Quick and Easy Gluten Free Air Fryer Hand Pies

One bite of this flaky buttery crust wrapped around a delicious fruity filling, and you will be hooked! These homemade Gluten Free Air Fryer Hand Pies are so easy to make in under 20 minutes! Drizzle them with icing, or enjoy them plain!

I have had a baked Gluten Free Hand Pies recipe on the blog for a while but I really wanted to make this recipe in the air fryer. Where my original recipe uses a store-bought premade pie crust, this new recipe includes a sweeter adaptation of my popular Gluten Free Pie Crust recipe.

You can use ANY kind of fruit filling in this recipe, even canned peaches! You can use pie filling, an apple filling like the one I use in my Gluten Free Apple Crumble Bars, or even Nutella and bananas!!

If you are trying to decide on what air fryer to get, I have a great list of the best air fryers for gluten free. I include a great pros and cons list for each model.

Why these are great:

If you love super flaky hand pies but are short of time, you are going to love my new Gluten free Air Fryer Hand Pies Recipe! From start to finish, you can make these flaky hand pies in under 30 minutes!

I have several incredible gluten free pie recipes. Let me know which you like best :-). You may also love these Gluten Free Cranberry Hand Pies, they are a great way to use up leftover cranberry sauce too!

Ingredient notes:

• Gluten free flour blend - I tested this recipe with Cup4Cup and King Arthur Measure for Measure. Although both worked well, I believe the Cup4Cup made a better hand pie because of a much flakier crust. That doesn't mean others will not work, I just have not tested other flours.
• Xanthan gum - If your gluten free flour blend doesn’t contain xanthan gum or guar gum, please add 1 teaspoon.
• Butter - To make this recipe dairy-free, substitute the butter for vegan butter.

The flaky crust is based on my popular Gluten Free Pie Crust recipe.

Step by step directions:

For this recipe, I used my Ninja Foodi Air Fryer. It has two sections, which helped me fit in a lot of these little hand pies! You can use any air fryer, just note the temperatures I used as many air fryers have different temperature settings.

Step 1: Add your dry ingredients to a bowl and whisk to blend.

Step 2: Add cut cold butter into the dry ingredients. Use a pastry blender to cut the butter into the flour.

Step 3: This is what your flour blend will look like with the cut in butter.

Step 4: Add the water and egg and mix them into a flaky dough.

Step 5: Place the dough on wax paper. Dust the dough and wax paper with a little flour.

Step 6: Roll the dough to ¼ or your preferred thickness. Use a large circle cutter to cut out your dough circles.

HINT: My biscuit cutter was only 3 inches so I used a large coffee mug to cut out larger circles.

Step 7: Spoon some fruit onto each half of each circle of dough. Be sure to leave the edges plain so they can be crimped later.

Step 8: Fold the dough over the fruit. Use a fork to press the edges together around the dough. Cut 2-3 air holes for the steam from cooking fruit to vent out. This will help prevent the fruit juice from coming out the seams.

Step 9: Brush each hand pie with an egg wash. This will allow the top to brown.

Step 10: Sprinkle each hand pie with coarse sugar. Preheat the air fryer to 350º F for 5 minutes.

Step 11: Remove the air fryer basket and spray a little oil in the basked of the air fryer then place the hand pies in the basket. Make sure air can circulate around each hand pie.

Step 12: Cook the hand pies in the air fryer at 350º F for 12 minutes. (If your hand pies are large, you may need to set the cook time to 15 minutes.)

Step 13: Allow the gluten free hand pies to cool and drizzle with icing.

Hand pie filling ideas:

• Nutella
• Pie filling
• Fresh fruit (tossed with melted butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon)
• Canned fruit (I used canned peaches)
• Smores with chocolate and mini marshmallows

If you love pie as much as we do, you will want to check out these 50+ Gluten Free Pie Recipes. You are guaranteed to find some new favorites!

Oven baking directions:

If you prefer to bake your hand pies, follow the directions from my Baked Gluten Free Hand Pies recipe.

Tips and Recipe FAQ:

More gluten free pie recipes:

• Gluten Free Pecan Pie
• Easy Gluten Free Banana Cream Pie
• Gluten Free Hatch Chile Apple Pie
• Summery Gluten Free Mixed Berry Pie

📖 Recipe

Gluten Free Air Fryer Hand Pies

Sandi Gaertner

Delicious flaky fruit filled hand pies cooked in just minues in your air fryer.

5 from 12 votes

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 13 minutes mins

Total Time 30 minutes mins

Course Gluten Free Dessert Recipes

Cuisine American

Servings 10 hand pies

Calories 186 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• ▢ 2 cups gluten free flour blend *(see note)
• ▢ ½ cup butter COLD
• ▢ 1 tablespoon sugar
• ▢ ¼ teaspoon salt
• ▢ 1 egg large
• ▢ ⅓ cup water + 2-3 tablespoons as needed (see note)
• ▢ 1 cup fruit canned or fresh with sugar/brown sugar

Instructions

 

• Add your dry ingredients to a bowl and whisk to blend.
• Add cut cold butter into the dry ingredients. Use a pastry blender to cut the butter into the flour.
• This is what your flour blend will look like with the cut in butter.
• Add the water and egg and mix them into a flaky dough.
• Place the dough on wax paper. Dust the dough and wax paper with a little flour.
• Roll the dough to ¼ or your preferred thickness. Use a large circle cutter to cut out your dough circles.
• HINT: My biscuit cutter was only 3 inches so I used a large coffee mug to cut out larger circles.
• Spoon some fruit onto each half of each circle of dough. Be sure to leave the edges plain so they can be crimped later.
• Fold the dough over the fruit. Use a fork to press the edges together around the dough. Cut 2-3 air holes for the steam from cooking fruit to vent out. This will help prevent the fruit juice from coming out the seams.
• Brush each hand pie with an egg wash. This will allow the top to brown.
• Sprinkle each hand pie with coarse sugar. Preheat the air fryer to 350º F for 5 minutes.
• Remove the air fryer basket and spray a little oil in the basked of the air fryer then place the hand pies in the basket. Make sure air can circulate around each hand pie.
• Cook the hand pies in the air fryer at 350º F for 12 minutes. (If your hand pies are large, you may need to set the cook time to 15 minutes.)
• Allow the gluten free hand pies to cool and drizzle with icing.

Notes

1. I tested this flour with Cup4Cup and King Arther Measure for Measure. Both worked great but the Cup4Cup hand pies were flakier. This doesn't mean others will not work, I just have not tested other flours.
2. If your gluten free flour blend doesn’t contain xanthan gum or guar gum, please add 1 teaspoon.
3. To make this recipe dairy-free, substitute the butter for vegan butter.
4. These hand pies will keep up to 3 days in an air-tight container, or up to 4 months in the freezer.

Hand pie filling ideas:

• Nutella
• Pie filling
• Fresh fruit (tossed with melted butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon)
• Canned fruit (I used canned peaches)
• Smores with chocolate and mini marshmallows

SPECIAL NOTE

Please know that every gluten free flour blend has a different starch to grain ratio. If you use a blend I didn't test, you may need to adjust your moisture levels in your baked goods.

Nutrition

Serving: 1hand pieCalories: 186kcalCarbohydrates: 22gProtein: 3gFat: 10gSaturated Fat: 6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 41mgSodium: 147mgPotassium: 30mgFiber: 3gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 379IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 23mgIron: 1mg

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