Mini Apple Pies
These Mini Apple Pies are the best way to eat apple pie, in my opinion anyway. What's not to love? They're portable, taste amazing and they're cute as heck. If you have a lot of apples on hand, hello U-Pick farms, you might want to try another fun apple pie recipe.
Servings: 16 hand pies
Calories: 120kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
Pie Crust Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cup flour
- 1/2 tsp kosher salt
- 4 ounces butter
- 1/4 cup cold water
- 1 1/2 tsp vinegar
Apple Filling
- 2 cups apples roughly two apples, peeled, cored and chopped
- 2 TBSP butter
- 1 TBSP water
- 2 TBSP brown sugar
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- pinch nutmeg
Egg Wash
- 1 egg
- 1 TBSP water or try milk
- 1 TBSP Sugar
Instructions
- to make the pie crust: combine dry ingredients in the bowl of a food processor, pulse to combine
- cut the butter in chunks and add to the food processor, pulse to chop until it looks like bread crumbs
- combine water and vinegar, pour half of it in the food processor, pulse, add half of the remaining, pulse 4-5 times, if it's not coming together as a ball add remaining water and pulse until it comes together, don't run it past this point or you'll overwork the dough
- wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate until 30 minutes before you want to roll the dough
- Apple Hand Pie Filling: add the chopped apples to a small saucepan, add the butter and water, cook over medium heat stirring until the apples start to soften
- add the sugar and spices, cook for 1-2 minutes more, you want the apples mostly cooked through but not completely mushy
- to make Mini Apple Pies: preheat oven to 400˚
- sprinkle flour on a clean surface, roll the dough to about 1/4 inch thick, cut out 32 2 1/2 circles, gather leftovers, and roll out if needed
- place 16 circles on a baking sheet, top with apple mixture
- apply water to the edges of the circle, place another circle on top, press with a fork to seal
- mix the egg and the water together for an egg wash, brush on the pies, sprinkle each with a small pinch of sugar
- bake for 12-14 minutes until the pastry is browned and pies look done
- remove to a cooling rack and cool until ready to eat
Notes
You can SKIP making the dough and use two pre-made pie crusts from the refrigerator section of the market. Just roll them out to about 14 inches in diameter on a floured surface and cut out 16 cirlces from EACH pie crust
You can SKIP making the pie filling and BUY a can of pie filling if you want. I would suggest you cut up the apples in the filling to make them small enough to fit in the pies. Place 1-2 TBSPs in the center of the dough circle and seal as called for above. Baking time is just about the same!
Nutrition
Serving: 1pie | Calories: 120kcal | Carbohydrates: 12g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 29mg | Sodium: 134mg | Potassium: 35mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 244IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 8mg | Iron: 1mg