JasmineRichelleBakes: Apple Blackberry Hand Pies For The Win!

I wanted to make a pie post every week for the month of November, and this is the last pie post for the month of November and for the year of 2017. I wanted to make an apple pie but I wanted to make it with a twist. I went to the store and bought two granny smith apples and found blackberries on sale, so I decided to make apple blackberry pies. I actually really love making individual desserts because you don't have to worry about portioning out desserts for everyone. I couldn't find any of my large grain sugar so I used some gold sanding sugar that I had and I loved the way it added texture to the pies. There was also additional sweetness added that balanced out some of the tartness from the granny smith apples. They looked and tasted great and are really simple to make.

Apple Blackberry Hand Pies

here's what you are going to need.

Pastry Crust

2 Cups of flour
1 Stick of salted butter (cut in small pieces)
6 Tablespoons of ice cold water

Apple Blackberry Filling

2 granny smith apples (peeled and diced)
6 oz of blackberries
1 cup of sugar
4 oz of butter
1/4 cup of honey
1/4 cup of water

Topping

1 egg (beaten)
sanding sugar

Freshly peeled apples

Dice your apples and place them in a pan with your blackberries and water

add your butter, sugar and honey

cook on medium/high until filling starts to boil and gel

Remove from heat and let cool completely.

For Pie Crust

Take your 2 cups of flour and using two forks cut the butter into the flour until the mixture has a sandy texture.

Add your 6 tablespoons of your cold water and mix until your dough forms into a ball

Wrap your dough in plastic wrap and place in fridge for at least two hours

I cut this dough in half and rolled out each half. I then used a 3 inch cookie cutter and cut out circles. (you may have to take the scraps from the circles and re roll them out.)