{"id":606,"date":"2011-11-08T16:02:53","date_gmt":"2011-11-08T23:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.sugarhero.com\/2011\/11\/strawberry-hand-pies\/"},"modified":"2025-06-18T15:46:58","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T22:46:58","slug":"strawberry-hand-pies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sugarhero.com\/strawberry-hand-pies\/","title":{"rendered":"Strawberry Hand Pies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

These Strawberry Hand Pies can be enjoyed with a knife and a fork for a civilized dessert (don’t forget the whipped cream!), or serve them for breakfast like a gourmet Pop Tart!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"strawberry<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

There are some compelling reasons not to make these strawberry hand pies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For one thing, it’s November. Unless you live in summery Australia, it’s getting harder and harder to find good fresh strawberries these days. (And if you do live in Australia, you might be too busy riding kangaroos to make a silly hand pie recipe, mate.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"strawberry-pies-2\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

For another, the dough is a little finnicky. It’s a cream cheese dough, which means it’s flaky and tender, but also a little less forgiving and prone to cracking at the most inopportune times. It might make you curse me…or even worse, curse pies in general.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"strawberry-pies-4\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

But at the end of the day, this recipe is too good not to make and share. It’s worth paying a little more for berries that are a little less perfect, and muttering a few choice words under your breath as you patch torn dough for the third time. Because these pies? Are awesome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How awesome are they?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They’re so awesome, they converted a friend who hates cooked fruit in any form into a fruit pie lover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They’re so awesome, I’ve made them three different times for the blog, but usually end up eating them before I can photograph them. Curse their tastiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"strawberry-pies-1\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

They’re so awesome, they can be enjoyed with a knife and a fork and a topping of whipped cream for a civilized dessert, but if you serve them for breakfast, they’re magically transformed into the world’s most gourmet Pop Tarts. Eaten with a pinky in the air, of course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And even though the recipe calls for strawberries, I think these would be equally delicious with any other berry, like raspberries, blackberries, or blueberries. Or sliced peaches or nectarines. Or rhubarb! Or figs! Or practically anything else that can be stuffed and baked into a pastry shell. But maybe not watermelon. That sounds iffy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"strawberry-pies-3\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\n

🍓More Strawberry Desserts You’ll Love<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n