Mini Apple Pies

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Try these mini mason jar pies for your next party! This from scratch pie filling makes delicious mini apple pies. Use homemade or store bought pie crust & then top the pies with ice cream!

Prep Time20

Cook Time30

Total Time50

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: apple dessert, apple pie, easy apple recipe, finger food

Servings:

Calories: 264kcal

Author: Julie Clark

Ingredients

For the crust:

1 roll of refrigerated pie crust
1 large egg white
1 tablespoon water
2 tablespoons turbinado sugar (coarse sugar)

For the filling:

2 medium apples
2 tablespoons salted butter
¼ cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
½ teaspoon ground allspice
1 teaspoon lemon zest
1 tablespoon lemon juice
2 to 3 tablespoons water
6 regular-size Mason jar lids & rings

Garnish (optional):

Ice-cream or Whipped Cream
Caramel Sauce

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

Peel, core and chop the apples into small cubes.
Melt the butter in a skillet over medium heat.
Add the apples into hot butter. Let it cook for a couple of minutes.
Next add the brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, lemon zest and juice. Cook and stir apple mixture until apples are softened (about 5 minutes).
Add the water and continue cooking until apples are soft and sticky. About 1 to 2 more minutes.
Spread apple pie filling onto a plate to cool.
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a non-stick Silpat.
Unroll the pie dough onto a well-floured surface. Lightly roll the dough to smooth and spread it just a little. Using a 3-inch circular cookie cutter, cut out 6 circles.
Take the Mason jar lids and turn the inserts of all the lids, so that the rubber side is facing down and the shiny metal side is facing up.
Insert the dough circle into the lid, bring up the sides. Repeat will all of the 6 lids. *The dough should be touching the metal side of the insert and not the rubber side.*
Spread each prepared pie ring with 2-3 teaspoons of the cooled apple pie filling.
Cut out dough strips from the remaining scrap dough. We need 6 strips per pie ring.* Cover with each pie ring with lattice pattern. Lightly tuck the edges of the lattice strips down into the lid.
Place the mini apple pie ring in the baking sheet. Make an egg wash by whisking together one large egg white and one tablespoon water. Brush the tops of the pies with egg wash and sprinkle with a teaspoon of turbinado sugar.
Bake for 20 minutes.
Let it cool on a wire rack and unmold it from the Mason jar ring.
Serve with a dollop of ice-cream or whipped cream and a drizzle of caramel sauce.

Notes

**If there is no dough left to make the dough strip to make the lattice pattern, gather the scrap dough into a ball and roll it out and cut it into strips. You can also use a mini cookie cutter to cut shapes and use as a top crust.

**In case you want to use extra wide Mason jar ring, you will get 4 mini apple pie from 1 roll of pie crust.

**The calories shown are based on this recipe making 6 mini pies, with 1 serving being 1 pie. Since different brands of ingredients have different nutritional information, the calories shown are just an estimate. **We are not dietitians and recommend you seek a nutritionist for exact nutritional information.**

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