Sour Cherry Hand Pies

will trade my soul (or $16) for a pound of fresh sour cherries

Around mid June I saw sour cherries at the farmers market for $12 (gasp) a pint. While everything in me wanted to drop $48 for 2 lbs (barely enough to make a single pie lol) I practiced major self control and made peace with the fact that I was leaving the market sans sour cherries. Fast forward to the first week of July — I was at the farmers market shopping for my pop up and lo and behold sour cherries for $16 a pound! I saved $16 on 2 lbs and it felt like I won the damn lottery. Anyways, all of this is to say if you don’t want to wait weeks to save a few bucks on sour cherries at the farmers market, frozen sour cherries or any other cherry will work wonderfully for this recipe.

Hand pies are one of my favorite things to make with ripe seasonal summer fruits, it’s like a perfect little handheld package of flaky buttery crust and juicy jammy fruit. I prefer rough puff over brisee for my hand pies, the texture is a little more tender and kind of mimics a toaster strudel (iykyk) perfectly.