Chicken Au Gratin Pot Pies


Ingredients:
1-½ cups (6-oz) extra sharp cheddar cheese
1-½ cups milk
1 cup chicken stock
3 tablespoons flour
3 tablespoons butter
½ tsp salt
¼ tsp white pepper
¼ tsp paprika
1 tsp dried thyme or 1 tablespoon fresh thyme
1-½ cups frozen vegetable mix, thawed
1-½ cups frozen hash brown potatoes, thawed
3 cups cubed, cooked chicken
4 ready-made refrigerated pie crusts
Egg wash (1 beaten egg + 1 teaspoon water)

Instructions:
1. Make a roux for sauce by combining flour, salt, pepper, and butter in a medium saucepan; heat at medium, stirring with a whisk.
2. Add milk and chicken stock to roux; stir until thickened.
3. Add paprika, thyme, and cheese to sauce; heat until cheese has melted.
4. Add vegetables, potatoes, and chicken; stir.
5. Roll each pie crust to fit 6 - 7” oven-proof bowl; set aside scraps to roll out for each top.
6. Put 1-½ cups filling mixture in each pie-crust bowl.
7. Place roll-out pie crust top on each pie; crump edges and pierce top with fork.
8. Brush with egg wash.
9. Bake in preheated oven at 400°F for 25 – 30 minutes.

Makes four 6 - 7” pies.

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Anna Gall with her husband, Dean live in historic St. Charles, Missouri. Anna travels, gardens, cooks, teaches culinary classes at the local community college, antiques, reads, and writes two blogs on topics she is most passionate about, organic gardening, kitchen creations, home life, and wholeness as a woman. During her summer 2021 residency at the Writers' Colony at Dairy Hollow, Anna started her first book, a series of short stories with a culinary theme.