It's just a small way that I feel I can help him with his work day...he and all his coworkers have a super long meeting on Mondays and...well, it's Monday...how can dessert not help that?
It gives me a good excuse to try new recipes and now all of his coworkers expect and look forward to what I will make and send in.
I've been meaning to document what I have tried here...but it's taken weeks for me to start...so we'll just start here. :)
This week I made mini apple pies for him to take...and I made a large batch so that I could keep some too!
This recipe makes 24 mini pies but you could easily halve it to make 12.
12 tablespoons of flour
1 1/2c of sugar
4 heaping teaspoons of cinnamon
1/4-1/2 teaspoon of nutmeg (depending on how much you like nutmeg...you could also leave it out)
You will also need:
4 tablespoons of chilled butter cut into 24 equal portions.
two boxes of pilsbury pie crusts (four chilled NOT frozen crusts)
Unroll your first pie crust and cut several circles out. Continue this until you have enough crusts.
I found that a wide mouth mason jar ring worked perfectly.
I found that pinching the edge of the dough around the top edge of the tin and making a hammock of sorts worked really well. You can then gently fill the crusts with your apple mixture and push the crusts down the rest of the way.
They are the perfect size and I am looking forward to having the extras with my coffee in the morning.
Yes, for breakfast, there is fruit in there!
Enjoy making these! It's the perfect excuse to head out to an apply orchard and pick some fresh apples!
43 sweet friends chimed in...:
Those look fantastic! I have one question - when you fill the cups with the apple mixture, it looks a little wet, but you just mixed it with dry ingredients, right? Was that just the juice from the apples making it look that way? I definitely want to try this. :)
Yummy! These sound and look totally awesome. Great fall dessert (or breakfast).
Those look yummy! I love your strategy-I love to bake too, but definitely need to get the goods out of the house otherwise I'll eat them all. This would be a fun way to try new recipes, get a little treat for myself but have someone else waiting for the rest. Might have to copy that idea!
Yum! Looks delish. Thanks for sharing. I will try these this very day! There IS fruit in there. :-)
xo
Oh Yummo!!!! Those look delish, and easy!!
so yummy! I think I will make these for work as well :)
Yum! Those look delicious!!
My youngest asked me this morning "Mommy would you make some mini apple pies ?" I wasn't too thrilled to be honest, I have a million things to do, but now I'm thinking you just confirmed that I'm supposed to make them for her. She'll be thanking you later :)
Hi! I made a similar take on this recipe. I halved it and used pears instead of apples. I also used less sugar because the pears were so sweet and ripe. Thanks for the idea. My family loved it!
I am making these and mini pumpkin pies today. They are great!
Do you need to grease the muffin tin pan before putting in the pie crusts?
What apples did you end up using? I've heard that different apples are better in different uses. Some types are better for eating while others are better for baking.
Also, I'd assume you'd spray the pan before putting the pie crust in the muffin cups.
I'm looking forward to making these.
Thank you!!
I made these two weeks ago with my three year old son, they were amazing & taste even better the second day. {I cut the batch in half since I only had one cupcake tin.}
Hi, did you grease the muffin tin and what kind of apples did you use?
This is awesome!! I can't wait to try it!
I plan on making these for Thanksgiving for our famiy!
Thanks for the great recipe! I made these this morning to take with us to our Baltimore Raven's Thanksgiving tailgate! Yum!
Made these tonight for thanksgiving and they were wonderful...shrunk it down to a dozen with half cherry and half apple...made everyone happy! Thanks for sharing.
Tried these and loved them, but couldn't get them out of the pan in one piece! UGH! Made an excellent Apple Pie Crumble though! Check it out here...
http://apinterestaddict.wordpress.com/2011/11/26/myweekofthanksgiving/
Thanks :)
I made these for Thanksgiving and everyone was amazed that they came from my oven (baking is not my forte). Thank you so much for the recipe - they were absolutely delicious. And now I have something to make my honey when he needs a little pick me up.
These look like something I will try. MMM. Thanks!
I can see just a bit of caramel garnish making it all come together...and ice cream?
