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December 18, 2014

Pear and Walnut Hand Pies Recipe

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These Pear and Walnut Hand Pies are little individual pies, wrapped in a tender and flaky crust and full of flavor made with Butter Flavored Crisco!

Pear Pie Pockets - individual pies with a tender and flaky crust from dineanddish.net

Making pie crust makes me happy!

There was a time I would have said the exact opposite. Making pie crust used to make me cuss up a storm, but now that my friend DeLynn has taught me how to make a perfect pie crust, or as I say a “No Cuss Pie Crust”, I’ve changed my tune. I can’t seem to get enough of this whole pie crust making gig.Pear Walnut Hand Pies Recipe on DineandDish.net

Something I’ve always wanted to make but have avoided because the thought of working so much with pie crust made me cringe, is hand pies. I love individual little pies because usually that means twice the crust, which is my favorite part to eat. In my opinion, the more crust, the better!

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I’m so thankful to my friends at Crisco for giving me the push I needed to finally learn how to make a great pie crust. Now I feel like a whole world of pie crust making opportunities exist and I can try things I’ve been too intimidated to try before.

Pear and Walnut Hand Pie Recipe from Dine and Dish

Make this season the one where you also learn how to make a great pie crust! Check out DeLynn’s wonderful perfect pie crust tutorial here and then give these Pear and Walnut Hand Pies a try. I know you’ll love them!

Pear Walnut Hand Pies Recipe on DineandDish.net
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Pear and Walnut Hand Pies Recipe

Individual Hand Pies with a pear and walnut filling and a tender, flaky and flavorful outer crust.
Course Dessert
Prep Time 15 minutes minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes minutes
Total Time 40 minutes minutes
Servings 6 individual pies
Author Dine & Dish

Ingredients

  • 2 cups chopped pears peeled or unpeeled, your choice
  • 1/3 cup chopped walnuts
  • 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
  • Zest of one orange
  • 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
  • Pastry for double-crust pie Use this recipe for Perfect Pie Crust
  • Milk
  • Sugar in the Raw

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 450°F.
  • In a large bowl, combine pears, walnuts, brown sugar, flour, orange zest and nutmeg; set aside.
  • Roll pie dough to 1/8-inch thickness. Cut into 5-in. circles. Spoon about 1/4 cup pear mixture into center of each circle. Moisten edges of pastry with water. Fold over and seal edges with a fork.
  • Place on a greased baking sheet. Bake 10 minutes. Reduce heat to 400° bake 10 minutes. Brush each with milk and sprinkle with sugar and return to oven for 5 minutes.

Notes

Inspired by Golden Apple Bundles from Taste of Home

Disclosure: This is a sponsored conversation on behalf of Crisco. All opinions expressed are my own. Be sure to check out the Crisco baking site for tips, recipes and more for all your holiday baking needs!

These bloggers love hand pies too! Check out these great recipes:

Strawberry Dark Chocolate Hand Pies from Two Peas and Their Pod

Frosted Berry Hand Pies from Foodie Crush

Fudgey Peanut Butter Hand Pies from Wine & Glue

Cinnamon Apple Hand Pies from Baked by Rachel

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Comments

  1. Lisa @ Wine & Glue says

    December 18, 2014 at 8:04 pm

    These look totally amazing!! And so fun for the holidays too! Thanks for the link love, Kristen.

  2. Amanda says

    December 18, 2014 at 10:31 pm

    These little pies look amazing!!!

  3. Nancy Long says

    December 20, 2014 at 9:08 am

    Perfect, I have a load of pears that a friend sent me from Harry and David.

    • Kristen says

      December 25, 2014 at 2:45 pm

      Oh lucky you! That’s a great friend to have 🙂

  4. Findia Group says

    December 22, 2014 at 7:31 am

    Thanks for sharing!

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