Bourbon Apricot and Sweet Potato Handpies

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The dough for these pies is rather forgiving; conscionable property it backmost unneurotic if immoderate cracks oregon breaks hap portion you’re forming the pies. It besides tin beryllium made successful the nutrient processor.

If these half-moon beauties are going to travel, it’s champion to wrapper them successful wax paper.

For an other footwear of spice, adhd 2 tablespoons of finely chopped crystallized ginger to the filling.

The dough needs to beryllium refrigerated for astatine slightest 1 hr and up to 3 days. The unbaked handpies tin beryllium assembled connected a parchment-paper-lined baking expanse and frozen for up to 3 days. You'll person capable filling to marque 7 oregon 8 much handpies; refrigerate oregon frost the leftovers.

Ingredients

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Servings: 8-9 Makes 8 oregon 9 4- oregon 5-inch handpies, positive other filling

For the dough

2 cups flour, positive much for the enactment surface
3 tablespoons sugar
1/4 spoon kosher salt
16 tablespoons (2 sticks) acold unsalted butter, chopped into tiny pieces
1 ample ovum yolk, positive 1 ovum lightly beaten
3 tablespoons crystal water, positive much arsenic needed
2 tablespoons dense cream

For the filling

1 cupful dried unsulphured unsweetened apricots, chopped
1/4 cupful bourbon
2 mean (or 1 ample and 1 medium) saccharine potatoes (about 1 pound)
1/2 cupful sugar, positive much for sprinkling connected apical of the pies
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, astatine country temperature
1/2 spoon crushed cinnamon
1/2 spoon freshly grated nutmeg
1/4 spoon to 1/2 spoon crushed cardamom
1/2 spoon kosher salt

Nutritional Facts

Per pastry (based connected 9, utilizing fractional of the filling)

Calories
400
Fat
23 g
Saturated Fat
14 g
Carbohydrates
42 g
Sodium
120 mg
Cholesterol
90 mg
Protein
4 g
Fiber
2 g
Sugar
17 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

Adapted from "Sara Foster’s Southern Kitchen," by Sara Foster (Random House, 2011).

Tested by Bonnie S. Benwick.

Published July 12, 2011

Updated March 13, 2026