mini apple pies

By jab120638

Ingredients

• 5 cups peeled, cored and chopped small Granny Smith Apples
• 1 tbs lemon juice
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup cornstarch
• 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp nutmeg
• pinch salt
• 2 cups water
• 1 package (2 9") store-bought pie crust
• sugar for sprinkling
• 1 egg beaten for egg wash

Details

Servings 10
Adapted from sprinklesomesugar.com

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Grease a 12-cup muffin tin thoroughly and set aside.Peel core and chop apples into small pieces and toss with some lemon juice. Set aside.

Combine sugars, cornstarch, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt in a small saucepan. Pour in water and stir until incorporated. On medium heat, bring mixture to a gentle boil for 3 minutes stirring frequently to prevent scorching on the bottom. Once mixture is thickened slightly, add apples and toss bringing he mixture to a gentle boil once again. Reduce the head to low and simmer for 10 minutes or until the apples are tender. Take mixture off heat and allow it to cool slightly.

While mixture is cooling, thaw pie crusts if needed and unroll one crust onto a flat surface. Start by cutting 3 1/2 - 4" circles with a cookie cutter or rim of a glass/bowl. Place each disk into each muffin tin cavity, pressing them into the bottom and up the sides. Fill with apple pie filling about 2/3 to the top.

With the second pie crust, unroll and cut into 1/2" strips. Cut the long strips into 2 1/2" smaller strips. On a flat surface, place three strips vertically and three strips horizontally, creating a lattice pattern. Press down slightly with the palm of your hand so that they stick together. Refer to the picture in the post for a visual. (You can skip this step all together and just create the lattice pattern the traditional way and place them individually on top of the mini pies. Alternately, you can even just skip the lattice all together and just cut out a bunch of circles, place them on top and cut vent holes in the tops.)

Transfer lattice crust to the muffin tins and place on top of the apple pie filling. Press down slightly around the edges and trim away the excess with a sharp knife.

Brush the tops of the apple pies with egg wash, sprinkle them with some sugar and bake for 15-17 minutes or until tops are lightly golden and cooked through.

Mini apple pies are best served the same day made but will keep for up to 2 days stored in an airtight container.

Apple pie filling recipe slightly adapted from Inside BruCrew Life.

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COMMENTS

Michelle Hwee says
December 4, 2014 at 2:33 pm

Your mini apple pies are so cute! I love the puff pastry part of it, very nicely laid out in the basket weave type of technique.Great job!

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Lisa says
December 4, 2014 at 3:07 pm

This looks amazing! These pies are the perfect size for me to gulp them down. Yay!

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Terri Ramsey Beavers says
December 4, 2014 at 3:26 pm

I have been wanting to make mini apple pies for ages now but didn’t know how to begin. My daughter just popped in and has been reading this to see how to make them as well. Thank you so much for sharing.

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Fi Ni Neachtain says
December 4, 2014 at 3:54 pm

I absolutely love the theme and the look of that party food – so imaginative and fun! The mini apple pies look so delicious too

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courtney says
December 4, 2014 at 4:08 pm

Omg these look not only adorable but absolutely delicious!!! I want one

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Robin (Masshole Mommy) says
December 4, 2014 at 4:57 pm

Those sound so good. I want to make them SOON!

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Nina Say says
December 4, 2014 at 7:39 pm

Apple pie is my favorite. There is nothing more delicious than the crust that has absorbed the yummy juice.

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Carra D says
December 4, 2014 at 9:28 pm

Mini desserts are the best.. and so cute. Ive been wanting to do mini apple pies for awhile but always make my go to pumpkin pie bites.

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michele d says
December 4, 2014 at 10:04 pm

The little apple pies look fantastic! What great ideas you have for a party. Love the chocolate donuts as tires.

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Debbie Jean says
December 4, 2014 at 11:06 pm

Your post just made me soooo hungry! LOL I will definitely be making those little pies – they would be perfect for my preschooler and toddler too!

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Our Family World says
December 5, 2014 at 1:22 am

I love apple pie, this is the perfect recipe for me and my family!

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Kae James says
December 5, 2014 at 1:31 am

I don’t even eat pie but my gosh you made those little minis look soo good!!! I’ll have to pass this recipe to fellow pie lovers.

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Lynndee says
December 5, 2014 at 9:32 am

Those looks delish. I am not into apples but I would like to learn how to bake apple pies.

