Strawberry Cream Cheese Hand Pies

 

With valentines day approaching, suddenly heart shaped things are appealing to me much more than they normally do. I even went to Joann and bought myself a set of heart shaped cookie cutters. But what to make with them?

The answer appeared with this picture I kept seeing floating around Pinterest involving pie crust, strawberries, and cream cheese, and my curiosity got the better of me. I had to try it out myself.

The results were pretty tasty and relatively low intensity for a super cute treat. 

Strawberry Cream Cheese Hand Pies 

(Inspired by this picture) 

makes 4 pies

1/2 Pie crust, store bought or homemade

1/4 cup strawberries

1/8 cup cream cheese

1 tablespoon sugar

1 egg, beaten

Sugar Sprinkles

Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Line a baking pan with parchment paper.

Finely dice strawberries and sprinkle with sugar. Roll out pie crust and using a cookie cutter in the 3 inch range, cut out 8 pieces of dough, re-rolling scraps if necessary.

Separate four of the cut pieces and set aside. These will be the tops. Divide the cream cheese between the remaining four dough pieces, gently dabbing it flat in the center of each shape. Spoon 1/4 of the strawberries on top of each cream cheese dollop, keeping the edges of the shapes clean. 

Brush egg around the edges of the shape. Lay the top pieces on top of the strawberry and cream cheese and gently press edges together. With the tines of a fork, seal the edges. 

Brush more of the egg mixture over the top of each closed pie and sprinkle with sugar sprinkles. 

Transfer to prepared baking pan and bake for 12-15 minutes or until golden brown.