Two things prompted me to try this recipe: I just found a beautiful pastry cutter in a thrift shop and wanted to try it out, and I had some blueberries I wanted to use to make a surprise for a friend. The thing that tipped me over the edge, however, was the pastry recipe itself; I had planned to make some kind of hand pie or turnover with frozen puff pastry, but the pastry recipe here looked easy and interesting with both butter and sour cream, two of my favorite pastry ingredients. So, I went ahead and followed the recipe to a "T." It resulted in a delicious!!!! little pie!!! The pastry is wonderful, rich, but not too rich, creamy and perfect with the filling. I like it so much, I am thinking of using it for a huge batch of Pastelitos de Guayaba, Cuban pastries made with puff pastry and filled with guava paste and cream cheese, that I have been requested to bring to a graduation party this coming weekend. I introduced my friends to these pastries and I am asked to bring them to every event now!!! I am lucky they are so easy to make and are fabulous with frozen puff, but I am thinking they may just be improved upon by the wonderful pastry in this recipe. I can't wait to try the "new" Pastelitos!!!

P.S. It is a further testimony to how good I find your pastry that I am not only willing, but eager to do more work just to try the pastry from the Blueberry Hand Pies with the guava and cream cheese!!!!

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