I grew up eating a german style meat pie known as a 'runza'. My grandmother grew up on a farm in Iowa in a German/Swedish community, and these were a popular item at any community gathering.
Here is a modern recipe from a Nebraska farmhouse recipe:
https://myfarmhousetable.com/nebraskas-homemade-runza/
She includes cheese as an option - and honestly I can't image my grandmother ever even considering that kind of alteration, but it would probably be delicious.
Not exactly the same type of pie crust meat pie, but it sure meets the criteria of a meal in the hand with a protein in the middle and a wrapping on the outside.
My grandmother's recipe was not shy with the butter, and that was the first taste to hit the tongue with a bite of it.... then the meat and cabbage and spices....