Let’s start with the most basic question: what is a hand pie?
Just like its name, a hand pie is a small handheld pastry with a sweet or savory filling.
There are all forms of hand-pies (also known as turnovers), and most cultures and locations usually have their own version of the hand-pie. Some are sweet (apple, peach), and some are savory and more like a meal (beef, pork). When you travel around the world and enjoy food from different cultures, you will quickly see that there are so many different variations of the hand pie.
These hand pie recipes are just a curation of some hand pie recipes that you should try. Some are great as snacks, some are great for dessert and some can be packed for a lunch on-the-go.
Enjoy them all!
Cinnamon Apple Empanadas
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Do you smell that warm apple pie filling? You will want to reschedule your day to make the tastiest recipe for cinnamon apple empanadas in the air fryer! These delicious cinnamon apple fried pies with pie crust turn up a flaky crust and a warm apple filling. It’s a happy marriage of homemade and store-bought!
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Classic British Pork Pie
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The pork pie with hot water crust is a delicious English classic, and when it’s turned keto and gluten-free, it just gets even better. This handheld pie is traditionally eaten cold (except in Yorkshire), so it’s perfect for lunch boxes, picnics, and road trips!
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3-Ingredient Pumpkin Hand Pies
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These 3-ingredient Halloween Pumpkin Hand Pies with Jack O’ Lantern faces are deliciously easy to make and taste like fall! While these are pretty “halloweeny” you can make them whenever you want.
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Blueberry Air Fryer Hand Pies
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Enjoy this buttery, flaky individual treats with these easy Air Fryer Hand Pies. They have fresh blueberry filling, a simple butter crust, and are cooked up perfectly in the air fryer in about 10 minutes! You can also make them in the oven if you don’t have an air fryer.
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Sourdough Hand Pies With Spinach and Feta Cheese
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This savory hand pie recipe is a delightful twist on traditional sweet pies, using sourdough discard and filled with spinach and feta cheese. The sourdough crust adds a unique flavor that sets these apart! If you’re looking for an easy, make-ahead sourdough appetizer, these flaky hand pies will impress your guests or make your family feel special!
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Air Fryer Pumpkin Hand Pies
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These cute and easy air fryer pumpkin hand pies are the perfect dessert. With only a few ingredients, they are simple to make in minutes, and if you’re not quite ready for pumpkin, you can swap out your favorite pie filling to make these delicious treats in another flavor.
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Easy Apple Hand Pies With Puff Pastry
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These delicious apple hand pies, made with puff pastry, are flaky and filled with spiced apples. They’re easy to make and utterly irresistible!
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Sourdough Discard Apple Turnovers
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Apple turnovers are a delicious treat that brings me back to my childhood. The best sourdough discard apple turnovers (hand pie) recipe is my grandma’s delicious recipe converted into a sourdough discard recipe.
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Blackberry Peach Turnovers
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You’ll be amazed at how easy it is to create these impressive Blackberry Peach Turnovers! This easy turnover recipe uses puff pastry and fresh fruit. It’s so easy!
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Blackberry Peach Turnovers
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If you’ve got some juicy fresh peaches that need to be used up, then you’ll love these air fryer peach hand pies! Using store-bought pie crust saves time, so you can enjoy a relatively quick dessert with no oven needed.
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Meat Hand Pies (Crimean Tatar Cantik)
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These are delicious meat hand pies made with a soft bread crust and filled with ground beef. These hand pies are easy to make, taste authentic, and are best served with natural yogurt and made from a traditional Crimean Tatar recipe from Dobrogea, Romania.
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Peach Mango Pie
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This peach mango pie is a Jollibee recipe copycat! This peach mango pie recipe makes eight delicious hand pies, each with a flaky, buttery pie crust filled with a juicy peach and mango filling!
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Easy Lemon Hand Pies
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These Easy Lemon Hand Pies are so simple to make! Using a jar of lemon curd and ready-made pie crust, these mini pies bake in 25 minutes! These hand pies full of lemon goodness are great for picnics, for a quick afternoon treat or a yummy dessert.
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Cherry Pie Bars
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These scrumptious Cherry Pie Bars bring out the best in cherries. They have a soft, buttery crust, topping, and a simple four-ingredient powdered sugar glaze. They are the perfect combination of tart and sweet.
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Fresh Peach Hand Pies Recipe
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This Peach Hand Pies recipe is the perfect way to use the fresh peaches that are so sweet this time of year. These use store-bought crust and don’t even need icing.
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Jack O’ Lantern Pumpkin Hand Pies
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These Jack O’ Lantern Pumpkin Hand Pies are cute and easy! A fun, kid-friendly Halloween dessert that you can make anytime of the year.
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Apple Hand Pies Recipe
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These apple hand pies are so delicious! They are crispy on the outside, juicy on the inside, and smell amazing! If you like classic apple pie, try these homemade apple hand pies. They are perfect for parties, holidays, birthdays, and weekends.
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Venison and Wild Mushroom Hand Pies With Stout Beer
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Venison hand pies (or pasties) are the perfect handheld meal. These delicious little things are made of flavorful venison and mushroom filling with stout beer gravy wrapped in a flaky Irish cheddar crust. They’re kind of like venison pot pie but way better. Give them a try today!
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Lebanese Spinach Fatayer Recipe
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When you love Lebanese food, you gotta know how to cook it. One of the bests is this Lebanese Spinach Fatayer. They are basically lemony, savory spinach hand pies and are so good!
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Apple-Cranberry Vegan Hand Pies
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These gluten-free vegan hand pies feature an irresistible, spiced apple-cranberry filling and are made without oil or refined sugar. This versatile recipe is a healthier, holiday-worthy treat everyone will love!
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Flaky Rhubarb Hand Pies With Vanilla Drizzle
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The Rhubarb Hand Pie is a delightful, portable dessert that screams spring and summer. It’s a mini version of a classic pie, filled with tart, sweet rhubarb, encased in a buttery, flaky pastry, and topped with a drizzle of sweet vanilla icing. What’s not to love?
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Cheese and Onion Pasties With Puff Pastry
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This is a classic British dish. It’s the perfect combination of delicious cheese, potato and a lightly caramelised onion filling, encased in a crispy puff pastry shell and baked to golden perfection.
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Air Fryer Blueberry Hand Pies
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These Air Fryer Blueberry Hand Pies will become your new favorite Air Fryer dessert! Why bake a whole pie when you can make these golden brown grab-and-go pies instead? Made with fresh blueberries, cream cheese, and more.
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Blueberry and Strawberry Star Hand Pies
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These Blueberry and Strawberry Star Hand Pies are the perfect patriotic dessert for your 4th of July party or anytime you fancy a delicious homemade dessert!
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