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Strawberry Hand Pies
These party-friendly hand pies with a peppery butter-crust, jammy strawberry filling, and tangy goat cheese frosting are destined for your next summer gathering.
👥 9 Servings👤 Nicole A. Taylor📖 bonappetit
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- ●bowl
- ●whisk
- ●baking sheet
- ●oven
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Dough
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Whisk flour, granulated sugar, pepper, and salt in a large bowl. Using a pastry cutter or your hands, work in butter until largest pieces are pea-size. Sprinkle ¼ cup ice water over dough and mix and scoop with your hands to incorporate. Continue adding ice water 1–2 Tbsp. at a time (up to 6 Tbsp. more) until dough just begins to adhere and you can gather it into an imperfect ball. Pat dough into a disk and wrap in plastic. Chill ⏱️ 30 minutes.
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Filling
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Toss strawberries, granulated sugar, cornstarch, ginger, lemon juice, vanilla extract, and salt in a medium bowl to combine. Let sit ⏱️ 30 minutes.
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Frosting and Assembly
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Unwrap dough and roll out on a lightly floured surface to a ⅛"-thick round. Using a 5"-diameter cutter or bowl, punch or cut out as many rounds as you can. Reroll scraps and slide onto a parchment-lined baking sheet; chill ⏱️ 10 minutes. Punch out more rounds.
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Working one at a time, spoon 1 (heaping) Tbsp. strawberry filling on 1 side of each round of dough, avoiding excess liquid at the bottom of the bowl; discard liquid. Fold empty side up and over filling to bring edges together to create a half-moon shape. Crimp edges with a fork to seal. Arrange hand pies on parchment-lined baking sheet and chill until cold and firm, 35–⏱️ 45 minutes.
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Preheat oven to 400°. Brush tops of hand pies with egg, then prick each one twice with a fork. Bake until golden brown, 35–⏱️ 40 minutes. Let cool on baking sheets.
(2 sticks) chilled unsalted butter, cut into ½" pieces1 cuplarge egg, lightly beaten to blend1
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Using an electric mixer on medium speed, beat goat cheese and butter in a medium bowl, scraping down sides as needed, until smooth, about ⏱️ 2 minutes. With the motor running, add powdered sugar ¼ cup at a time, mixing well after each addition. Beat in milk, vanilla, and salt. Drizzle some frosting over each pie. Do ahead: Hand pies can be made 3 days ahead; store airtight at room temperature. Frosting can be made 1 week ahead. Cover and chill. Bring to room temperature before using.
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