Easy Apple Hand Pies with a Maple Glaze

Easy, healthy apple hand pies with a vegan maple glaze. Swap coconut oil or olive oil for butter and this recipe easily becomes vegan!

Pie Crust Dough:
1 cup spelt flour
1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
6 Tablespoons cold, organic, unsalted, grass-fed butter, cut into cubes
6 Tablespoons olive oil, chilled in freezer up to an hour
2-3 Tablespoons organic maple syrup (depending on how sweet you want your crust)
2-4 Tablespoons ice water
1 finger-pinch of salt

Filling:
1 medium sweet apple (fuji, ambrosia, gala, honeycrisp, braeburn)
1 medium sweet, not overly ripe, pear (d’angou, bosch, comice, seckel, starkrimson- bartlett can be too mushy)
1/2 teaspoon dried ginger
1 teaspoon tapioca flour

Maple Glaze:
6 large, pitted dates (I used medjool)
4 Tablespoons full fat canned/boxed coconut milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 Tablespoon coconut oil
1 finger-pinch of salt
Warm water, as needed for consistency

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