Easy Caramel Apple Hand Pies | The Perfect Fall Dessert

 

If you love fall as much as I do, then you probably can't wait to start baking all of your favorite fall recipes. Nothing screams fall more to me than filling my home with the sweet smell of apples and cinnamon!

One of my all-time favorite fall recipes is these easy Caramel Apple Hand Pies. They look impressive, but using premade pie crust makes them surprisingly simple to make. They're filled with warm cinnamon apples and gooey caramel, wrapped in flaky pie crust, and baked until golden brown.  This Caramel Apple Hand Pie recipe is such an easy dessert when you're craving something sweet without spending hours in the kitchen.

They're also the perfect way to use up all of those apples after a trip to the apple orchard!

Mix all of your dry ingredients to coat your apple dices.......I actually use my hands to coat the apples, but of course you could use a spoon.

If you don't have a cookie or biscuit cutter to make your circle shapes from the pie dough roll, no worries! I use the top of a round glass. It's about 3" in diameter and the perfect size to hold all that yummy apple filling!

Place the apple filling into the center of each dough round...easy peasey!

And of course, don't forget to top each one off with a little bit of ooey gooey caramel sauce!

Place your hand pies on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Whisk the egg with a tablespoon of water and brush over the tops and edges of each hand pie before placing in the oven.

Twenty minutes later you will be staring at these little pillows of apple love. Be sure to cool completely on a cooling rack...it's hard to refrain from eating them straight out of the oven!

Caramel Apple Hand Pies

4 cups peeled diced apples 

2 Tbsp flour

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1/4 tsp nutmeg

1 package pre-made pie crusts (I used Kroger brand)

1 egg

Caramel sauce

 

  

Preheat oven to 425 degrees and then line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper.

In a medium bowl add the diced apples and toss with the flour then stir in the sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg - set aside

On a floured cutting board, roll out the pre-made dough until it is about 1/8" thick

Using a 3" round biscuit cutter, cut 16 circles from each big circle; reuse the dough and roll out again as needed. I was able to get seven circles from one dough roll.

Place about 2-3 tablespoons of the apple mixture on the center of 16 circles then if desired add about 1/2 tsp of caramel sauce on top.

Place the remaining dough on top. Pinch to seal then press a fork around the entire edge

Make an egg wash by slightly beating one egg with 1 Tbsp of water; brush tops then cut 2 or 3 slits onto dough

Place on cookie sheet and bake for about 20 minutes until golden brown and apples are tender

Cool on wire racks