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Blackcurrant and Apple Hand Pies

There's nothing like the smell of fresh pastry in the air! Bring Autumn flavours into your home with this tasty recipe from @lucy_and_lentils

Ingredients

For the Shortcrust Pastry
300 g plain flour
1 1/2 tbsp caster sugar
1 tsp salt
120 g plant based butter cubed at room temperature

For the filling
2 apples (any will work but I used cooking apples)
80g blackberries or any seasonal berry
1 tsp cinnamon
80ml Califia Oat Milk
2 tbsp brown sugar

Hand pies glaze
3 tbsp Califia Farms Unsweetened Oat Drink
¼ tsp cinnamon
1 tsp sugar

Directions

For the pastry In a large bowl mix the flour, salt and caster sugar together then add the cubed plant based butter

Bring together using your hands or a silicone spatula

Mix and fold together until a smooth ball of pastry has formed, then place back in the bowl, cover and leave to rest in the fridge for a minimum of 30 minutes

For the filling Simply add all of the ingredients to a pan and bring to a medium heat to simmer for around 6-7 minutes, then set aside

Once the pastry has chilled, take out of the fridge and roll out to form a sheet of pastry less than 1cm thick

Using a cookie cutter, cut out 12 circles (this will create 6 pies) and then spoon on 1 tbsp of the filling to 6 of the pastry circles

Score an x in the middle of the remaining 6 pastry circles, then brush with the glazing ingredients, sprinkling sugar on top then layer over to create the hand pie