Apple Hand Pies

Pastry Dough:
3 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp salt
1/2 cup iced water
1 egg
1 egg white
1 tsp vinegar
1/2 cup shortening or butter
(cut into small pieces and pop in the freezer
for at least 30 minutes)

In a bowl, mix flour and salt.
Cut the butter in the flour mix using a fork,
till well incorporated. Make a well in the center.

In another bowl, beat the cold water, egg, egg white
and vinegar. Add to the flour mixture.
Mix well with a fork till you have a sticky dough.
Place the dough in a floured surface
and knead for a minute.
When you can make a round shape out of your dough -
that's good to go!
Wrap dough in a plastic wrap and refrigerate for an hour.

Filling:
2 apples - peeled, cored and cut into small pieces or
thin slices.
1 tablespoon butter
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon brown sugar
pinch of salt
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon powder
pinch of ground cloves

In a saucepan, on low heat, melt butter and add in
apples. Stir and add in the rest of the ingredients.
Cook until apples are soft.
You can add a little amount of water if needed.
Set aside to cool.

*Let's do the hand pies!
Remove dough from the fridge and cut in half.
Roll each portion of dough to about 1/8 of an inch.
Cut into circles using a biscuit cutter, or the rim
of your desired bowl size will do! About 4-5 inch in diameter.
Place 'em in a tray with parchment or wax paper.
and pop in the fridge for 30 minutes.
Remove dough from the fridge and place 1 tablespoon of apple
filling on each round. Lightly brush edges with water and fold over.
Using a floured fork, crimp edges. Brush top of each pie with egg wash.
you can sprinkle raw sugar if desired. Poke each pie with fork
or make few slits on top.
Bake for 12-15 minutes or till golden brown.
I just used an oven toaster with this!
Let the pies cool down for few minutes. Enjoy!

*With this recipe, I only used half of my dough.
I will be using the other half for curry puff!
You can store dough in the freezer for few days.