Cherry Pie Love Hearts
These delicious mini heart cherry pies are the perfect way to show your love! Made with real cherries and a flaky, buttery crust, these mini pies are sure to make your special someone's heart melt. Enjoy the sweet taste of love with these mini cherry pie love hearts!
Ingredients
- 300 g Plain flour plus a little extra for rolling out the pastry
- ¼ Tbsp Salt
- 2 Tbsp Caster sugar
- 150 g Unsalted butter chilled
- 1 Large egg yolk
- 3-4 Tbsp Iced water
- 1 Tbsp Milk
- 410 g Cherry pie filling 1 tin
Instructions
To make the pie crust
- First, to make the pie crust, you’ll need to cut the chilled butter into small cubes.150 g Unsalted butter
- Grab yourself a large mixing bowl and sift the flour.300 g Plain flour
- Add in your butter cubes and using the tips of your fingers, rub the flour and butter together until you create a crumbly texture almost like bread crumbs.
- Now add in the salt and 2 tablespoons of caster sugar and give it a quick stir.¼ Tbsp Salt, 2 Tbsp Caster sugar
- Make a well in the center of the crumbled mixture and add in the yolk of one egg and add in the water.1 Large egg yolk, 3-4 Tbsp Iced water
- Using a spatula, work the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients, keep mixing until it forms a soft dough.
- Knead the dough a couple of times and flatten into a disk shape. Cover with clingfilm and chill for about an hour in the refrigerator.
- After the dough has been chilled, remove from the fridge, and set to one side to bring it back down to almost room temperature again.
- Preheat your oven to 180°C.
- Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Now divide the dough into two pieces; this makes it easier to roll.
How to make the mini Cherry pie hearts
- Dust a clean work surface and rolling pin.
- Roll out the dough and, using a heart-shaped cookie cutter start cutting out your hearts.
- Next, fill half your hearts with a little cherry pie filling making sure to keep it away from the edges.410 g Cherry pie filling
- Now place the other half of the hearts to the top of each cherry-filled heart. Using a fork press around the edges to crimp them together.
- Brush the top of the pies with a little milk and sprinkle with sugar.1 Tbsp Milk
- Place the pie into the center of your oven and bake for 20-25 minutes. The pie crust should look golden when its finished cooking.
Video
Cherry Pie Love Hearts | How to Recipe #Shorts
Notes
Tips and Tricks
If your dough seems a little to crumbly when forming the dough ball, add in I little more water 1 tsp at a time; it’s better to do this slowly as it can get very sticky very quickly.
The longer you leave the dough in the fridge to cool, the better the pastry turns out. I find when I have left it in the fridge overnight it turns out much nicer and is easier to roll too.
Make sure that the pastry is at room temperature before rolling, as this prevents cracking.
When it comes to rolling out the dough make sure to keep moving it around on the floured surface; this stops it from sticking.
Nutrition
Calories: 117kcalCarbohydrates: 15gProtein: 2gFat: 5gSaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 22mgSodium: 77mgPotassium: 34mgFiber: 1gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 203IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 7mgIron: 1mg
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