These Pink Lemonade Hand Pies are the perfect bite-sized treats, featuring a flaky crust filled with zesty pink lemonade goodness!
So, today I am obsessed with all things pink lemonade. It's a serious addiction. One that cannot be stopped. I apologize now for the onslaught of pink lemonade posts coming your way.
I want to feel bad but seriously, why should I? It's delightful and zesty, you should be thanking me really. Okay, now that I think about it why aren't you thanking me? Pink lemonade baked goods rock.
They should rule the world. In fact, they should run for prom queen. And win. It would have a little pink slash with little bitty pink lemons all over it. A pink crown adored with pink lemon zest.
What? Too far?
Love would be not be a strong enough word for how I feel about this recipe. It was fantastic. The taste was out of this world. They were a huge hit at my house, and we're not easy to please.
I did encounter a small issue with the recipe. It calls for you to take dry ingredients and mix wet in them. Which is not a big deal usually.
However this recipe uses flour and cornstarch. If you bake, or even cook, with cornstarch or flour you might already know where I'm heading with this one. Mixing cornstarch, and often flour, with wet ingredients without making a slurry of some kind can lead to lumps.
I've run into this problem with lemon curds before. Think about how gravy lumps up. I had chunks of flour and cornstarch in my curd, which is never a good thing.
So, I would recommend you take the ¼ cup of milk and toss it in a mason jar with the corn starch, slap a lid on that bad boy, shake it, then add it in. I'd do the same thing with the flour. I had to sieve my curd to get the lumps out. If you don't make the slurry then be sure to whisk the ever-loving heck out of the ingredients as you add them.
You are going to love these pie pops/hand pies. If you want to put a stick in them no judgement. They are super cute with sticks, fun for parties and events.
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Pink Lemonade Hand Pies
Ingredients
For the crust: 4 unbaked store-bought pie dough or homemade 9 inch (23 cm) diameter piecrusts
For the Lemon Filling:
- 1 ½ cup granulated sugar
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- ¼ cup cornstarch + 1 tablespoon
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 2 ¼ cups milk
- Juice from 3 lemons
- Zest from 3 lemons
- 3 tablespoon butter
- 6 large large egg yolks reserve some the whites for brushing over the tops of pies
For theFinishing Touches:
- 1 large egg white beaten, for brushing the tops of pies
- Confectioners' sugar for dusting
Instructions
For the Filling:
- In a medium sized saucepan, combine the granulated sugar, flour. cornstarch, and salt. Stir in the milk, lemon juice, and lemon zest. Cook over medium-high heat, stirring frequently, until the mixture comes to a boil. Stir in the butter.
- Beat the egg yolks in a large bowl. Gradually whisk ½ cup (188 ml) of the hot lemon mixture into the beaten eggs. Whisk the egg mixture back into the sugar mixture in the saucepan and lower the heat to medium-low, for 10 to 15 minutes, until thickened.
- Remove from the heat and allow to cool to room temperature. Refrigerate the mixture for at least 4 hours, until firm.
For the assembly of the pie pops:
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 C).
- Grease and flour a large baking sheet, or line a large baking sheet with parchment.
- Flour both sides of your piecrusts, then roll flat with a rolling pin. Using a 3 to 4-inch (7.5 to 10 cm) star-shaped cookie cutter, cut twenty four stars from the dough, twelve for bottoms crust and twelve for the top crust.
- Lay out the twelve bottom crusts on the prepared baking sheet. Brush each bottom crust with egg white, using a silicone basting brush.
- Dispense a 1 ½-inch (about 4 cm) dollop of lemon filling in the center of each bottom crust. Place a top crust over each bottom crust and press firmly around the sides only, sealing the filling inside.
- Seal your edges completely by pressing a fork to make indents around the edges.
- Bake on center rack for 15 to 18 minutes. The crust will be nice and golden. Remove from oven, and transfer to a cooling rack.
- Sift the confectioners' sugar over top. Allow to cool for 15 minutes before serving.
- Serve with a big old pink lemonade smile!
Notes
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Maureen | Orgasmic Chef
I laughed out loud at 'I couldn't find pink lemons'. These hand pies are perfect for Valentine's Day!
Kim Beaulieu
I swear I'm not convinced they exist. I hear there are pink apples too. Good luck finding them here. Clearly I need to move. I can't believe I don't live some place that has pink lemons, or pink apples for that matter. My life is not going to be complete till find both. *sigh*
They are so cute. I'm on pink overload here this week. Valentine's Day will be long gone and I'll still be posting pink stuff. lol
Jen @Juanita'sCocina
I love lemon pie! My wife makes it for me every birthday!
Alice F
I love good old fashioned peach pie!
Susan Broughton
My favorite pie is the peach. But I never met a pie I didn't like! lol
Heather S.
I love cherry pie and apple pie! Don't make me choose between the two!
Kayle (The Cooking Actress)
OH myyyy gosh! What a cute idea!!! And SUCH a pretty pretty pink in lovely heart shaped form!! These would be perfect for a Valentine's party 😉
John@Kitchen Riffs
Yeah, I'm not all into food on sticks either unless it's some kind of grilled meat. 😉 Sounds like a fun book. And pink hand pies are just so appropriate for today! And not too far with the pink, but close! BTW, Jayne Mansfield so loved pink that she even dyed her poodle pink. Now that's too far!
MaryB
Lemon is my favorite!
Diane Trudeau
I think pink lemons are a pigment of her imagination, never heard of them lol
You make that book sound like heaven on a stick. I'd love to have it
Katrin
Mmmmm pies....I like meat pies, fruit pies, ice cream pies, oh wait...ya I like pies
kesha
My favorite pie is apple! Drizzled with a simple vanilla glaze!
sarah jackson
im torn so torn , you would make me choose? ok ill say pumpkin
Debbie Bray
chocolate cream pie
Nikki
I'm a lemon fan...pink lemonade sounds amazing
Barb
aplle and cinnamon
Lena jones
Lemon pie!!!
EllenCF
would love this as a gift for an up and coming baker who is 15 and LOVES pie in any shape or form! It looks perfect for you!!!
Tina W
My all time favorite is Pecan Pie. And I just happen to have a lemon tree in my backyard which is putting out lemons like crazy right now! I usually juice a bunch of them and freeze it for lemonade in summer, but these are certainly being added to my "to-do" list.
Lea
I'd have a hard time choosing between pumkin or lemon meringue! Pumpkin in the fall and winter, lemon in the spring and summer. I like to be fair and all;)
Mary
I love me some lemon,,,any time of any day! (But when Ontario peaches are in season,,even lemon pie can't hold a candle to my peach pie!