Pumpkin Cream Cheese Hand Pies

Pumpkin Cream Hand Pies are a blend of pumpkin pie and cheesecake right at your fingertips, deep-fried in a homemade pie crust until golden brown. I love the combination so much that I also have a full-sized Pumpkin Cream Cheese Pie.

Pumpkin Cream Cheese Hand Pies

Hand pies are a ‘grab and go’ kind of dessert that give you all the flavors of a pie but in a convenient hand-held variety. These pumpkin cream cheese hand pies have to be one of my favorite hand pie recipes (and I have a few)! And, the vanilla glaze on top brings them to a whole new level of sweetness.

Ingredients & Substitutions

Pie Crust: If you make my no-fail pie crust, you will have the perfect amount of dough for this recipe (since it makes two pie crusts). You can also use store-bought.

Pumpkin Pie Filling: Look for pumpkin pie filling, not pumpkin puree. Pumpkin Pie Filling has spices and sweeteners added whereas pumpkin puree is cooked pumpkin that is blended or mashed into a smooth texture. I also have a recipe for pumpkin pie filling that you can find in my Puff Pastry with Pumpkin Pie Filling.

Oil: Use canola or vegetable oil for frying. But, don’t throw away the leftover oil; check out my How to Clarify Used Cooking Oil so you can use it again.

Can I Make Pumpkin Cream Cheese Hand Pies Without the Glaze?

Well, you could…but, at least try one with the glaze; you will want to add it to all of them! And, we tested a few options from a brown sugar glaze, cinnamon, and sugar mixture, to a cream cheese glaze before we decided on