These Mini Cherry Heart Pies are so easy to make you might find yourself making them more often than February 14th! Using Refrigerated Pie Crust and Cherry Pie Filling, consider including the kids in this easy as 1, 2, 3 Valentine’s Day recipe.
Mini Cherry Heart Pies
Your ideal Valentine’s day might include beautiful flowers, breakfast in bed, a glass of rose, but not mine. My ideal Valentine’s Day includes dessert, namely pie!
With the season of loving being right around the corner, we are excited to share this amazing holiday dessert. Not only is the heart shape perfect for February, but the ease of the recipe will have you falling in love with this heart shaped hand pie.
Consider sharing this recipe as a gift for a teacher or as an after dinner treat for the family. The Valentine’s Day Food Craft is perfect for incorporating little hands, so have your little baker get ready with the sugar and a heart shaped cookie cutter!
Happy baking and enjoy!
Pie Crust Tip! Take a look at our Baking Hacks and Tips for more ideas on how to perfect pie edges!
Mini Cherry Heart Pies Ingredients:
- 1 box Refrigerated Pie Crust
- 11 oz Cherry Pie Filling
- 1 Egg
- 1 tbsp Milk
- White Sparkling Sugar
- Heart Shaped Cookie Cutter
Valentine’s Day Mini Cherry Heart Pies
- Prep Time: 15 mintues
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 42 minute
- Yield: 8 1x
Ingredients
- 1 box Refrigerated Pie Crust
- 11 oz Cherry Pie Filling
- 1 Egg
- 1 tbsp Milk
- White Sparkling Sugar
- Heart Shaped Cookie Cutter
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Lay out your pie crust and using a 3 to 4″ heart shaped cookie cutter, cut about 16 hearts.
- Cut as many shapes as you can, then reroll scraps as needed to get more hearts (get an even number).
- Mix your egg and milk to make an egg wash.
- Place half of the hearts on prepared pan(s).
- Use egg wash to wet the edges of the hearts on the pan.
- Place a small amount of the pie filling in the center of each heart.
- Make a small x cut in the center of the remaining half of the hearts that are not on the pan.
- Place your x heart crust on top of each filled heart and press and crimp edges. A fork can help crimp.
- Brush sealed pie with egg wash and dust with sparkling sugar.
- Bake for 14 to 16 minutes until crust is browned.
- Allow to cool.
Mini Cherry Heart Pies Directions:
First, preheat oven to 350.
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Lay out your Refrigerated Pie Crust.
I like to lit the pie crust get slightly room temp before the next step.
Using a 3 to 4″ heart shaped cookie cutter, you should get 8 to 10 pies from 1 box of crusts.
Cut as many heart shapes as you can. Reroll scraps as needed for more pieces. You want an even number of hearts to make the top of the pie and the bottom of the pie.
After you are done, mix together your egg egg and milk to make an egg wash.
Place half of the hearts on prepared pan(s).
Next, use egg wash to wet the edges of the hearts on the pan.
Place a small amount of the pie filling in the center of each heart.
Make a small x cut in the center of the remaining half of the hearts.
Place an x heart on top of each filled heart and press and crimp edges. A fork would be nice to help crimp your edges (see our Baking Hacks and Tips for more ideas on how to perfect pie edges!)
Finally, brush sealed pie with egg wash and dust with sparkling sugar.
Bake for 14 to 16 minutes until crust is slightly browned.
Allow to cool and enjoy!
Take the challenge! This recipe was featured on Brit+Co – we would say it has two thumbs up!
Take a look as well at our 28 Days of Kids Food Crafts. Pin to Pinterest.
Share your love with your teacher with these Teacher Valentine’s Day Printables. Pin to Pinterest.
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Last Updated on December 25, 2020 by Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living
Cathy says
these are so cute!
Lisa says
I made these using raspberry jam instead of cherry pie filling. They were a huge hit! Next time I’ll increase the oven to 375, as they were rather pale when done. thanks for the idea.
Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living says
Thanks for your helpful tip… I need to try the jam!