Mini Apple Pie Factory

Can we just agree that anything miniature is just that much more fabulous? Mini sliders, mini cupcakes, mini pizzas, mini tacos, miniature poodles; Beau :) So obviously after making a go at mini cheesecakes, I had to try mini apple pies! I'll be the first to admit that baking is a bit of a challenge for me. You know, with all that measurement jazzz. (I'm sure by now you've noticed that most of my recipes read "adjust as needed" for the spices.) So, one day I called over some of my gurllls and we had a little baking bonanza. It's always more fun with your friends around to laugh at the trials and errors. As you can tell, the lattice was not our strong point. 


Ingredients for filling:

8 cups of apples

12 tbs flour

1 1/2 cups sugar

4 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp nutmeg

4 tbs chilled butter

1 pinch of salt

Dough:

2 boxes of pillsbury pie crusts

(I tried two different dough recipes, and both weren't nearly as good as the boxed. I'll keep trying!)

Directions:

Start by cutting up eight cups of apples into small 1/2in bits. Mix the apples with flour, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Unroll your chilled pie crust and cut circles for your mini muffin tin. I used a mason jar ring that worked great! Line each of your muffin tins with the crust. Gently fill the crusts with your apple mixture to the top. Divide your butter equally into 24 pieces, and put a dab on each pie. Cover each pie with extra dough as desired. Brush melted butter over each pie. Bake at 400 degrees for 18-22 minutes. 

*I used a mini cheesecake muffin tin that made it really easy to pop the pies out.

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