Vegan Cherry Thyme Hand Pies
Super simple homemade cherry pie filling inside a perfectly flaky, buttery vegan thyme pie crust.
Servings: 6
Ingredients
Cherry Pie Filling
- 2 Cups Chopped and Pitted Cherries
- 1/4 Cup Organic cane sugar
- 2 Tablespoons+1 teaspoon Water, divided
- 1 Teaspoon Cornstarch
Vegan Thyme Pie Crust
- 1 1/4 Cup All purpose flour
- 1 Teaspoon Organic cane sugar
- 1 Teaspoon Salt
- 1/3 Cup Vegan butter, cold
- 1/4 Cup Water, ice cold
- 1 Tbsp Thyme
Instructions
- Make the cherry pie filling first, add the chopped pitted cherries to a medium sized sauce pan. Heat on medium low. Add the sugar and 2 Tbsp of water.
- Simmer/saute for about 10 minutes or until the liquid starts to thicken.
- Now, whisk together the remaining 1 tsp of water and the cornstarch in a small bowl. Then add it to the cherries. Stir to combine.
- Simmer for a few more minutes until the cherry mixture has thickened up. It will thicken more as it cools. Remove from heat and let it cool all the way.
- Preheat the oven to 450 degrees(F).
- Make the pie crust, in a large mixing bowl, sift the flour. Then stir in the sugar and salt.
- Then, break the cold vegan butter up into small pieces and drop them into the dry ingredients. Using a fork or your fingers, pinch and work the butter into the flour until the flour looks crumbly and sand like. Making sure the butter is all evenly distributed.
- Next, pour the cold water and thyme into the bowl, stir to combine. Then when it gets hard to mix, use you hands to work the dough into a ball. It may seem like it isn't wet enough at first, but it will be perfect once you wok it together with your hands.
- Chill the pie crust in the fridge for 5-10 minutes.
- Now, on a floured surface, roll the pie crust out as thin as you can get it without it falling apart. About an 1/8 inch thick.
- Cut the crust into small circles, put some cherry pie filling in the center of one circle, a few teaspoons of filling will do. Then top with another circle and press the edges together with a fork. Pierce the top with a knife a few times to let the steam out as it bakes.
- Repeat with all the crust, pressing the excess crust back together and roll out again to get more pies.
- Place mini pies on a sheet pan sprayed with non-stick spray. Spray the tops of the pies to brown them.
- Bake at 450 degrees for 10-15 minutes or until they are brown and crispy.
- Serve with powdered sugar, a quick glaze or vegan whipped topping.