Pies & tarts · Original adaptation
Berry Mummy Hand Pies Recipe
Flaky rectangular hand pies with a thick mixed-berry center, narrow pastry bandages, and small candy eyes for a home-scale mummy bake.
Inspired by Halloween Baking Championship, Season 2, Episode 2
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Berry Mummy Hand Pies
- Prep
- 30 min
- Bake
- 22 min
- Total
- 52 min
- Makes
- 8 hand pies
Ingredients
- 2 sheets ready-rolled shortcrust pastry, about 640 g total
- 180 g mixed berry jam
- 1 tablespoon cornflour
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1 large egg, beaten
- 16 small candy eyes
- 1 tablespoon icing sugar
Method
Heat the oven to 200 C, or 180 C fan, and line two baking sheets with baking paper.
Stir the jam, cornflour, and lemon juice together until no dry lumps remain.
Cut 16 rectangles, each about 7 by 11 cm, from the pastry. Set 8 rectangles on the prepared sheets and spoon a narrow strip of jam mixture down each center, leaving a 1 cm border.
Brush the borders with beaten egg and cover with the remaining rectangles. Press the edges with a fork and cut two small steam slits in each top.
Cut the pastry scraps into thin strips. Brush the tops lightly with egg, lay the strips across at different angles like bandages, and trim them level with the pie edges.
Bake for 20 to 22 minutes, until crisp and deeply golden. Cool for 10 minutes, then attach two candy eyes to each pie with a dab of thick icing made from the icing sugar and a few drops of water.
From the episode
Cravings From the Grave
This adaptation starts from the episode's mummies and hidden candy brief and reshapes it for ordinary home equipment and a manageable batch.
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The sources below document the episode challenge. The quantities and method on this page are independently written by Baking Show Guide; they are not copied from a contestant or broadcaster recipe.
