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Honey Nut Hand Pies

Course Dessert

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
  • 1/8 tsp. ground cloves
  • 1/8 tsp. nutmeg
  • 1/8 tsp. salt
  • 1 tsp. orange zest
  • 1/4 cup pecans, finely chopped
  • 1/4 cup walnuts, finely chopped
  • 2 Tbsp. unsalted butter, melted
  • 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup fromage blanc (sub marscapone or cream cheese)
  • honey, for drizzling
  • 2 refrigerated pie crusts
  • 1 egg yolk
  • tubinado sugar, for sprinkling

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a mixing bowl, stir together brown sugar, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, salt, orange zest, pecans, and walnuts. Melt butter. Add butter and vanilla to bowl and stir until combined. Set aside.

  2. Lay out some parchment paper and dust with flour. Use a rolling pin to roll crust about 1/8 inch thin. Use a biscuit cutter (3 1/2") to cut as many rounds as you can. On half of the rounds (bottom of the hand pie) put a dollop of fromage blanc (or marscapone, or cream cheese). Then spoon about a tablespoon of filling over the cheese. And finally drizzle with honey.

  3. Top with second pie crust round, then crimp each pie's edges together with a fork. In a small bowl, whisk together egg yolk with 2 tsp. water. Brush egg wash onto the top of all pies. Sprinkle with turbinado sugar. Cut two small vent holes into crust with a sharp knife.

  4. Bake pies at 400 degrees on a parchment lined cookie sheet for about 12 minutes or until golden brown. Transfer pies to a cooling rack.

  5. Once cooled, enjoy!