Individual Hand Pies with a pear and walnut filling and a tender, flaky and flavorful outer crust.
Course Dessert
Prep Time 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time 25 minutesminutes
Total Time 40 minutesminutes
Servings 6individual pies
Author Dine & Dish
Ingredients
2cupschopped pearspeeled or unpeeled, your choice
1/3cupchopped walnuts
1/4cuppacked brown sugar
1tablespoonall-purpose flour
Zest of one orange
1/2teaspoonnutmeg
Pastry for double-crust pieUse 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.