Food & Drink
Recipe of the Week: Fried Pumpkin Hand Pies
Break with holiday tradition and serve up these fun and portable pumpkin pies
By Compiled by Kate Murphy November 24, 2015
Looking for an alternative to a classic Thanksgiving favorite? Local food blogger and dessert aficionado, Heather Christo, has you covered with what I’m pretty sure is the ultimate holiday treat. These hand pies are fried, pumpkin-filled, AND covered in sugar. What’s not to love?
Serve these at your holiday meal, and you’ll be the chef of the night. Christo notes that you can eat these pies for a variety of occasions–including tomorrow’s breakfast. Here’s hoping there are leftovers!
Fried Pumpkin Hand Pies
Preparation time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: 1 hour
Number of servings: 12
Ingredients
- 1 recipe Best Crust Recipe, chilled
- Pumpkin Vanilla Bean Filling:
- 1 15oz can pumpkin puree
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 Tbs Vanilla bean paste
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- ½ nutmeg
- ½ ginger
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 cup cream
- 2 eggs
- 1 quart Vegetable Oil for frying
Instructions
1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a 9×9 baking dish, add all of the filling ingredients.
3. Combine until smooth.
4. Bake the pumpkin filling for 45 minutes. Take the filling out and leave until cooled.
5. Using a 4 inch cookie cutter, cut circles out of the chilled pie dough.
6. Spoon the chilled filling into the center of the circles.
7. Fold the pie dough over and pinch and fork tine the edges. Chill in the refrigerator while you heat the oil.
8. Heat the oil in a heavy pot over medium heat.
9. Gently fry the pumpkin hand pies until the dough is golden brown.
10. Drain for a moment on paper towels and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.
11. Eat while hot!