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Pear-Ginger Hand Pies

6
Points®
Total Time
43 min
Prep
17 min
Cook
26 min
Serves
10
Difficulty
Easy
A generous amount of fresh ginger spices up sweet pears in the filling for these individual handheld desserts. Discs of empanada dough work beautifully here because they’re already rolled out and cut to the shape you need. Look for them in the freezer section, either with pastries and pie crusts or with international ingredients. You’ll need to thaw them overnight in the refrigerator. A sprinkling of turbinado sugar on the outside of the dough adds sparkle and crunch to the finished pies.

Ingredients

Packed light brown sugar

2 Tbsp

Cornstarch

1 tsp

Ground cinnamon

½ tsp

Cooking spray

5 spray(s)

Bosc pear

3 medium, peeled, cored, and chopped (3 cups)

Fresh ginger

2 tsp, peeled and grated

Fresh lemon juice

1 Tbsp

Goya Discos para empanada dough

10 item(s), or similar product

Egg

1 large egg(s)

Turbinado sugar

1½ Tbsp

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 400°F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
  2. Combine brown sugar, cornstarch, and cinnamon in a small bowl and set aside. Heat a medium nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Spray pan with cooking spray. Add pears and ginger and cook until pears are soft, about 5 minutes. Stir in cornstarch mixture and cook until thickened, 30 seconds to 1 minute. Remove from heat and stir in lemon juice.
  3. Spoon about 2 tablespoons pear mixture into center of each empanada disk; fold disks over to form half moons. Press down on edges; create marks on edges by pressing down with tines of a fork.
  4. Arrange pies on prepared baking sheet; brush tops of pies evenly with egg. Sprinkle evenly with turbinado sugar. Bake at 400°F until dough is browned, 18-20 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature.
  5. Serving size: 1 pie

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