Heart Shaped Strawberry Hand Pies
Valentine’s Day is around the corner and these heart shaped strawberry hand pies are a great way to celebrate and share with someone you love!
Heart Hand Pies
These hand pies are simple to make, my kids and I had so much fun frosting them and they turned out adorable! Â
Frosting them turns them into a fun Valentine’s treat, but you could leave them unfrosted and they would make a special Valentine’s Day breakfast for your kids!
You can make them as simple or complicated as you want, I went for simple and used a pre-made pie crust, but you could always make your own pie dough if you wanted! I did make my own strawberry filling, but buying a pre-made pie filling with make this recipe even more simple. The filling is really simple to make and so yummy. I was maybe eating spoonfuls of some of the leftover filling while making these.
I know you will love these cute little hand pies as much as we did!
Why you will love this recipe:
- You can make it ahead of time by assembling your pies and keeping them in the refrigerator up to 24 hrs.
- They make great Valentine’s Day gifts for neighbors, teachers and friends!
- Make them as sugary and sprinkly as you want or keep them plain and they are delicious both ways.
- They will stay fresh in an airtight container for 5-7 days at room temperature.
Ingredients for Strawberry Hand Pies
- Pre-Made flaky Pie Crust
- Strawberry Filling Ingredients (you could always use premade filling or strawberry jam!)
- Strawberries
- ​Maple Syrup
- ​Corn Starch
- Egg – for egg wash
- Coarse Sugar for topping
- Icing ingredients (optional):
- Powdered Sugar
- Milk
- Vanilla
How to Make Heart Shaped Strawberry Hand Pies
Make your strawberry filling by combining all ingredients over medium heat for 10-15 minutes until it thickens. Let it cool completely before using. (I placed mine in the refrigerator while I did the following steps)
Use your rolling pin to roll out your pie dough on a lightly floured work surface until it is 1/8 inch thickness.
Cut out your heart shapes using a heart-shaped cookie cutter. My cookie cutter was 3.5 inches and that was a perfect size.
Place your cut out heart shapes on a non-stick baking sheet or a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Place these hearts in the refrigerator while you roll out your next batch of pie dough.
Once your second batch of hearts are cut out bring out the tray from the fridge. Whisk your egg in a small bowl to make your egg wash and use your finger to put egg wash on the edge of all of the hearts that were in the fridge.
Then place one tablespoon of strawberry filling on the hearts on the tray. Don’t overfill or it will leak out and be hard to place the top heart on.
Now very gently stretch your remaining hearts a little bit and place them on top of the hearts with the filling. Use the tines of a fork and press down on the edges to seal the hearts together.
Take a small knife and cut an X in the center of each heart to allow for ventilation as they bake.
Use a pastry brush and brush the egg wash on top of each pie heart.
Place all of your heart hand pies in the refrigerator for 15 minutes while you preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
Bake for 14-18 minutes until the top crust is golden brown.
Decorate the tops of each pie with icing if desired and enjoy!
Variations for your Valentine’s Hand pies
You could use pre-made cherry pie filling to make cherry hand pies! You could also make blueberry, peach, raspberry, and apple hand pies. Yum.
You could use a circle cookie cutter rather than the heart shape to make these hand pies
Add in cream cheese, nutella, or combine fruits for a unique flavor.
Make a homemade pie dough
These mini pies are so much fun to make with simple ingredients and a little bit of time. Your kids will love the special thought and these little heart-shaped pies would be a great Valentine’s Day tradition 🙂 Happy Valentine’s Day friends!
Other fun Valentine’s activities:
- Valentine’s Day Word Search
- Tic Tac Toe Valentine’s Cards
- Countdown to Valentine’s Day
- Heart Tracing Valentine’s Craft
Heart Shaped Strawberry Hand Pies
Adorable heart shaped hand pies with strawberry filling and a flaky pie crust are a perfect treat for Valentine's Day!
Ingredients
- 2 cups strawberries finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon corn starch
- 3 tablespoons maple syrup
- 1 egg
- Premade Pie Crust
- 1 cup Powdered Sugar
- 2-3 tablespoons milk
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Make your strawberry filling by placing strawberries, corn starch and maple syrup into a pot over low-medium heat for 10-15 minutes until sauce thickens. Stir frequently to prevent burning. Allow your filling to cool completely before using. (I stick mine in the refrigerator while I do the following steps)
- Roll out pie crust to 1/8 inch thickness
- Cut out your heart shapes using a heart-shaped cookie cutter.
- Place your cut out heart shapes on a non-stick baking sheet or a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Place these hearts in the refrigerator while you roll out your next batch of pie dough.
- Whisk your egg in a small bowl to make your egg wash and use your finger to put egg wash on the edge of all of the hearts that were in the fridge.
- Then place one tablespoon of strawberry filling on the hearts on the tray. Don’t overfill or it will leak out and be hard to place the top heart on.
- Now very gently stretch the remaining hearts and place them on top of the hearts with the filling. Use the tines of a fork and press down on the edges to seal the hearts together.
- Take a small knife and cut an X in the center of each heart to allow for ventilation as they bake.
- Use a pastry brush and brush the egg wash on top of each pie heart.
- Place all of your heart hand pies in the refrigerator for 15 minutes while you preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
- Bake for 14-18 minutes until the top crust is golden brown.
- While the pies are baking, make your icing if desired. Whick together the powdered sugar, 2 tbsp milk and vanilla extract in a small bowl. If icing is too thick, add 1 tsp milk at a time until desired consistency.
- Enjoy!
Notes
The pies will stay fresh in an airtight container at room temperature for 5-7 days.
Pies can be made ahead of time and refrigerated for up to 24 hrs before baking.
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