Salted Caramel Apple Hand Pies

Baking those cupcakes a week ago has me bitten with the baking bug. I don't want to attempt anything too crazy but when I found this recipe for Salted Caramel Apple Hand Pies I couldn't wait to make them. This recipe calls for homemade dough, but because I made them before work one morning I cheated and bought some from the store. Shh don't tell!

You will need:

2 cups of small, diced, and peeled Granny Smith apples
2 teaspoons of fresh lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon
1/4 cup of sugar
2 teaspoons of all-purpose flour
8 store-bought soft caramels, roughly chopped
Large flake sea salt
Egg wash (1 egg lightly beaten with 1 tablespoon of water)
1 pack of 2 pie crusts

To start, lay a few pieces of wax paper on a large, flat surface and dust with flour. Open one packet of pie crust and lay out on the surface. Dust a rolling pin with flour and roll out your dough, being careful not to thin it so much that it breaks. Take a 3 inch pie cutter or the bottom of a drinking glass and cut as many circles as you can into the dough. Pick up any scraps and roll them out to make more circles. Repeat the process with the second pie crust. You should have at least 28 circles.

Set the circles aside and preheat the oven to 425. Once you've prepped your apples and caramels, make the filling. In a small bowl combine the apples, lemon juice, cinnamon, sugar, and flour.

Line a baking sheet with a Silpat or other silicone liner if you have one (if you don't get one! They're the best things ever) and place 8 circles down. Spoon the filling into the center, being careful to leave a border. Top with a few pieces of caramel and a pinch of sea salt. Grab 8 more circles to place over the top.

Crimp the edges of your pies together with a fork, cut two to three small slits in the top, and coat with egg wash. Bake for 15 minutes until golden brown. Repeat with any remaining dough.

Once out of the oven these slid right off the baking liner and don't take long to cool. I took them to work to share and they were gone only a few hours into the shift! These are great to bring along to holiday parties this month and next!