• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Lightly spray a large baking sheet with nonstick spray; set aside. (You may need two baking sheets, depending on the size of your pans.)

Prepare pastry:

• Whisk together flour and salt. Then use your fingers or a fork to work butter into flour. Stop when butter chunks are the size of small peas.
• Sprinkle 4 tablespoons ice water over flour mixture. Stir just until a dough forms, adding additional water (1 tablespoon at a time), if necessary.
• Gather dough into a ball and then separate into 6 equal size balls.
• Cover dough and place dough in refrigerator to chill while you work on filling.

Prepare filling:

• Place 1 egg in a small bowl and whisk until smooth. Set aside.
• Whisk remaining 6 eggs together in a separate bowl, along with salt and pepper.
• Melt butter in a medium skillet over medium-low heat. When skillet is hot, add eggs and scramble.
• Stir sausage links into eggs when they're are cooked about halfway.
• Finish cooking eggs just until set. (Err on the side of underdone, because they'll cook more in the oven.)
• Fold cheese into eggs. Remove from heat and set aside.

Assemble hand pies:

• Remove one ball of dough from refrigerator. Place dough on a lightly floured board and flatten into a thick disk with your hands.
• Use a rolling pin to roll the dough out to about a 7-inch circle. Don't worry if the edges are a little jagged.
• Cover one half of the circle with ⅙ of the scrambled egg mixture.
• Brush the edge of the pastry (filling side) with a little of the reserved egg. Fold the other half of the circle over the eggs and press to seal with your fingers.
• Trim the pastry so the edges are even. Then use a fork to press together the edges of the pastry. Transfer hand pie to the baking sheet.
• Repeat process with remaining dough and eggs, then lightly brush tops of pies with reserved egg. Use a fork to pierce a few holes in the top crust of each pie.
• Bake pies until golden (about 30 minutes), rotating pan in oven halfway through cooking time.
• Serve pies hot. Enjoy!