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. Recipe created by Tracey of The Naked Diabetic
These Sugar Free Apple Hand Pies are easy to make and so good you can’t tell they are sugar-free. The flaky low-carb crust and the sugar-free apple filling make them perfect for dessert, coffee breaks, or even breakfast.
Ingredients List
- Fresh apples
- Ground Cinnamon
- Splenda Stevia Blend Sweetener
- Butter
- Salt
- 1 Low Carb Rollable Pie Crust
- Egg (optional)
- Isomalt Crystals (optional)
Special Equipment
- Hand Pie Maker/Press
- Wire cooling rack
- Pastry Brush – If adding Isomalt Crystals
How to Make Sugar Free Apple Hand Pies
The Pie Dough
In this recipe, we use our low-carb rollable pie crust. It is a key ingredient and allows us to keep the sugar free apple hand pies low-carb. The crust must be rollable. Most almond and coconut flour crusts will not work. Recipes for pie crust using King Arthur Keto wheat flour or Carbalose flour are ideal.
If you use a traditional pie crust, make sure you account for the increase in carbs
When making our pie crust recipe, make sure you have sifted the flour at least once and do not overwork the dough. Just mix it until it is a looser crumble. You should still be able to see bits of the butter. If the butter has melted, you may find the crust tough and less flaky.
Chill the dough briefly before rolling.
The Filling
Chop the apples – Make sure you chop them into small pieces. This is key to a smooth hand pie, once baked.
Choose a tart apple, such as a Granny Smith or Honeycrisp for the best apple flavour.
In a small saucepan, melt the butter, add half of the chopped apples and water. Heat until the apples become soft. (alternatively, you can do this in the microwave)
Stir in the sweetener and cinnamon and remove the pan from the heat.
Once the apples soften, lightly mash with a potato masher.
Stir in the remaining chopped apples.
Allow to cool slightly.
Assembling the Hand Pies
Using a round cutter the same size as the hand pie mould (usually comes with the mould), Cut a piece of dough to fit the mould.
Recipe for Sugar free Apple Hand Pies
Sugar Free Apple Hand Pies Recipe
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 Full recipe Low Carb Pie Crust
- 1 cup Apple – Peeled, Cored and Chopped (approx 2 med/lg apples)
- 1 tbsp Butter
- 1 tbsp Water
- 1/4 cup Splenda Granulated sweetener
- 1 tsp King Arthur Keto Wheat Flour
- 1/2 tsp Cinnamon
- 1 tbsp Isomalt Crystals (Optional)
- 1 small egg – lightly whisked
Instructions
- Roll the Pie dough to about 1/8" thickness.
- Cut the dough into circles (3.5" approx) and place on a parchment lined baking tray and refrigerate while you make the filling.
- Peel, core and chop the apples into small pieces.
- Place about half of the apples into a small saucepan.
- Add water, sweetener and cinnamon and heat until just bubbling.
- Remove from the heat and using a potato masher lightly mash the pieces of apple.
- Sprinkle the flour over the uncooked chopped apples and mix well.
- Add the uncooked cooled apple to the cooked apple and mix well.
- Allow the apple filling to cool slightly before filling the crust.
- Place a round of dough into the pie maker.
- Add a spoonful of filling into the center of the maker.
- Brush the edges with the whisked egg, fold over and squeeze the edges together.
- Place on the parchment lined baking sheet.
- Brush the top of the hand pies with more egg wash.
- Sprinkle a small amount of isomalt crystals over the egg wash
- Bake in preheated oven for 15 to 18 minutes or until golden.
- Remove from oven and cool on a wire cooling rack.
- Serve warm.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is provided as a courtesy and is automatically calculated using an online nutrition calculator. We encourage you to calculate nutrition data with your specific brand ingredients as nutritional information can vary between brands
I hope you enjoy this easy recipe for Sugar free Apple hand Pies as much as we do!
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