Creamy Hershey's Chocolate Hazelnut Spread is tucked inside of flaky pastry dough, along with bananas and hazelnuts, to create these quick, easy, and yummi nutty chocolate banana hand pies.
1pkgrefrigerated pie crust (or enough pastry dough to create two 9-inch pie crusts
2mediumbananassliced
½cupchopped hazelnuts
2Tablespoonsmilk (I used unsweetened almond milk)
2Tablespoonscinnamon sugar
any variety flour for dusting your work surface
Instructions
Heat oven to 400 degrees Farenheit.
Prepare a large rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.
Lightly sprinkle a large work surface with flour. Roll out pastry dough and use a 2-inch round biscuit or cookie cutter to cut circles from the dough. You should be able to get a total of 16 circles from the 2 pie crusts.
Use an offset spatula or knife to apply chocolate spread to one side of 8 circles of dough. Leave 1/8th inch edge so that the chocolate won't seep through the seams of the pies as they're baking.
Place 2 slices of banana on top of the chocolate spread. Sprinkle a few hazelnuts around of the bananas. Place one of the plain pastry circles on top and use your fingers or the tines of a fork to crimp the edges together.
Transfer pies to prepared baking sheet. Use a pastry brush to apply milk to the tops of the hand pies. Sprinkle each pie with some cinnamon sugar.
Place pan in oven and bake for 18-20 minutes, or until pastry is golden brown. Remove pan from oven and allow pies to cool for a few minutes before serving.