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A bunch of heart shaped hand pies on a serving wood platter.
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Heart Shaped Hand Pies

These heart shaped hand pies are perfect for Valentine's Day. Keep them on hand as snacks or gift them to family and friends.
Prep Time45 minutes
Total Time1 hour 15 minutes
Servings: 26
Calories: 199kcal
Author: Karin and Ken

Ingredients

  • 4 cups All Purpose Flour
  • 2 teaspoons Salt
  • 1 ½ cups Unsalted Butter cold
  • ¾ cup Cold Water
  • 3 large Egg Whites
  • 4 tablespoons Granulated Sugar + extra for sprinkling
  • 1 teaspoon Red Food Coloring
  • 1 can Cherry Pie Filling

Instructions

  • Get out and measure your ingredients.
    Overhead photo of all the ingredients.
  • Cut the butter into small blocks.
  • In a large mixing bowl, add the flour and salt and mix together.
    Flour and salt added to a large mixing bowl.
  • Add the butter and cut into the flour mixture. Keep cutting it in until you have small pea size pieces. You can also use your fingers to work through the mixture, rubbing away at the pieces until it almost resembles breadcrumbs.
    Butter added to the large mixing bowl.
  • Gradually add about half of the water, mixing well. Then spoon by spoon add more until you have a workable dough. Due to people’s humidity this can vary so an exact number is hard to give.
    Pouring water into the large mixing bowl.
  • Once the dough has come together you can roll into a ball.
    The dough is formed inside the large mixing bowl.
  • Work it out into an even log (ish) and cut into four sections.
    Dough cut into four pieces.
  • Roll into a ball and place into a plastic bag. Place in the refrigerator for about 10 minutes to cool down.
    Each piece of dough rolled into a ball and covered with plastic.
  • Then take one of the balls of dough and place onto a floured work surface. Roll out until it’s about ⅛” thick.
    Dough piece rolled out on a cutting board.
  • With a small knife carefully cut out some heart shapes that are about ½” big and place onto a plate. If you have a small heart shaped cookie cutter, even better, use that.
    Small heart shapes cut out using a knife from the dough.
  • In a small bowl mix one of the egg whites with 1 Tablespoon of sugar and the red food color, mix well.
    Egg whites and sugar placed in small bowls.
  • In another small bowl mix the remaining egg whites with 3 tablespoons of sugar.
    Egg whites whisked using a fork. Food coloring added to the second bowl.
  • Using a small pastry brush brush this red colored egg white all over the hearts on the plate. Set aside and allow to dry so red color doesn't bleed into the rest of the pie dough around it.
    Heart shaped dough covered with colored egg whites.
  • Preheat your oven to 350°F.
  • Using a Heart Shaped Dumpling Maker or pie press, use it like you would a cookie cutter and cut out two hearts.
    Heart shaped dumpling maker used to cut out hearts from the dough.
  • Take one of those hearts and place it on one side of the pie press. Press down on the edges so that it stays in place while you are putting the cherry pie together. Take the other heart and do the same on the other side of the pie press.
  • Brush both sides with the egg white mix, without the red food coloring.
    Egg whites brushed onto the large hearts.
  • Add about 1 tablespoon of the cherry pie filling to one side, be sure to stay away from the edges of the pie.
    Cherry pie filling added to one of the hearts.
  • Close the pie press together and press tightly, all around the outside.
  • Open up the pie press and empty the pie out onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Repeat the above steps for the remaining dough that’s left. Brush the cherry pies with the clear egg wash.
    The heart shaped hand pies are formed. The edges are sealed. Egg whites brushed onto the pies.
  • Then affix a red heart to each one.
    A red heart placed onto the larger hearts.
  • Liberally sprinkle with sugar and bake for 28-30 minutes or golden brown.
    Hand pies sprinkled with sugar.
  • Remove from the oven and allow to cool on a rack before biting into them, if you’re going to.
    Closeup photo of the hand pies baked and cooling on a baking sheet.
  • Serve.
    Closeup photo of a pie of Heart Shaped pies.
  • Enjoy every bite! Heart Shaped Dumpling Maker
    Closeup photo of a pie of heart shaped pies. The topmost pie has been half eaten.
  • Place inside Bakery Boxes with Windows, if doing.
    A pie is placed inside a box.
  • Close and add sticker to top! There are a lot of variations of these boxes/stickers, pick your favorite!
    The box is sealed and a valentines themed sticker is placed onto the box.

Nutrition

Calories: 199kcal | Carbohydrates: 23g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.4g | Cholesterol: 28mg | Sodium: 191mg | Potassium: 54mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 374IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 9mg | Iron: 1mg