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Fall Recipe~ Carmel Apple Pie

Fall Recipe~ Carmel Salted Apple Hand Pie

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▸ Pies! I usually can't eat pies but this one just sounds so yummy and amazing to try :)  Better keep reading this if you want to drool your tongue off.

Servings: 10 (3 inch) hand pies
Prep Time: 1 hour (along with chilling time)
Cook Time: 15 minutes

Ingredients

Dough:
• 2 cups of all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon of backing powder
• 1 cup (2 sticks) cold unsalted butter (cut into cubes)
• 1/2 cup of cold sour cream

Filling:
• 2 cups small diced (peeled) Granny Smith's Green Apples
• 2 teaspoons of fresh lemon juice
• 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon
• 1/4 cup of sugar
• 2 teaspoons of all-purpose flour
• 8 store bought soft caramels, roughly cut
• Large flake sea salt
• Egg wash (1 egg whisked with 1 tablespoon of water)
• Crystal sanding sugar (optional)

Directions

Make the Dough:

1.| Whisk together the flour, salt and baking powder in a large bowl.

2.| Add the cubed butter to the bowl and use your fingers to work the butter and flour together until it's a moist and feels like wet sand.

3.| Stir in the sour cream (the dough will become wet) the n turn the dough on a well floured surface.

4.| Knead the dough a few times until it comes together. Add more flour when necessary, 1 teaspoon at a time of the dough is too sticky to deal with.

5.| Roll the dough into an 8x10-inch rectangle and dust both sides with flour before folding it into thirds, as if your were folding a letter. Place in refrigerator.

Filling

1.| In a small bowl, combine apples, lemon juice, cinnamon, sugar, and flour, stirring together until fully mixed. Set aside.

Pie Making Time

Preheat oven to 425°F

1.| Remove the dough from fridge, unfold it and roll it to a 14x14-inch square.

2.| Using a 3-inch cookie cutter or a cup, cut out as many pies you can/desire. Re-roll the dough out to make more circles. You should have an even number of circles (hopefully 20)

3.| Place 6 of the circle on parchment paper-lines cookie sheet. Spoon a small portion of filling and place it in the center of a circle. Decorate the top of the filling with some chopped up caramels and a pinch of salt. Place a second circle over the filling, using a fork to crimp and pouch up the filling. Do this with all the pies and make sure the sides are secure.

4.| Brush each pie with egg wash then slice a couple cents at the top of the pie. Sprinkle the pies with some crystal sanding sugar (optional)

5.| Bake the pies for about 15 minutes or until they're golden brown. Continue on with the previous directions for the rest of the dough circles and filling.

6.| Remove the pies from oven and wait about 5-10 minutes to cool before serving.

Notes

1.| The apples should be cubed and no larger than a kettle corn. They brown up fairly quickly.

2.| If the dough is too firm to work with after refrigerating, let the dough sit in room temperature for about 10 minutes.

3.| If the sour cream becomes too sticky at any point during the rolling process, sprinkle some flour over the spot and carry on.

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Hey girls! Sorry I haven't been updating as much, but hey! Here's a fun treat idea to serve to guests or family! I'll try to update on every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Okay? Weekends are my breaks where I finish up homework/studying and Tuesday I have Geometry to take care of soo... Yeah. On October 1st and 2nd were my mother and sister's birthday! Gotta wait for the next one! (October 7th, big cousin)
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