Apple Hand Pies Recipe – Easy to Cook at Home Recipe

Try this best and the easiest Apple Hand Pies Recipe at home. And these are made with the apples from our tree! I grew up never seeing a real apple tree till I was 25. Yes, that’s true. I grew up in Shillong and even though that place is a fruit grower’s paradise, at that altitude and ecosystem apples did not grow. Well, I am talking about times from two decades back. Today growing anything anywhere, land, water or even Mars (remember the potatoes from the movie The Martian) is possible.

Apple Hand Pies Recipe – The Best and Easiest

Again without digressing, the first time I saw apples growing on trees was in Manali and then Shimla in India. That was the most memorable trip of my life as that was our honeymoon. And I was in awe of it all. Having grown up in the hills, that place tugged at my heartstrings. So the first memory of seeing apples on trees was really special and then we are here in California where apples grow like wildflowers in most people’s yard. Ok, that was a stretch but I think apples are extremely common and they grow well. When we were house hunting as first-time buyers in 2013, one of the things I would be crazy about would be fruit trees (yes multiple, I was not happy with one). I remember someone had outbid us on a house which had a couple of jujube trees laden with fruit to the brim and it took me about 10 days to overcome that rejection.

Our house belonged to a 94-year-old when we first bought it and she was kind of like Sam. Believed in keeping it simple and clean. Yes, the house was super clean and the kitchen spotless because she ate canned food) AND there was just this one fruit tree in the backyard, our apple tree. Really old but it fruits like a dream. However, there is a downside too, the apples are green and really tart when eaten raw and you have to cook with them. They are not Granny Smith or not crab apples but somewhere in between. But then whatever they are, it’s my dream come true. A house with an apple tree in the yard! So as much as Sam wanted, I did not get rid of it. Over the years, we planted pomegranate, three varieties of citrus, a plum, a fruit cocktail, which bears four types of fruits in one tree and persimmon and yet another apple tree.

This year we picked tons of apples, gave away to neighbors with the disclaimer that they are tart and then I made apple pies, Hand pies for my Missy. She loves the Apple Pies you get in McDonald’s and to this date, we go to McDonald’s to get just two things, the McChicken burger and the Apple Pie. Now you know just how inspired I was to have tried the Apple Pie.

The pie dough is really simple and tastes awesome. The classic rule for any butter-based pastry is using chilled ingredients and don’t over mix. And that is pretty much it. Try out the recipe and let me know how it goes.

Along with Apple Hand Pie Recipe, You may also like the recipes below:

• 3 Ingredient Peach Popsicles ^[2]
• Banana Peanut Butter Muffins ^[3]
• Homemade Plum Jam with Whiskey & Ginger ^[4]

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