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Recipe: Apple-Cinnamon and Brown Sugar Pocket Pies

March 9, 2015 By Danielle Hatfield Leave a Comment

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Over the weekend I discovered Sally’s Baking Addiction. If you haven’t spent hours drooling over and making her recipes GO. (after you read this post of course!) She has a little something for everyone from vegan, no bake to gluten free. And yes, you can even search for recipes by ingredient. Love that!

The recipe I tried first was for my dear husband who has a bigger sweet tooth than I do. Though I liked her original pop tart recipe, it was way too sweet for both of us. I guess after recently reading about what sugar does to your brain and body, I was determined to try the recipe again and come up with a variation of it so that we could have a sweet treat that we both would enjoy.



 
I used Sally’s recipe for the pastry and I recommend that you make this first so that it can be cooling while the oven heats up to 350 degrees and you peel your apples/mix your filling. I also recommend returning it to the freezer/refrigerator when it gets too warm to work with and grabbing the other divided dough to roll out.

DIRECTIONS

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees
  • in large bowl mix pastry dough together thoroughly
  • divide dough and wrap in plastic, place dough in refridgerator to cool or in the freezer to cool quickly (set timer for 15 min)
  • wash, peel and core apples. I recommend dicing them into smaller chunks
  • Add apples to filling and setting aside while you work with the dough (add 1 additional tbsp of flour if it gets to watery)
  • on floured, flat surface roll out dough until you have the thickness you desire. (I went a little thinner than pie crust)
  • using your Pampered Chef Cut-n-Seal, cut out two circles for every pocket pie you want to make
  • arrange circles on your cookie sheet and cover with an egg wash
  • spoon out apple filling into the center of the circle
  • before placing second circle on top of the first and filling, gently cut four slits (you may need to gently tug a bit to make sure edges are aligned)
  • center your cut and seal over the two layers and seal
  • cover top with egg wash
  • bake at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown

TOOLS

  • two mixing bowls (one for dough, one for apples/filling
  • sharp knife
  • Pampered Chef Cut-n-Seal
  • rolling pin
  • cookie sheet
  • peeler
  • plastic wrap

PASTRY*

  • 2 and 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 and 1/4 TSP salt
  • 6 TBSP unsalted butter, chilled and cubed
  • 3/4 cup vegetable shortening, chilled*
  • 1/2 cup ice water

FILLING

  • 1/2 cup dark or light brown sugar
  • 2 TSP ground cinnamon
  • 1 TBSP all-purpose flour
  • 8 apples cored, peeled and diced (I used gala but you could also use cameo or cortland apples)

EGG WASH

  • 1 egg beaten
  • 1 TSP milk or water

cube your butter to make it easier to knead dough make sure your water is cold! This dough should be cool. this is the messy part, but SO worth it! make sure your dough is the same thickness I could have added more to this cookie sheet as they don't expand add your egg wash to help things stick together mix up your brown sugar, cinnamon and flour for your filling dice up your apples mix in your brown sugar, cinnamon and flour with your apples spoon in your apple filling and add the tops to your bottoms you're ready for the oven! (Don't forget your egg wash on top too!) Mmmm can't you smell them? Enjoy with a cup of coffee over breakfast or as a snack on the go!

If you want to have some fun and explore making this recipe with a variety of apples, Epicurious has a great visual guide. 

 


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