Spiced Peach Hand Pies
Flakey, full of peaches, perfectly balanced between sweet and spiced, and oh so delicious. These Spiced Peach Hand Pies are the perfect summertime dessert!
Ingredients
Crust
- 5¼ cups all purpose flour*
- 6 Tablespoons granulated sugar
- ¾ teaspoon baking powder
- 1½ cups salted butter cold
- 9 ounces cream cheese cold
- 1½ Tablespoons apple cider vinegar
- 10 Tablespoons heavy cream
Filling
- 3 cups diced peaches
- ⅓ cup brown sugar firmly packed
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon ground allspice
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
Instructions
Crust
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the pastry attachment, combine flour, sugar, and baking powder.
- Slice butter and cream cheese.
- With mixer running, add butter and cream cheese, a couple of pieces at a time.
- Mix until mixture looks like sand.
- Add vinegar and cream.
- Mix just until combined.
- Divide into 2 pieces.
- Round and flatten into a disc.
- Wrap in plastic wrap.
- Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
Filling
- In a medium bowl, combine peaches, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice.
Putting It Together
- Heat oven to 375℉.
- Line 3 baking sheets with parchment paper. Set aside.
- Remove one piece of dough from refrigerator.
- Roll to 1/16 inch thick.
- Use a 4 inch cutter to cut out circles.
- Repeat with remaining dough.
- Place ½ of the dough circles on prepared baking sheets.
- Place remaining dough circles in refrigerator until ready to use.
- Top each with ⅛ cup peach mixture.
- Brush edges of dough with water or egg wash.
- Top with remaining dough rounds.
- Press all the way around the edges with fingers.
- Use a fork to make sure the dough is sealed.
- Cut slits in top of dough to allow steam to escape.
- Bake for 15 minutes.
- Brush tops with reserved peach liquid.
- Sprinkle with sparkling sugar, if desired.
- Bake an additional 20 minutes, until golden brown.
Notes
*This recipe was written using an average of the dip and sweep method for measuring flour and the spoon and level method. If you are using a scale, you will need to add 3/4 oz or 22 g to the measurement for each cup of flour.
- Be careful to not over-work your pie dough! It can be very easy to do inside a mixer. You simply just want everything to come together. Be sure to watch it closely!
- Keep your pie crust COLD! The refrigerator is your best friend with this recipe. When not working with the pie dough, it needs to be in the fridge.
- With your peaches, be sure to dice them! Chunks or slices will be too big to fit inside the hand pie.
- When filling the hand pies, try and avoid as much of the liquid as you can. If you spoon in a lot of the liquid, the hand pies are more likely to leak/burst.
- Don't throw away the peach filling liquid! You will need it to brush the tops of the hand pies.
- You can top these hand pies with sparkling sugar or a simple vanilla glaze.
Nutrition
Serving: 1pieCalories: 438kcalCarbohydrates: 45gProtein: 6gFat: 27gSaturated Fat: 16gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 7gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 72mgSodium: 215mgPotassium: 123mgFiber: 2gSugar: 12gVitamin A: 979IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 51mgIron: 2mg
Nutritional information is only an estimate. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed.