add 5 tablespoons of water while pulsing to mix. Pulse until the dough starts to form a ball and no longer.
Remove from the processor bowl and form it into a ball. Cut the ball in half and wrap each one in plastic wrap and chill for 1 hour.
In the bowl of the food processor using the metal blade, pulse together flour, salt, and sugar until blended. Add the butter all at once and pulse until mixture is pea size.
In a 1 cup measure cup add ice cubes and water. Stir until water is cold. Add 5 tablespoons of water while pulsing to mix. Pulse until the dough starts to form a ball and no longer.
Remove from the processor bowl and form it into a ball. Cut the ball in half and wrap each one in plastic wrap and chill for 1 hour.
