Grandma June's Recipe Box · Chapter 9

Friday Night Cherry Hand Pies

“Easy to carry up into the bleachers.”

You'll need

• 4 refrigerated pie crusts (2 boxes)
• 2 cups pitted cherries
• ⅓ cup sugar
• 1 tbsp cornstarch
• 1 tsp lemon juice
• 1 egg, beaten

How to make it

1. Cook the cherries, sugar, cornstarch and lemon juice until thick; cool.
2. Cut the crusts into 4-inch circles, re-rolling the scraps. Spoon filling onto half of them.
3. Top with the rest, crimp with a fork, brush with egg and cut a slit.
4. Bake at 400°F for 18–20 minutes.

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