How to Cook Yummy Sour cherry hand pies

Sour cherry hand pies. Sour cherries made into a filling flavored with cardamoms are tucked in a flaky pie crust to make these perfect individual heart shape sour cherry hand pies. Though chocolate and Valentine's Day have almost become synonymous in present times, who know where this relationship started. Regular ol' cherries, which I love, are usually much darker in hue, but sour cherries are the prettiest of pink.

This Sour Cherry Hand Pies Recipe from CountryLiving.com is the best. Photo credit: Tara Donne; Food stylist: Cyd Rafts McDowell; Prop stylist: Mary Clayton Carl. Grab a piece of pie—no utensils required! You can cook Sour cherry hand pies using 6 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Sour cherry hand pies

1. You need 670 of jar, pitted sour cherries.
2. Prepare 1/2 cup of sugar, extra for sprinkling.
3. You need 2 tbsp of lemon juice.
4. You need 1/2 tbsp of cornflour.
5. You need 1 of egg, beaten, for glazing.
6. You need 1/4 tsp of ground cinnamon (more if desired).

These Sour Cherry Hand Pies are made with flaky cream cheese dough, almond frangipane filling and a dollop of sour cherry preserves. Make your own preserves or use store bought pie filling. This recipe combines three of my favorite things; pie crust, sour cherries and almond frangipane! Using a rubber spatula, stir in the sour cream.

Sour cherry hand pies instructions

1. Strain cherries over a bowl and reserve 2 Tbsp of cherry liquid. Put sugar and lemon juice in a saucepan over a medium heat and stir until sugar begins to dissolve..
2. Add cherrirs and stir. Bring to a simmer. Combine cornflour and reserved cherry liquid until smooth. Stir into cherry mixture until it boils and thickens. Set aside to cool..
3. Use sweet shortcrust Pastry to make pie or mini pies..

The dough will be very shaggy at this point. I prefer rectangular hand pies because you can really stuff them full! These hand held cherry pies make for perfect take along picnic or barbecue fare. This recipe was prepared with sweet cherries and it relies on the natural sweetness of the fruit. Feel free to prepare it with your favorite cherry variety and adjust the amount of added sugar according to your personal taste.