Hopefully I had your attention at the word pie, after all who can resist another pie recipe? Perhaps it is because cake and cupcakes are seemingly everywhere nowadays that pie has a certain refreshing taste to it. Then again I have always been on team pie. I would have a t-shirt that says so if random-opinion screen print t-shirts weren't the only thing more outdated than using the phrase "team" anything...
Not so convinced? Let me sweeten the pot, you can eat this pie with YOUR HANDS. That's right folks, no fancy silverware or even plates required while still retaining a sense of dignity. Now you can now enjoy some pie while walking the dog or dropping the kids off to school. It might even make waiting at the DMV enjoyable. Maybe. Or you can sneak them into the movie theatre like I did.
Known as hand pies, these are essentially the cupcake of pie world. I used this recipe from Bon Appetite which always lures me in with there wonderful photography and styling. Mine did not turn out quite as neat as the picture on the website, but the taste was wonderful enough to erase any disappointments. The only real modification I had was to add more lemon juice, which is more of a personal preference than anything else (I always, always add more lemon or more vanilla).
If you don't mind taking the extra time to make your own pie crust I would strongly recommend it. Homemade dough going to be easier to roll out into a rectangle which is key for making uniform, clean pies. Or you could just get the store-bought dough and stuff them like calzones.
Either way, these hand pies can make nearly any time pie time!
