PIE! I LOVE PIE!
There’s just something about the fruit-filled flaky crusted pastries that makes my heart swoon! (My mouth is actually watering just thinking about pie.)
I enjoy combining my love with pies and Valentine’s Day with these Heart Shaped Mini Cherry Pies!
Using store bought pie crusts and a heart-shaped cookie cutter is an easy way to make this treat Valentine’s Day ready. Canned cherry filling is just the CHERRY ON TOP! Ha! (I crack myself up!)
First, you simply roll out the refrigerated pie crust. Using a 4″ heart shaped cookie cutter, cut out an equal number of hearts. You can take the pie crust scraps and roll them out together to make more hearts.
Place half the hearts on a parchment-lined baking sheet. You’ll brush egg wash (made of egg and milk) along the edges of your hearts.
Add a small amount of the cherry pie filling in the center of the egg washed hearts.
Make a small x cut in the center of the remaining half of the hearts. Place an x heart on top of each filled heart and press and crimp the edges with a fork. Brush the sealed pie with egg wash and dust with sparkling sugar. Bake the pies for 14-16 minutes in a 350º oven until the crust is browned. Allow the pies to cool before eating (nothing worse than a burned tongue!).
Ingredients
- 1 box Refrigerated Pie Crust
- 11oz Cherry Pie Filling
- 1 Egg
- 1 TBL Milk
- White Sparkling Sugar
Preparations
- Preheat oven to 350º.
- Using a 4" heart shaped cookie cutter, you should get 8-10 pies from 1 box of crusts.
- Cut as many shapes as you can get re-rolling scraps as needed.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Mix together egg and milk to make an egg wash.
- Place half of the hearts on prepared pan(s).
- Use egg wash to wet the edges of the hearts.
- Place a small amount of the pie filling in the center of each heart.
- Make a small x cut in the center of the remaining half of the hearts.
- Place an x heart on top of each filled heart and press and crimp edges.
- Brush sealed pie with egg wash and dust with sparkling sugar.
- Bake for 14-16 minutes until crust is browned.
- Allow to cool.
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