Apple Hand Pie Recipe: 5-Spice Pastries by The Cooking Guy

Ingredients

• 2 sheets puff pastry, defrosted
• 1 large Granny Smith apple, peeled and diced small
• Juice of 1/2 lemon
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 tablespoon Chinese 5 spice powder – go with me on this
• Pinch Kosher salt
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1/3 cup caramel sauce
• Turbinado sugar
• Preheat oven to 400
• Put apples, lemon juice, sugar 5 spice & salt in a bowl – mix well to combine
• Breathe it in, it smells uhmazing
• Unfold pastry and roll out until slightly larger all around
• Using a cooking cutter or a glass, cut out an even amount of 4 inch circles - you should get 8-10 from each sheet
• Line a baking tray with parchment or use a silpat and lay down 1/2 of the circles
• Top with some of the apple, being sure to leave a border at the edges
• Add about a teaspoon of caramel to each pile of apples, and top with remaining pastry
• Use a fork to seal the edges, brush top with beaten egg and sprinkle with turbinado sugar
• Bake until gorgeous, golden brown and crispy.