Description
Crisp pastry encases luscious cherry pie bombs with a golden crunch. Homemade dessert perfection blends sweet fruit and buttery crust for delightful bites you’ll crave and share with friends.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 can (8-count) Pillsbury Grand biscuits, refrigerated
- 1 cup (255 g / 9 oz) cherry pie filling
- ½ cup (113 g / 4 oz) unsalted butter, melted
- 2 cups (250 g / 8.8 oz) confectioners sugar
- 3–4 tbsps whole milk, room temperature
Instructions
- Preparation: Carefully separate refrigerated biscuits into two delicate layers, creating thin, translucent rounds for pastry pockets.
- Filling Placement: Stretch each dough circle to 4-inch diameter, positioning a vibrant cherry pie filling dollop in the center while maintaining sealing margins.
- Shaping: Fold dough edges over the fruity center, pinching and crimping to create sealed spherical shapes that encase the luscious filling completely.
- Surface Preparation: Brush exterior with melted butter to enhance golden-brown coloration and develop rich flavor profile.
- Air Frying Setup: Preheat air fryer to 330F, lightly spray basket with nonstick coating to prevent adhesion, and arrange pie bombs with strategic spacing for optimal air circulation.
- Cooking Process: Air fry for 7-8 minutes, rotating midway to ensure uniform amber-toned crust development and complete cooking.
- Glazing Technique: Whisk confectioners sugar and milk into a smooth, glossy glaze with perfect drizzling consistency.
- Finishing Touch: Remove pie bombs, cool briefly, then generously coat with prepared glaze. Position on a wire rack over a baking sheet to allow excess glaze to drain elegantly.
- Serving: Allow glaze to set completely, then serve at warm or room temperature for maximum gustatory pleasure.
Notes
- Dough Handling Technique: Stretch biscuit rounds gently to maintain thin, even thickness without tearing, ensuring uniform cooking and delicate texture.
- Filling Placement Strategy: Center cherry filling precisely, leaving enough edge space to seal completely and prevent leakage during air frying.
- Sealing Pro Tip: Pinch and crimp edges thoroughly to create tight, secure spheres that lock in filling and prevent bursting during cooking.
- Glaze Application Trick: Drizzle glaze over slightly cooled pie bombs to achieve perfect consistency and prevent immediate absorption into hot pastry.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 8 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Frying
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 9
- Calories: 295
- Sugar: 19 g
- Sodium: 345 mg
- Fat: 18 g
- Saturated Fat: 10 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 32 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 37 mg