Blackberry Hand Pies

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups blackberries (3/4 lb)
• 1 large golden delicious apple, peeled and coarsely grated
• 2 tablespoons semolina flour
• 1 teaspoon semolina flour
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 8 tablespoons sugar
• 1 pastry for double-crust pie
• 2 tablespoons milk or 2 tablespoons soymilk

Recipe

• 1 cook blackberries, apple, semolina flour, cinnamon & 6 tablespoons sugar in a saucepan over medium heat, stirring frequently, until mixture just boils and is thickened, about 8 minutes. allow to cool.
• 2 put oven racks in upper and lower thirds of oven and preheat oven to 375°f line baking sheets with parchment.
• 3 roll out half of dough 1/8 inch thick on a lightly floured surface with a lightly floured rolling pin & cut into 6 (5-inch) squares, reserving scraps. place a heaping teaspoon of fruit filling into center of 1 square. moisten edges of square with milk and fold into a triangle, pressing edges to seal. transfer a lined baking sheet and press tines of fork around edges of triangle. repeat with remaining dough and filling, re-rolling all of the scraps together once to make 12 triangles total.
• 4 brush triangles with milk and sprinkle with remaining 2 tablespoons of sugar. bake, switching position of pans halfway through baking, until pies are golden, about 40 minutes total. transfer pies to racks to cool.