Chicken Broccoli Cheddar Hand Pies

Chicken Broccoli Cheddar Hand Pies

January 28, 2014

Since about October of last year, I have been on a baking spree! I just feel like making all of these tasty dishes I keep seeing all over the web and in my cookbooks. I’ve tried out quite a few. Some have been a flop, but others have actually worked out pretty well! I’m not a professional chef by any means, but I like to try new things in my own kitchen… especially if they are toddler friendly! In some of my next posts, I plan to show you how I have incorporated some healthy foods into dishes that my daughter will eat. She is not fond of vegetables so I’ve become a little sneaky. For now though, I want to give you my recipe for chicken broccoli cheddar hand pies. Yummy!

I came across the idea of hand pies on Pinterest a week or so ago and thought I could do my own spin on a savory dish with things I buy at the grocery every week. Here’s what I came up with:

Chicken Broccoli Cheddar Hand Pies

Ingredients:

1 to 1 ½ cups cooked chicken, cut into small pieces

1 bag of frozen chopped broccoli, thawed out

1 tbsp butter

1 to 2 tbsp milk

2 oz cream cheese

1 box roll out pie crusts

1 tsp parsley flakes

1 tsp rosemary

½ tsp pepper

½  tsp garlic salt

1 cup sharp cheddar cheese

1 egg

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees.

2. Melt butter and cream cheese in a saucepan over medium heat.

3. Add broccoli and milk. Cook until broccoli is heated through. Stir occasionally.

4. Stir in chicken, parsley, rosemary, garlic salt and pepper. Cook for 1 to 2 minutes, stirring occasionally.

5. Remove from heat and set aside.

6. Roll out pie crusts with rolling pin to an eighth of an inch thick on a floured surface, adding a pinch of flour to the top of the crust for easier rolling.

7. Use a cookie cutter or glass to make pastries.

8. Add a spoonful of chicken broccoli mixture to half of the circles. Top with a pinch of cheddar cheese.

9. Top with remaining circles and seal the edges with a fork.

10. Place each hand pie on an ungreased baking sheet lined with parchment paper or aluminum foil.

11. In a glass or bowl, create an egg wash by whisking egg with fork.

12. Brush egg wash on each hand pie.

13. Place baking sheets in the oven and cook for 10 to 14 minutes or until golden brown.

There you go! Delicious and filling. When I made these, they were a little on the smaller side because of the size of the glass I used. Because of that, the amount of filling to pie crust was a little off, but with a larger glass or cookie cutter, you should be able to get plenty of filling on the pastry. My family loved these, and I will definitely make them again! Please ENJOY!

Do you have any suggestions for this recipe? What would you do to make it better or different? Please feel free to share. I look forward to some feedback!

Until next time…