It’s apple season! My dad has a big apple tree in the back yard. Every year, I fill up a bunch of buckets with apples and spend a few days cranking out jars and jars of applesauce.
Then, my fruit loving son spends the following week eating them all. It’s a labor of love.
I figured this year I would bake my apples instead.
Here’s a fun fact about me: I make a mean pie crust. Flaky, buttery, fragile, delicious, and downright ugly. I have absolutely no gift for making pie crust look pretty.
So, these hand pies are one work around. They don’t have to look pretty. In fact, they have a lot more character when they’re not pretty. And they still taste fantastic.
If you’re choosing apples carefully, pies are best made with a crisp, tart apple. Something like Granny Smith or Cortland.
If you’re just getting your apples from the tree in the backyard, then any variety will do!
Here in Utah, the summer is taking it’s time dwindling into fall, which is just fine with me. I’ve been enjoying the warm, sunny days, pretending summer will never end.
But that’s hard to do when you’re eating apples.
The family loved these little hand pies. I even had a couple left over for lunch boxes the next day. Which made my kids the envy of the school cafeteria. It’s one of the perks of having a food blogger as a mom!
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