Nice work!
(if I am double-posting, sorry, technical issues :P)
I made these for Thanksgiving and they were a hit! I was wondering if I can use any apple pie recipe for the mini pies? My mom said it looked like you might have a higher flour content, perhaps to prevent juices from spilling over... I wanted to see if I could use our recipe or if I would need to convert it for miniature pies, or I might just add some spices to yours. We always add a tiny bit of clove, sooo yummy! :)
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Hi, when I read your words... you sounded just like me!
Food is my love language... :) it's been like this in my family. That's how we receive, entertain our dear friends...
As for the pie looks delicious, definetely going to try it! Thanks
just found you from Pinterest and love this recipe! Will be visiting your site often...nice to meet you!
Thanks for sharing this great recipe! I was searching for the perfect thing for a dessert night and these were perfect.
I love this recipe! I have made it several times and received rave reviews from everyone. Thank you so much for sharing with everyone!! I bake mine in silicon muffin pans, which makes it super easy to pop them right out when they're done. I've never needed to grease the pans using the silicon pan.
Hi, found your mini apple pies on Pinterest and it just made them. I made my own crust and I cut out the tops in heart shapes. Thanks for sharing the recipe. This is great idea and I loved it! I would like to put an excellent review on my site linking to yours on these if that's ok.
Hi, I am a new follower. I have a friend who baked these beautiful little pies and she said she got the recipe from you. So I posted her pic on my blog and linked it to your blog for the recipe and your credit...Thanks
Dolly
link:
www.dollyiscooking.blogspot.com
I saw the picture of your pies on a post on pinterest, and they looked amazing. I thought these would be perfect for my next book club, so I went out and bought the ingredients the next day. I don't bake. Or cook. Ever. But these were SUPER easy and I literally just inhaled two of them. They are so delicious!!! Thank you for the recipe, I will be using this for a LOOONG time! I'm super excited :)
I loved this recipe. My daughter had a class project on the U.S.A. and we brought the apple pie. I also love the concept behind these dessert posts! I just started blogging and these pies are one of my opening acts. I linked back here and hope my readers find you! I am the Nesting Doll at www.leahrice.com
great idea!
I use braeburn apples they are juicy and crisp, sweet and tart-perfect.
I just made these today for a potluck - they worked out great! I halved the recipe to make 12 portions. To the ladies wondering what type of apples to use - I followed the advice that I saw on an old episode of chef at home. On it, he mentioned that there are sauce apples and pie apples. The only pie apple that he mentioned that I had seen in the store before was jonagold (all the other names that I recognized were sauce apples), so that's what I used for this recipe. They were great. Also: I didn't grease my muffin tins; they are plain, uncoated metal. To get them out, I turned the tin on its side and gently coaxed them out using my fingers and gravity. All in all, this was a lovely recipe - super easy and tasty. Thanks for posting this!
These were grrreat! I was debating on making them to save myself from a couple extra calories..HOWEVER your little blurb on making them for your husband spoke to me :) My husband was very pleased with them tonight and is already looking forward to having them tomorrow! I also found you via Pinterest. Thanks~~
I made these and they were fantastic! I used just canned apple pie filling because i have been needing to get rid of it. Worked just great! Thanks!!
just saw this through Pinterest. the boyfriend loves apple pie and i might finally be able to make him some thanks to you :)
I can't wait to try these. They would be great for family gathering. Thank you.
I made these for a picnic - they were the favorite! Everyone wanted the recipe. They were easy to make and soooo delicious! I didn't spray the pan and they slipped right out. Going to make some for work next. Thank you!!!
Love this recipe. Will have to try with my daughter. =)
Please could you give the net weight of pie crust. I prefer to make my own or buy my supermarket brand ready made pastry. Thanks
omg those look good :) i must try them!!
I love that you are serving your husband in this way by trying new recipes for him every Monday, so wonderful to hear! I made these today and halved the recipe. They are delish!!!! Thanks for the recipe, it will be going in my recipe book and I am sure it will be enjoyed for years to come!!!
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