I Tried Making Homemade Hostess Fruit Pies | Claire Recreates
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I Tried Making Homemade Hostess Fruit Pies | Claire Recreates
Claire Saffitz takes on a childhood classic: Hostess Fruit Pies. In this episode of Claire Recreates, Claire makes homemade versions of the iconic glazed hand pies from scratch, with two fillings: fresh Pink Lady apple and sour cherry.
The goal sounds simple enough: flaky pie dough, fruit filling, and that signature crackly glaze. But recreating a packaged fruit pie at home means figuring out everything from the texture of the crust to how much actual fruit the filling can handle before it stops tasting like the original.
For the apple pie, Claire starts with fresh Pink Lady apples, looking for the right balance of sweetness, acidity, and that familiar gooey fruit-pie texture. Then she turns to sour cherries for a homemade cherry filling that’s bright, tart, and deeply cherry-forward.
Claire Recreates Hostess Fruit Pies from scratch.
#ClaireSaffitz #ClaireRecreates #HostessFruitPies
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:18 How To Make Hostess Fruit Pies
03:15 Reading the ingredients
04:30 Measurements
04:50 How To Make Pastry
05:23 How To Make Filling
10:49 Assemble & bake
16:38 Glaze
17:48 Comparison
All Purpose Flaky Pastry Dough
3 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for rolling
2 tablespoons sugar
2 teaspoons Diamond Crystal kosher salt or 1 teaspoon Morton
2.5 sticks unsalted butter
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
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Video Series:
Producer/Director: Vincent Cross
Camera Operator: Calvin Robertson
Editor/Motion Graphics: Hal McFall
Animation Credits:
Character Designer/Animator/Backgrounds: Jack Sherry
Character Rigger: Johara Dutton
Claire Saffitz takes on a childhood classic: Hostess Fruit Pies. In this episode of Claire Recreates, Claire makes homemade versions of the iconic glazed hand pies from scratch, with two fillings: fresh Pink Lady apple and sour cherry.
The goal sounds simple enough: flaky pie dough, fruit filling, and that signature crackly glaze. But recreating a packaged fruit pie at home means figuring out everything from the texture of the crust to how much actual fruit the filling can handle before it stops tasting like the original.
For the apple pie, Claire starts with fresh Pink Lady apples, looking for the right balance of sweetness, acidity, and that familiar gooey fruit-pie texture. Then she turns to sour cherries for a homemade cherry filling that’s bright, tart, and deeply cherry-forward.
Claire Recreates Hostess Fruit Pies from scratch.
#ClaireSaffitz #ClaireRecreates #HostessFruitPies
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:18 How To Make Hostess Fruit Pies
03:15 Reading the ingredients
04:30 Measurements
04:50 How To Make Pastry
05:23 How To Make Filling
10:49 Assemble & bake
16:38 Glaze
17:48 Comparison
All Purpose Flaky Pastry Dough
3 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for rolling
2 tablespoons sugar
2 teaspoons Diamond Crystal kosher salt or 1 teaspoon Morton
2.5 sticks unsalted butter
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
What's for Dessert by Claire Saffitz is out now: https://geni.us/WjcIbfp
Dessert Person Online: https://www.dessertperson.com/
Claire on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/csaffitz/?h...
Claire Merchandise: https://www.dessertperson.com/buystuff
Penguin Random House Books: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/
Video Series:
Producer/Director: Vincent Cross
Camera Operator: Calvin Robertson
Editor/Motion Graphics: Hal McFall
Animation Credits:
Character Designer/Animator/Backgrounds: Jack Sherry
Character Rigger: Johara Dutton
