I am all about my pies and I’ve been wanting to try making a pie pocket for awhile now. Valentine’s was coming up so this was the perfect opportunity to make some heart shaped pie pockets and they turned out SO AMAZING!
**First off you will need to use my Pie Dough Recipe found on my other blog post. Then come back here and follow along to make these sweet heart shaped pie pockets.**
You could really make these with any shape but I will give you the template for the heart shape that I created so that you can create your own.
THE PROCESS
- First off, the pie dough recipe was enough for me to make 13 heart pie pockets. You could also make less and freeze the rest of your dough for future full size pies or pockets.
- I rolled my dough out to about 1/8 inch thick on a floured surface and then used my heart template to cut out your heart shapes. **NOW after playing around with making the pies I cut my top pieces a bit larger than my bottom pieces. Just cut around the heart template an extra 1/4 inch.
- I laid my bottom heart down on the parchment paper on the baking sheet and started filling it. I left about 1/2 inch of space around the entire edge of the heart so that it could be sealed well and I put about 3 Tbsp of filling in the pie.
- Next I put my larger cut out heart on top and used a fork to push together the crust around the entire edge. **If your shape gets kind of wonky, just cut of the pieces that stick out of place and gently push the dough back into the heart shape.
- Poke some holes into the dough so that it doesn’t ooze out the edges when cooking. Then brush lightly with milk and sprinkle with sugar.
- Cook in the oven at 350 Degrees F for around 45 min.
I put apples in some of my pies and plums in some. The plum pies were AMAZING! Highly recommend making plum pie. Also if you do apple pie I recommend peeling your apples for a nicer soft inside.
Need a really good rolling pin for your baking?? Try out this one!
Let me know if you make some pie pockets and what fruit you use! Tag my on instagram @the.expert.amateur
Use the heart template below if you want the same size I used.
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