When I am in a dilemma to which pie dough or crust I intend to choose from, well, as I have mentioned previously, you never go wrong using Martha Stewart's recipes.
Apple
Hand Pies
Basic Pie Dough Ingredients
160g all purpose flour
½ tsp salt
½ tsp sugar
113g butter
2tbsp – 4 tbsp ice water
Directions
In a food processor,
combine flour, salt, and sugar; pulse to combine. Add butter; pulse until
mixture resembles coarse meal, with just a few pea-size pieces of butter
remaining. (Alternatively, you can use your hands to lightly combine
together).
Sprinkle with 2-3 tbsp ice
water. Pulse until dough is crumbly but holds together when squeezed with
fingers.
Wrap the dough in plastic
wrap and refrigerate at least 30 minutes.
Filling Ingredients
2-3
apples, diced small
35g
brown butter
60g sugar
1 tbsp
raisins, snip to half
½ tsp
cinnamon powder
1 tbsp
plain flour
Heat
frying pan to melt butter and sugar. Add
in the diced apples and raisins, stir fry till apples tender.
Add in
cinnamon powder and flour, stir well and dish up.
Leave to
cool.
Remove
dough from fridge and let stand 5 minutes on room temperature.
Roll out
dough about 1/8” thick on flour surface.
Cut out the dough with round cookie cutter, place a spoonful of apple
mixture in the center of the dough circle.
Gently
brush the edges with the beaten egg. then top with a second dough circle, gently pressing
around the edges to help the dough adhere.
With a
fork crimp the edges of the pies to seal. Using your small knife, cut few slits on the top. Brush the tops of the pies with
beaten egg, then dust with the sanding sugar.
Bake the
hand pies at 160C for about 20-25 minutes.
Delicious to be eaten when it is still warm. This pies is delicious using this pie dough,
unless you have a better version, do let me know and I shall try yours!