Apple & Cherry Hand Pies | Upside Down Caramel Banana Pastry | Air Fryer Favorites # 1

Hello, my fellow Steemians! Today is gonna be a round up of ingredients that I have leftover from previous blogs. I have a box of puff pastry and a couple cans of pie filling so I'm gonna make hand pies in my air fryer. I am also going to make an upside down caramel banana pastry. There is nothing like the combination of bananas and caramel, they go so well together. While pie has been around since the ancient Egyptians, pie as we know it came to America with the English settlers and has become the quintessential American dessert leading to the phrase " American as apple pie".

Ingredients:
1 box of puff pastry
1 can of pie filling
1 package of caramel cubes
4 bananas
1 egg, beaten

Preheat your air fryer to 375 and take 1 sheet of puff pastry and lay on a piece of parchment paper. Cut pastry sheet into 4 squares and brush egg wash around edges of each square. Take a spoonful of pie filling and place into center of each square. Fold into a rectangle you want it to look like a fast food apple pie. You don't want your pastry sheet to get to warm because it will be hard to shape and seal. This is what happened to mine, but while they are not pretty they were pretty tasty. Place pies into fryer basket with the sealed side up. Cook for 15 to 20 mins or until pastry is puffed and golden brown. Take out of the basket with a spatula and serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

For the banana dessert, you will need a baking pan accessory for your air fryer model. Take 1 sheet of puff pastry and lay on a sheet of parchment paper. Take your baking pan and lay on top of the pastry sheet and press down so you can cut out the shape of the pan. Set up a double boiler if you don't have one take a saucepan and fill it a quarter full and place a large glass bowl on top of the pot of boiling water. Unwrap caramels and place in the bowl. As caramels are melting add about 2 tablespoons of water to get the desired consistency. Peel bananas and toss in caramel sauce. Once well covered, take a greased baking pan and make a single layer of bananas on the bottom of the pan. Pour rest of caramel over the bananas and lay pastry sheet over bananas. Tuck pastry down around sides of the bananas. Cook for 30 minutes in air fryer preheated to 375 degrees. Let stand for 30 minutes. Take a plate and turn pan upside down, hit the bottom of pan and pastry should fall out. If it wont come out take a spatuala and carefully stick down sides of pan to loosen and try again it should slide right out. Cut into squares and serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

Alright, thats all I got this time around. Let me know how you enjoyed the desert! Bon Appetit! - @slowcookingchef

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