Make your mornings easier with these mini berry pies! They're healthy, freezable and have no refined sugar (the powdered sugar on top is optional.)
Mornings are so hectic. Even though some of us are at home doing distance learning or home school, we still have to feed our kids! You can freeze these mini pies and it's packed with nutrition from fruit and chia!
Why You'll Love This Strawberry Pie Recipe
- Nutrient Packed Adding chia seeds not only gives it a fun texture for the kids, it also adds omega 3's to the mix.
- Freezable - You can freeze these for a month or two and reheat it for an easy breakfast meal.
How to Make It Hand Pies
Start by making the homemade filling. In a small saucepot, combine berries over medium-high heat cook for 5 minutes or until berries began to break down. Give them a little poke with your spatula to help.
Add lemon juice, honey and chia seeds and simmer for 3-5 minutes until jam begins to thicken.
When ready, set aside to cool and preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Begin cutting out circles from the dough for the hand pie components.
You will get approximately 8 tops and 8 bottoms. On the tops, cut a small hole to allow even baking in the oven. I used a fun star shape cookie cutter but a simple x with a knife will work too.
Line a greased baking sheet with half of the dough circles. This will be the bottom of the hand pie.
Next, you'll want to scoop a couple teaspoons of jam onto the center of each dough square on the baking sheet.
Place the top dough on the pies.
Afternward, brush the tops with a beaten eggs and then a light sprinkle of the sanding sugar.
Lastly, bake these mini berry pies for 13-15 minutes or until edges begin to brown and tops become golden.
Cook's Tips:
- Use store-bought pie dough. Skips a huge step and there are plenty to choose from!
- Freeze these for later. It makes for an easy breakfast idea.
FAQ:
- Can you freeze these?
- This recipe is best fresh. but yes you can freeze them and reheat in the oven or microwave.
- How long will it keep in the fridge?
- You can happily keep them in the fridge for 3 days.
- How can make this recipe vegan?
- Substitute the egg wash with olive oil.
- What is sanding sugar?
- Sanding sugar is a large crystal sugar. It's used as an edible decoration that will not dissolve when heated. Powdered sugar will suffice. Just sprinkle after baking.
Looking for more easy breakfast ideas? Try these Sunshine Egg Pies ore these Mini Zucchini Bites
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Mini Berry Pies
Ingredients
- 1 cup raspberries
- 1 cup blueberries
- 2 tablespoon chia seeds
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 packages of premade pie dough
- 1 egg beaten
- 1 tablespoon sanding sugar
Instructions
- Start by making the homemade filling. In a small saucepot, combine berries over medium-high heat cook for 5 minutes or until berries began to break down. Give them a little poke with your spatula to help.
- Add lemon juice, honey and chia seeds and simmer for 3-5 minutes until jam begins to thicken.
- When ready, set aside to cool and preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
- Begin cutting out circles from the dough for the hand pie components. You will get approximately 8 tops and 8 bottoms. On the tops, cut a small hole to allow even baking in the oven. I used a fun star shape cookie cutter but a simple x with a knife will work too.
- Line a greased baking sheet with half of the dough circles. This will be the bottom of the hand pie.
- Scoop a couple teaspoons of jam onto the center of each dough square on the baking sheet.
- Place the top dough on the pies.
- Brush the tops with a beaten eggs and then a light sprinkle of the sanding sugar.
- Bake for 13-15 minutes or until edges begin to brown and tops become golden.
Notes
• Can sub egg wash for olive oil to keep recipe vegan.
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