Lemon Curd Hand Pies Recipe

Delicious homemade lemon curd sandwiched between flaky pie crust. These lemon curd hand pies are the perfect combination of sweet and tangy!

You might also like our lemon raspberry turnovers or mini lemon curd cheesecakes!

When friends give you lemons, make lemon hand pies! And lemonade, and scones, and a ton of other lemon related deliciousness. My good friend, Linda, has a giant lemon tree in her yard and gives me bags of fresh lemons every winter. Anyone who knows me knows that I just can't get enough lemon in my life.

One of my FAVORITE things to make with fresh lemons is lemon curd. It is one of those things that might seem like it would be complicated to make, but is actually extremely simple. I juiced all of the lemons and put the juice in quart sized mason jars in my refrigerator. Now I have it on hand and ready to go anytime I need it.

You can find my homemade lemon curd recipe here, but I'll also go ahead and let you know that I never make a single batch. Always a double batch so that I can put it on everything and share with friends. Lemon curd makes a delicious filling for cakes and cupcakes, a topping on sugar cookies, and the center for hand pies!

Lemon Curd Hand Pies

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I know what you are thinking, "Can't I just buy a jar of lemon curd?" You totally can, but lemon curd is so easy to make and a great way to use up a bit of lemon juice from my fresh stash. You'll want to make this ahead of time and place in the refrigerator for an hour before making your hand pies. It stores nicely in the refrigerator and is delicious on toast, short bread cookies, or simply to be eaten with a spoon (I won't judge).

This is my favorite pie crust. Made with lemon juice to thicken the milk instead of using buttermilk because I never have buttermilk on hand. It makes soft and deliciously flaky pie crust every time.

You'll want to make sure not to over fill the hand pies with lemon curd. Leave plenty of room around the edges (see photo above)

After the edges are sealed I sprinkle them with coarse sugar (white sprinkles leftover from Christmas cookies) and cut a small "x" shape on the top of each hand pie using a small kitchen knife.

This recipe yields 10 delicious lemon curd hand pies.

Lemon Curd Hand Pies Printable Recipe

LEMON CURD HAND PIES

Delicious homemade lemon curd sandwiched between flaky pie crust. These lemon curd hand pies are the perfect combination of sweet and tangy!

4.86 from 7 votes

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Prep Time: 1 hour hour 30 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes minutes

Total Time: 1 hour hour 50 minutes minutes

Servings: 10 pies

Calories: 350kcal

Author: Brandy Nelson

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Ingredients

• ▢ 2 cup flour
• ▢ 1 teaspoon salt
• ▢ ⅔ cup shortening
• ▢ 3 Tbsp. butter
• ▢ 2 teaspoon canola oil
• ▢ ⅓ cup milk
• ▢ 1 Tbsp. lemon juice
• ▢ ½-2/3 cup lemon curd

Instructions

• Mix flour and salt in bowl. Cut in shortening and butter with a pastry blender or two forks until it resembles coarse crumbs the size of peas.
• Combine milk and lemon juice in a small bowl. Add to flour mixture along with oil and mix until all flour is moistened.
• Roll out dough ¼″ thick and cut with cookie cutters.
• Arrange half of your pie crust cutouts on parchment lined baking sheet.

  Add a small spoonful of lemon curd and spread, leaving edges clear.
• Top with remaining pie crust cutouts. Seal edges by pressing down with a fork. Cut slits in the tops. Sprinkle with coarse sugar.
• Bake at 400 degrees for 18-20 minutes or until crust begins to brown. Cool.

Nutrition

Calories: 350kcal

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