Pie Pops

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 30 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 1 pinch salt
• 10 tablespoons cold butter, cut into pieces
• 1 egg
• 1/3 cup sugar (could be reduced to 1/4 cup)
• jam, jelly (or preserve of your choice)
• lollipop sticks
• 1 egg

Recipe

• 1 1. mix the flour and salt together in a large bowl.
• 2 2. cut in the butter, and pinch with the fingers to make fine crumbs.
• 3 3. make a well in the middle. stir together egg and sugar, and pour into the well.
• 4 4. swiftly mix in with the fingertips until the mixture forms a dough. do not overmix.
• 5 5. divide into 2 disks, wrap in plastic, and chill in fridge for at least an hour.
• 6 6. preheat oven to 425f and line baking sheet with parchment paper.
• 7 7. roll out pie crust until 1/8th of an inch or so thick.
• 8 8. use a 1 1/2 to 2 inch cookie cutter to cut out shapes. a round shape (such as a flower) works very well.
• 9 9. place cut-out dough on cookie sheet, and press in lollipop stick.
• 10 10. spoon 2 teaspoons of jam in to centre and place another cut-out on top.
• 11 11. press together edges with fork or another lollipop stick.
• 12 12. coat with egg .
• 13 13. bake for 10-12 minutes, until golden brown.