Thanksgiving is just around the corner. I’ve got a big trip coming up and then I’ll be back home just in time to start preparing to host Thanksgiving dinner at my house- for 20 plus people. I’m starting to feel just a little bit stressed just thinking about everything that needs to get done before then. It doesn’t help that just last weekend, my hubby decided our master closet needed to be repainted, and by pulling everything out of the master closet- it somehow caused the rest of the house to explode too! Luckily, I have my Mother and Father right next door to help out with all the cooking and entertaining.
With so many people over for Thanksgiving, we usually polish off most of the leftovers by the second day. By the time everyone leaves, the only thing left is a few spoonfuls of green bean casserole, that package of rolls in the pantry we forgot to cook and the cranberry jelly.
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We never eat all the cranberry jelly-anyone else have this problem? (Though, when I make this cranberry relish recipe, there aren’t any leftovers mainly because I’m the one who eats it all!)
I really don’t like to wasting food, so I’m always trying to come up with creative ways to use up leftovers (like leftover meatloaf). The yummiest way I’ve found to use the leftover cranberry jelly is as a filling in these scrumptious little hand pies.
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These Cranberry Hand Pies are so simple to make! Just a bit of cranberry jelly, store-bought puff pastry sheets and a couple other basic ingredients. Trust me- you can never go wrong with puff pastry!
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Cranberry Sauce Hand Pies
Ingredients:
- 1 sheet puff pastry, thawed
- 1/4 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- leftover cranberry sauce (about 1/3 cup)
- 1 to 2 tbs sugar ( I used Turbinado sugar)
- 1 egg beaten
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Cut pastry into 4 squares
- Place a spoonful or two of cranberry sauce in the middle of the pastry square. Top with a bit of sugar is your cranberry sauce is not very sweet.
- Top cranberry sauce with a tablespoon of shredded cheese.
- Fold pastry over to form a triangle and seal edges with fork. (As shown below.)
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- Brush pastry top with beaten egg and sprinkle with sugar.
- Bake until golden and cooked through. (About 20 minutes.)
Enjoy!
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Looking for more yummy holiday-ish recipes? You might also enjoy these:
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Old Fashioned Chess Pie (There’s even a coconut version.)
