Cherry Cheesecake Hand Pies
Cherry Cheesecake Hand Pies are an easy single serve dessert idea. Hand pies are a pie dough filled with a fruit mixture and cream cheese. Fold and deep fry to golen perfection. The hand pies are brushed with a sugar glaze, for an easy dessert.
Servings 6 servings
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 4 oz cream cheese
- 21 oz. can cherry pie filling
- Refrigerated pie crust
Sugar Glaze Ingredients
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon corn syrup
- 1 tablespoon water
- Vegetable Oil for frying
Instructions
- Fill a heavy dutch oven or heavy bottom pot 4-5 inches deep with vegetable oil. Use an
- oil or candy thermometer in the oil to monitor the temperature. Bring oil to 375°F. If your
- oil is too cold the pies will absorb too much oil. If it’s too hot they will burn.
- Add sugar and cream cheese to a medium bowl. Blend together using a hand
- mixer.
- Roll out your refrigerated pie crust. Use a 5-6” bowl to trace a round shape. Cut out with
- a knife or pastry wheel. If your bowl doesn’t fit onto your pie crust 3 times you can use a rolling
- pin and roll your pie crust out a little more. Cut out 6 rounds total.
- Spoon a heaping tablespoon of cream cheese filling and 2 tablespoons of cherry pie
- filling onto the pie crust round.
- Using your fingers, brush water on the edges of the crust to help seal the edges
- together. Fold pie round over and crimp the edges to seal pie crust together.
- In a small bowl, mix powdered sugar, corn syrup and water together to make your glaze.
- Set aside.
- Deep fry one hand pie at a time in your oil. Fry them for 2-3 minutes, or until the pie crust
- is a deed golden brown. Remove from oil and place on a paper towel.
- Using a pastry brush, brush glaze over both sides of hand pie. Place on a baking sheet
- or cooling rack.
- Repeat the frying and glazing process with the rest of the hand pies.
- Serve immediately.