Blueberry hand pies are a fun summer dessert great for picnics!
Blueberries are one of my favorite things about summer. I eat them on everything! Pancakes, muffins, cereal, cocktails and especially pies are regular summer food around here.
One of my favorite blueberry desserts is blueberry pie. It also happens to be my husband's favorite type of pie. So I make at least one pie each summer.
I got a little behind this summer and didn't get around to a whole pie. I wanted a fun treat for the kids lunch the first week of school. Heart shaped hand pies are great for lunches, picnics or any on the go meal.
Baked Blueberry Hand Pies
To fill the hand pies, I used the blueberry filling from our Easy Blueberry Tart Recipe, which is a great recipe on it's own! The filling is delicious so I stuck with that.
We used a basic homemade pie crust, but a store bought crust would work just fine, too. This is a butter pie crust, but any pie crust will work.
Roll the dough to 1/8″ thickness on a floured surface. Make the hand pies in any shape you'd like. I went with hearts.
Use a heart shaped cutter to cut the dough. Remove the excess dough. You will need two hearts for each pie.
Use a brush to add an egg wash to half of the hearts. It's tempting to skip the egg wash, but don't. Not only does it help to seal the pies closed, but it also adds a shiny finish to the pies.
Place filling on each of the hearts. Don't over fill. Well, you can over fill, but the blueberry will ooze out the edges. That's not necessarily a bad thing. It's just not as pretty.
Now stretch the remaining hearts gently with your fingers and place on top of the filled hearts. Seal edges with fork tines and add another swipe of egg wash to the top.
Bake on parchment lined baking sheet for 12 minutes or until golden brown.
The blueberries will make their juice as they bake and there may be some seeping of the juices. Just adjust the filling as needed.
A powdered sugar glaze would be delicious on top of these hand pies, too!
Blueberry Hand Pies
Ingredients
- 1 filling recipe from our Easy Blueberry Tart Recipe
- 2-2/3 cups flour
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 stick butter, cold and cubed
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 7-10 tablespoons cold water
- 1 egg + 1 tablespoon cold water
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400, prepare a parchment lined baking sheet
- Prepare as directed. Set aside in bowl.
- Add flour, sugar, salt and butter in a food processor. Process for about 30 seconds until crumbly.
- Add 5 tablespoons of water and process. Continue to add more water, 1 tablespoon at a time until dough forms.
- Remove from food processor and divide dough in half.
- Cover one half and place into the refrigerator until ready to use.
- Roll the dough to 1/8" thickness on a floured surface. Use a heart shaped cookie cutter to cut the dough. Remove the excess dough and use a brush to add an egg wash to half of the hearts.
- Place filling on each of those hearts.
- Stretch the remaining hearts gently with your fingers and place on top of the filled hearts.
- Seal edges with fork tines and add another swipe of egg wash to the top.
- Bake on parchment lined baking sheet for 12 minutes or until golden brown.
| Nutrition Facts | |
|---|---|
| Serving Size | |
| Amount Per Serving | As Served |
| Calories 2073kcal Calories from fat 854 | |
| % Daily Value | |
| Total Fat 95g | 146% |
| Saturated Fat 59g | 295% |
| Transfat 4g | |
| Cholesterol 243mg | 81% |
| Sodium 606mg | 25% |
| Carbohydrate 267g | 89% |
| Dietary Fiber 9g | 36% |
| Sugars 14g | |
| Protein 35g | |
Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs:
| Calories | 2000 | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Fat | Less than | 65g |
| Sat Fat | Less than | 25g |
| Cholesterol | Less than | 300mg |
| Sodium | Less than | 2,400mg |
| Total Carbohydrate | 300g | |
| Dietary Fiber | 25g | |
These look amazing! They would look cute as a hostess gift at a brunch!
Thanks for sharing at #bloggerspotlight
These look so good. Thanks for sharing at the #InspirationSpotlight party @DearCreatives Pinned & sharing. Have a happy 4th of July.
I just pinned your awesome Blueberry Hand Pies! Hope you have a great 4th of July weekend and thanks so much for sharing with us at Full Plate Thursday!
Miz Helen
Yum!!… and they are very cute as well.
thank you for sharing this yumminess at TFT, pinned and featured today xo
These look amazing and making my mouth water!!
Thanks for sharing on #OMHGWW, Pinning to share!
Have a great week!
Karren 🙂
These look wonderful!
These look amazing!! What a wonderful summer treat!
Thanks for sharing.
Yummy. I am pinning this.
I just picked a bunch of blueberries from a local farm. These would be a great treat to use some of them!
These look so good – pinned them to my berry board -Thanks for sharing on the what’s for dinner link up.
I need to bring a dessert to a family reunion this summer. These will be perfect! Pinning so I don’t lose the recipe.
Oh wow! These look amazing. I also love blueberries. I love mixing frozen blueberries into my shakes. Thanks for sharing at #HomeMattersParty hope to see you back!
Looks so good! Thanks for sharing at the #InspirationSpotlight Pinned & sharing
Lovely! pinned and yummed. #happinessishomemade
Yum! i love blueberry pies and with this recipe I can eat the whole pie and not feel guilty. Thanks for sharing with us at Throwback Thursday. Pinned!
Thank you for sharing this wonderful recipe at Inspire Me Monday at Create With Joy –
I’m so excited to include you among my featured guests at this week’s party Camille! 🙂
I’m sold! I’m making these TODAY! Thanks for linking this up on Happiness is Homemade, we’ve featured it this week.
These look really good and cute. Sound yummy and peach and apple sound good too.
These look delicious and so pretty! They would be eaten quick around here! Thanks for the recipe!
love all things pie thanks for sharing pinned, yummed and shared have a great week
What a fun and creative recipe idea, I especially love your food-tography 😉 totally pinning! xo
Hey, I’m hopping over from the Friday Feature linky party. These are cute little pies! I’m going to save the recipe so I can try it sometime. Have a funtastic weekend!
What a fun little sweet treat. They don’t look hard to make either. Yummy!
These are so cute! They’d be so perfect for Valentine’s Day too! Thanks so much for sharing with us at Share The Wealth Sunday!
That is the most cutest thing I have ever seen!! So glad I came across your article because I must make this!!! Please come share this at our blog hop Wed- Sun at floyd family homestead
These look so yummy! Pinned.
These little blueberry hand pies look so good and easy enough for even me to make. Thank you for sharing at Snickerdoodle, Create, Bake, & Make.
These look so tasty and surprisingly easy! They would be so fun as a lunch box treat!
These are seriously the cutest things I have seen all day. Thanks for sharing with us all at Family Joy Blog Link Up Party. Hope to see you next week!
These are beautiful and look so yum! I love that you say ‘basic homemade pie crust’, like you make it every Tuesday! There is a lot of effort just in that crust! Well done!
These are so cute! I love the heart shape of the pies. What a creative idea! Thanks for sharing! 🙂
Your Blueberry pies look absolutely delicious. I just made some Pumpkin Hand Pies.
I would love to have you drop by and share your recipe on our WW this week.
Hope you have a great week!
Oh my goodness, I am making these for tomorrow. Yummy! I love berries and these will be a hit with my family. I am so happy I found your lovely blog and enjoyed looking around. I would love it if you would link this delicious post at a linky party I am co-hosting. I hope to see you there. Have a great week.
I love these!!I love the heart shape – Thanks for sharing on the What’s for Dinner link up and don’t forget to leave a comment at the party – Next week’s features that also leave a comment get pinned and tweeted!