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Chocolate Raspberry Hand Pie Recipe

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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 3 hours
Servings: 10 Hand Pies
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • CRUST:
  • 3 cups white flour
  • 2 sticks + 3 tbsp chilled butter
  • 1-2 tablespoons sugar
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 6-8 tbsp ice water
  • FILLING:
  • 1-2 cups raspberries
  • 1 tablespoon cocoa powder
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • OTHER INGREDIENTS:
  • 1 egg beaten
  • 1 tablespoon sugar

Method
 

  1. MAKE THE CRUST:
  2. Using a food processor and the S blade, chop up the chilled butter
  3. Then add flour and pulse
  4. Blend the two ingredients roughly, until the butter is broken into pea sized chunks
  5. Then add the ice water
  6. Pulse until the dough starts to stick together
  7. Then transfer dough to a floured cutting board
  8. Knead quickly and gently, forming the dough into two discs
  9. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 2 hours (or overnight)
  10. MAKE THE FILLING:
  11. Toss the raspberries with cocoa power and sugar until coated lightly
  12. ASSEMBLE THE HAND PIES:
  13. Take an egg and beat it
  14. Roll out the dough on a floured cutting board
  15. Cut into circles with a large cookie cutter (or rectangles with a knife)
  16. Lay down the bottom layer of a hand pie on the cutting board
  17. Brush the edges with beaten egg wash
  18. Add a dollop of coated raspberries
  19. Top with another circle or rectangle of dough
  20. Press the edges closed and crimp around edges with a fork
  21. Brush surface with egg wash
  22. Sprinkle with sugar
  23. BAKE:
  24. Bake on a baking sheet at 350°F (180°C) for approximately 30 minutes, until golden brown