Maple Pumpkin Hand Pies

October 19, 2022 • York, Maine

Written by: Sloane Papa

These maple pumpkin hand pies are just what you need when you're craving pie, but don't have time to create a whole pie from scratch. Made with a homemade all-butter pie dough and filled with a swoon-worthy maple pumpkin butter, these mini pies are the most delicious (and shareable!) fall dessert 🙂

WHY YOU'LL LOVE THESE PUMPKIN HAND PIES

  • All-Butter Pie Crust: My go-to all butter pie dough that creates an ultra flaky, tender crust that's perfect with any pie filling.
  • Maple Pumpkin Butter: Stonewall Kitchen's Maple Pumpkin Butter is the essence of fall. Its concentrated pumpkin flavor married with warm spices and sweet maple is incredibly delicious on its own, but also makes for the perfect hand pie filling!
  • Cinnamon Sugar Topping: This sweet, cinnamony topping not only tastes amazing, but also makes these little hand pies so beautiful!
a pile of baked hand pies with filling oozing out on a counter next to a bowl of cinnamon sugar and a white pumpkin

INGREDIENT NOTES

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Ingredient quantities are listed in the recipe card below. Here you'll find notes on why I chose certain ingredients, as well as ingredient substitutions.

  • Flour: Weigh your flour! Homemade pie dough is very simple, so long as everything is measured precisely!
  • Salt: Use kosher salt, not table salt.
  • Butter: Since there are so few ingredients in pie dough, it gets all of its flavor from the butter, so be sure to use high-quality unsalted butter.
  • Ice Water: Pie must be cold at all times, so it's important that the water is iced!
  • Maple Pumpkin Butter: The true star of the show - Stonewall Kitchen's Maple Pumpkin Butter.
  • Egg Wash: Beat one egg with one tablespoon of water, and brush on top of the hand pies before baking to help them brown evenly.
  • Cinnamon Sugar: Add a generous sprinkling of cinnamon sugar on each hand pie before baking.

KITCHEN EQUIPMENT

  • Kitchen Scale
  • Mixing Bowl
  • Plastic Wrap
  • Rolling Pin
  • Round Cookie Cutter
  • Pastry Brush
  • Parchment Paper
  • Baking Sheet

STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS

This hand pie recipe is very simple, but does require a little bit of technique and some chill time. Follow the steps closely and you'll be rewarded with 8 delicious maple pumpkin hand pies!

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Step 1: Make the pie dough and chill overnight. For more detailed step by step instructions, see this 3 Ingredient Pie Crust Recipe.

Step 2: Just before rolling out the dough, preheat the oven to 400 degrees F and line a large baking sheet with parchment paper. Roll the pie dough out to ⅛" and cut out 3" circles.

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Step 3: Grab your Stonewall Kitchen Maple Pumpkin Butter! Resist the urge to eat it by the spoonful.

Step 4: Add a tablespoon of the maple pumpkin butter to half of the pie dough circles. Press the paired circles on top.

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Step 5: Use a fork to seal the edges, then chill for 15 minutes.

Step 6: Brush each hand pie with an egg wash, sprinkle with cinnamon sugar, then bake!

Step 7: Bake for about 16-18 minutes until evenly golden.

Happy baking! x

side by side image of the unbaked, assembled hand pies on a baking sheet and a caption beneath reading Step 5 and an image of the same hand pies covered with an egg wash and the cinnamon sugar mixture on the right side and a caption beneath it that reads Step 6

Sloane Papa • Creator of Sloane's Table

Sloane Papa is a professional baker, recipe developer, and food photographer. She creates trust-worthy recipes of baked goods ranging from easy & indulgent, bakery-worthy, and simple & healthyish. Follow along for her incredible recipes! atsloanestable.com