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Emilee says
December 5, 2014 at 9:49 am

OMG how cute are THOSE!? I looove “mini” things, aha! Great job! <333

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Lisa Bristol says
December 5, 2014 at 10:22 am

What a cute theme for a birthday party. I love the dirt cake! Those apple pies look so delicious i can not wait to make some.

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paula schuck says
December 5, 2014 at 11:08 am

I love the donuts as truck tires. Very creative. Also I think my kids would really enjoy those mini apple pies. Yum.

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Ann Bacciaglia says
December 5, 2014 at 12:25 pm

These mini apple pies look so delicious. I wish i could make them right now. I love the theme of your little guys party.

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Chrissy Mazzocchi says
December 5, 2014 at 7:32 pm

Those are so cue, I love apple pie. I’ll have to make these for Christmas

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Erica says
December 5, 2014 at 9:57 pm

I am not a big fan of apple pies. But you sure know how to make a girl want to eat one. This looks amazing.

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Yona Williams says
December 5, 2014 at 10:40 pm

The Mini apple pies look really good, and I like mini desserts…so I can eat more and feel like I ate more than I really did. Also, the ‘Truck Tires’ are really cute!

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kendall says
December 6, 2014 at 7:48 pm

Goodness these look absolutely delicious! Yum!

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Brandy says
December 7, 2014 at 10:46 am

These are so cute, I love them for a school lunch side or something. Maybe after school snack! I have tried other ideas for small apple pies, and they didn’t work. This looks like something that would work for me!

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Tammy says
March 7, 2015 at 5:03 pm

I just tried your pie recipe for my daughter’s school bake sale fundraiser. They turned out great! Your recipe was easy to do and easy to follow.

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Jessica says
March 8, 2015 at 9:20 am

That’s so great to hear! Thanks for reporting back

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Monica says
October 6, 2015 at 5:59 pm

These look sooo good! Do you think they would freeze well?

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Jessica says
October 7, 2015 at 8:10 pm

Thank you, Monica! Hm, I am unsure as I haven’t tried it myself, but I would imagine it would work!

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Lori says
October 7, 2015 at 3:40 pm

What size muffin tin for mini pies?

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Jessica says
October 7, 2015 at 8:09 pm

Just a standard sized muffin/cupcake tin is what I used.

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Barbara Boynton says
October 10, 2015 at 11:16 am

Can these be baked, frozen, thawed and eaten or will the crust be mushy? Or, can they be assembled, frozen in the tin, thawed (or not) and baked. I like to prepare items ahead for eating later.

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Jessica says
October 10, 2015 at 7:28 pm

Hi Barbara, I cannot say for sure as I haven’t tried freezing them myself, but I don’t see why not! If I were to try it, I would bake and freeze them then when I wanted to use them, I would thaw overnight in the refrigerator and let them come to room temperature before serving. I hope this helps! If you wind up trying it out, let me know how it goes!

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Kiki says
November 30, 2015 at 1:31 pm

This took more than two pie crusts! You need at least two just to come up with the bottom crust!!! Please adjust recipe to reflect that. I wound up using almost two packs of the Pillsbury crust, each of which comes with two crusts in the box–so almost four crusts altogether.

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Misty says
December 5, 2015 at 9:11 pm

I have made these twice and everyone loves them!

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Jessica says
December 8, 2015 at 11:40 am

That’s so great to hear, Misty! I’m so glad you guys love them! Happy holidays!

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Laurie says
December 23, 2015 at 4:10 pm

Just came out of the oven they are almost to cute to eat Thanks for the recipe.

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Jessica says
December 27, 2015 at 4:28 pm

You’re very welcome, Laurie!

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Amber says
January 30, 2016 at 9:41 pm

Why the use of cornstarch, if you don’t mind me asking?

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Jessica says
February 1, 2016 at 1:00 pm

Corn starch is used in the filling to thicken it up while baking.

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Tina says
April 9, 2016 at 4:14 pm

So glad I found this today! Had frozen apples from the fall but I was worried they would get mushy in the oven too long. These were perfect! I didn’t have enough crust for both top and bottom, so I just made a quick crumble topping.

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Diana says
May 28, 2016 at 4:44 pm

I’m looking forward to making these tomorrow for a Memorial Day Barbecue. When you say mini do you mean the mini muffin tins that fit 32 or the regular muffin pans that fit 12

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Jessica says
May 28, 2016 at 5:11 pm

Regular muffin pans that fit 12! Enjoy!

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Diana says
June 1, 2016 at 2:15 pm

I did make them and they were a great hit. But I had to use 6 pie crusts to your one amount of apple filling. But they loved it.

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