Mini Fruit Pies
posted by Andrea | 07/17/2010I love pie.
I love eating pie, I love making pie, I love nearly all vartities of pie!
The only problem with pie is that the crust always seems to get soggy before we can eat it all — there are just 2 of us you know.
So today — as I was contemplating whether or not I should make a pie (and knowing that my husband would definitly want me to make a pie) — I decided to try something new…
… mini pies!
I figured that if I made mini pies, I could make as many as we needed and I could customize the filling so everyone got their favorite pie.
Not sure why I didn’t think of this sooner?
Anyway, mini pies are extremely easy and take less than 20 minutes to bake (half that of most full pies)
Ingredients:
- Pie Crust Dough — I used store bought refrigerated crust but feel free to use homemade
- Filling — choose your favorite pie fillings and make mini batches of each one (or use canned filling)
Directions:
- Use a biscuit cutter to create mini pie crusts — cut as many or as few as you want
- Press the crusts into muffin tins
- Fill with your favorite filling
- Top with a lattice crust, full crust, crumble, or no crust.
- Pinch the edges to seal the crust
- Bake at 375 for 13-17 minutes or until the filling is bubbly (cover with tin foil if they start to get too brown)
Let cool and serve with vanilla ice cream.
What is your favorite pie?
Filed under: From My Kitchen
Donna
28/10/2011This is such a great idea! My family is full of pie fiends but they can never decide which pie they want me to make–now everyone can be happy!
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One crust, two courses
11/07/2011[...] on to the part II, since I had some leftover piecrust, I made mini pies (idea borrowed from Simple Organized Living) and filled them with strawberry and cinnamon apples. Once baked, we enjoyed our own individual [...]
FishMama
18/06/2011Did they crumble when you pulled them out of the pans? I imagine that I’d have a mess, but I LOVE the idea!
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Andrea Reply:
June 18th, 2011 at 1:53 pm
Nope, no crumbling at all. They came out just fine! {but I did use store bought crusts which I think helped}
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fajas colombianas
07/06/2011These treats are very mouthwatering. I suggest using peanut butter or chocolate on the pie stuffing.
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sarah
16/03/2011This is incredible! What a genius, “duh” idea! And your different crusts are adorable, just picture-perfect. Ohhhh I can’t wait to do this with the 2-year-old tomorrow!! Thank you!
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Andrea Reply:
March 16th, 2011 at 7:29 pm
Thanks Sarah,
These pies were really fun to make and the crusts were a big hit! With spring time just around the corner, I’m thinking of making another batch!
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Adam
09/03/2011http://imakestuff.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54f8b789388340133f11aea2a970b-800wi
I love, LOVE the idea of these. If you made up say, 2 dozen, you could store them individually in little containers like the ones I linked above. Feel like a nibble of dessert? Whip one of these out of the freezer and you’re off to the races!
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peter
06/03/2011What about savory filling? Like chicken pie or veg pie? Would this work for that also?
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Andrea Reply:
March 6th, 2011 at 3:07 pm
Yes, you could most definitely use chicken, beef, or veggies to make savory mini pies. I’ve done that several times and they turn out great.
Here’s a delicious recipe for chicken pot pie. You’ll probably want to cut the recipe in half…and you’ll definitely need more crust, but the filling would be great for mini pies!
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mel
04/03/2011coat the pie crust bottom with chocolate. then let it dry. it will keep it from getting soggy. unless you don’t like chocolate. haha.
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rene@bargainhoot
22/02/2011I love these! Who knew you could just use a muffin pan!
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Andrea Reply:
February 22nd, 2011 at 9:26 am
Thanks Rene,
Yes, muffin tins worked wonderfully and were very easy to clean up!
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Lucy @ Lucyeats
21/02/2011That is the most genius idea I’ve ever seen. So cute!
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Tammy aka @SkipsMKGirl
29/01/2011LOVE this idea! We are trying to use up things in the house before our cross country move and I have one pie crust left. On the fillings, did you have little bits of each kind already opened? Trying to think of what I could use without going to buy and open lots of pie filling…
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Andrea Reply:
January 29th, 2011 at 12:56 pm
Tammy,
I actually just made mini batches of pie filling {from scratch}. I simply used about a 1/3 of whatever the recipes for Apple Pie, Cherry Pie, Blueberry Pie called for. Canned pie filling would work too, but most pie filling is just fruit, sugar, and a bit of flour; so I just use whatever fruit we have in the fridge.
Hope this helps and good luck with your move!!
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Jennifer Young
15/01/2011Oh, yum. This is SUCH a great idea! I am definitely going to try this. This will be great to do with my 4 yo too. (Thanks for stopping by Vanderbilt Wife and commenting on my Cookie Exchange post:)
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Trish
22/07/2010I WANT PIE! This is just so yummilicious I want to lick my screen! Thanks for this post, now I will be off to make some pie!
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The Diaper Diaries
22/07/2010Oh this is 100 kinds of fabulousness!!!!!!! I can’t WAIT to try this
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jodimichelle
22/07/2010LOVE this!! I saw something like this from a couple other blogs a while back as well and have been meaning to try this – found your site through TILT with Diaper Diaries
And your title of “Mini Fruit Pies” had me!! Today is my MIL birthday so this would be a great treat! (They look sooooo good!)
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Elizabeth
22/07/2010Divine! I am going to do this with my family one night! Great site, by the way.
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Andrea Reply:
July 22nd, 2010 at 8:10 am
Thanks Elizabeth — These pies would be so fun to do with the fam…good luck!
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stanley
22/07/2010I just had some lunch. I could use some dessert…
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Andrea Reply:
July 22nd, 2010 at 8:11 am
I’d welcome you to our leftovers…but there aren’t any!
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