handpie

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A form of hand pie — A semilunar pastry with either a sweet or savory filling, formed by placing a dollop of filling onto a circular piece of biscuit-style dough and then folding it over and crimping it shut. They may be baked, fried or deep-fried.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

nounhandpie (plural handpies)

plural handpies

  1. alternativeAlternative form of hand pie.

    Place the handpies in the oven and cook for 10 minutes. […] After 10 minutes, remove the baking sheet from the oven and brush the top of each handpie with some of the melted butter.

    2020, “Runzas”, in Book of Pie: Over 100 Recipes, from Savory Fillings to Flaky Crusts, Kennebunkport, Me.: Cider Mill Press, →ISBN, chapter 5 (Handpies), page 179
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    Megha Ramesh, a food-science student at the University of California, Davis, uses her air fryer to make vegetarian foods. She heated handpies and tofu in her off-campus apartment, and at her home in India, she heats momos, dehydrates mangoes and cooks whole, shelled peanuts.

    2022 January 25, Christina Morales, “How the Air Fryer Crisped Its Way Into America’s Heart”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Jan 2022

    Besides house-made pastries such as calamansi doughnuts, ensaymada, bibingka, and ube handpies, breakfast options will include the Rich Tita with pork longganisa (a sausage similar to chorizo), egg, and Cooper sharp cheese; […]

    2025 January 25, Michael Klein, “Long-awaited Filipino destination finally has an opening date”, in The Philadelphia Inquirer, volume 195, number 239, Philadelphia, Pa., →ISSN, →OCLC, page B9, column 4

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