It may not be fall just quite yet but the last few weeks has sure felt like. With daytime temperatures in the 70′s and evening temperatures dipping into the 50′s, all I could think about was turning on my oven and baking something “cozy”. And for me, nothing is more cozy than baked apple pie.
However, being that I’m sick with a cold, I just didn’t have it in me to bake a huge pie and suck down all those calories while I’m feeling so sluggish. Instead, I opted for a mini pie approach that packs in all the warm, gooey goodness of a hot apple pie in a smaller, single serving version.
Making the apple pies this way also gave me an excuse to use the new apple slicer thing-a-ma-jigger I bought a few weeks ago.
Six little pies for five dessert hungry people. Where did the extra go? Well, it was a casualty of my fumbling fingers in the kitchen so the puppy nabbed it before I could save it.
You can even pop these into cupcake liners to serve and avoid dirtying up extra dishes.
| Muffin Cup Mini Baked Apple Pies |
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Type: Dessert
Author:
Prep: 15 mins
Cook Time: 30 mins
Total Time: 45 mins
Serves: 6
Ingredients
- 1 box Pillsbury pie crusts (refrigerated, contains 2 crusts per box)
- 3 – 4 granny smith apples, medium
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon apple pie spice blend
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
- ice cream (optional)
Instructions
- Peel, core and thinly slice apple wedges
- Toss apples with sugar and spices in a small bowl
- Cut pie crusts with a large circle cookie cutter or glass (12 circles total). Use something larger than the muffin up size.
- Press pie crust dough into 6 of the muffin pan cups.
- Fill each crust with equal parts of the sliced apple mixture.
- Use the extra pie dough circles to cover each pie. Press around edges to seal.
- Use a knife to cut slits in the top of each pie crust.
- Brush the top of each pie crust with melted butter.
- Bake at 425 for 25 – 30 minutes.
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These look amazing. Can’t wait to try them!
I love this! I can’t wait to give it a try! They look delicious!
But I have to ask- what’d you use to chop the apple like that? that had to make it much easier.
I just peeled the wedges and cut them in thin slices. It made them the perfect size to fit in the mini muffin cups.
Cute, I think I tried this once, but mine were a disaster! Nothing like apple pie.
Cat,
Okay! Thank you, but not really, but really, for this idea because I’ll be making these a lot this season and my will power isn’t so strong when it comes to apple pie.
cute! I do all sorts of things in my muffin tins – meatloaf, egg muffins, baked mac and cheese and cobblers :) never thought about pies though. I’ll have to remember this next time I’m jonesing for one.
These sound and look sooooo yummy!
I have some green apples here and am totally going to give this a try. Apple pie is my favorite!
These look so yummy! And adorable! I can’t wait to try them.
They are darling, and I like the small size!
These look amazing! I will definitely be trying them!!!
Omg – how cute is that! :)
I also felt the urge to bake apple pie or cake today, but I´ll try to wait a couple of days to get a little cake-break from the weekend ;)
These are sooo adorable. Can’t wait to make them :)
Those look so yummy! I love apple pie but I hate when you cut it and it goes everywhere. These are perfect, I will have to do this. I have a 24 cupcake pan. I am thinking lots of apple pies.
These are the cutest little things! I can’t wait to try these out. Thanks for sharing, and I hope you start feeling better soon!
Yum! And, I’m glad you used the fridge pie crust..homemade is good and all, but what a pain!
I make my pineapple pies in the muffin pans like this. I like to get plenty of crust in every bite & these little pies deliver that!!!
oooh these look good!!
YUMMY-This looks great!
I love these, they are cute an perfect for a party, no cutting of pie needed!
Wow!! These look amazing!!
I just read the article today, and made them for my husband… We really enjoyed the pie, and I like the idea of using mac and cheese. I think i am going to make the cobbler for tomorrows games
omg looks amazing!
This is such a great idea!! Love it!
I tried these today but I had trouble getting them out of the pans and they went everywhere.
If you want to use the paper muffin cups, should you bake the pies in them?
These are so cute! I wanted to do the crust on top for my pies but they were so tiny and I just decided it was too much work :)
Your mini pies look beautiful. I am wondering if by not precooking the apples before baking, is the 25-30 minutes enough for them to cook through? I have noticed some recipes that call for cooking apples for 5 or so minutes before baking, I have never done that making a regular pie with my apples, but since the baking time is less on these mini’s, I’m wondering what your thought is. They look amazing and I want to make them for my guest tomorrow. Please let me know your thoughts.
Thank you.
Merlinda
Hi Merlinda – If you slice the apples thin enough they should have no problem getting done. Mine came out soft with just a tad bit of crispness left (which I prefer).