These delicious Easy Mini Blueberry Hand Pies are a right snack or dessert for the large and little children on your house.
Full of fresh, nutritious blueberries, those cute, easy pies for busy folks are simply the factor for a make-ahead, back-to-school snack, a lunchbox deal with and even a speedy breakfast at the run.
Even in case your children are usually now not too pleased in regards to the brand new faculty year, those flavorful snacks would possibly simply switch their minds, rather in the event you happen to allow them assist you make them.
Store-bought pie crusts make those tasty little gems a breeze to prepare, and in the event you happen to have any leftover blueberry filling, nicely let’s simply say you won’t have any leftover once they get through; it’s irresistible! Someone in our residence and I’m now not saying who, ate all the leftover blueberries and even although he vigorously denied it, the proof was there, a small purple smear on his chin… Hmm, marvel who it might have been?
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Ingredients
1 pint blueberries rinsed and drained
2 Tbsp cornstarch
1 tsp vanilla
lemon zest from 1 lemon
1 Tbsp lemon juice
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/4 tsp kosher salt
2 shop sold refrigerated pie crusts or 2 selfmade pie crusts
1 Tbsp flour
1 egg
Instructions
Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
Add the blueberries, cornstarch, lemon zest, lemon juice, sugar, vanilla extract, and salt to a medium measurement bowl and stir to combine. Set aside.
Sprinkle the flour frivolously on a reducing board and roll out the pie crusts. Use a 4-1/2 inch cutter and cut out 3 circles from every crust or 6 circles total.
Place the pastry circles on a baking sheet protected with parchment paper or a silicone non-stick baking mat.
Spoon 1-2 heaping tablespoon(s) of the blueberry combination into the middle of every pastry circle.
Gently fold over the rims of the pastry and crimp them gently, otherwise, they'll spread whereas baking and also you may give up up with a blueberry mess.
Whisk the egg and 1 Tbsp of water together. Use a pastry brush and brush the egg wash round the area of every pastry. Sprinkle the pastry crusts with a small quantity of sugar and bake till they're golden brown and the filling is bubbly, which ought to take approximately 15-20 minutes.
Remove from the oven and allow cool. Serve warm or at room temperature.