Happy Friday!

We’re happy to report that it has stopped reaching the 90’s here in Florida, thank goodness. We can finally start drinking hot tea and hot cocoa and enjoying pumpkin spice lattes the way they were meant to be (hot- there’s something inherently wrong about an iced pumpkin spice latte, but we do what we must).

With Halloween around the corner, we’ve been treating ourselves to a few fall treats, like these mini apple pies! We thought these would make a nice little Pinterest project for us to try:  apples are deliciously in season right now, and the smell of apple pie baking is HEAVENLY. Plus apple desserts=autumn, obviously.

These are the cutest little things because while apple pie is a standard, they certainly add an element of surprise! They’re entirely edible, rather unexpected, and everybody gets their own!

Mini_Apple_Pies

To make these pies, you’ll need to gather your ingredients (this makes 4 apples, we tripled the recipe to make 12):

  • 4 apples (we used granny smith)
  • 1 heaping tsp cinnamon
  • pinch of nutmeg (about 1/8th tsp)
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1 T. brown sugar
  • 4 small pats butter
  • 1 frozen pie crust (leave it out to thaw)

Mini-apple-pie-ingredients

Now you’ll want to prepare your apples. First, cut the tops off

cut the apple

Now, use a spoon to hollow out the apples.

core-the-apple

make-an-apple-cup

It works best if you try to get most of the core initially with a big spoon, then scoop out the rest of the insides. We ended up using a batter scoop to get most of the apple scooped out; however, a small spoon would work as well.

scoop out excess apple

Now, you should have your apples hollowed out. Chop up the apple bits that you hollowed out (not including the core), and put them aside in a bowl. Peel and chop the apple tops and add them to the bowl as well.

apple cup

Now you’ll be mixing your dry ingredients in a small bowl. Add your cinnamon, nutmeg, sugar and brown sugar.

mini-apple-pie-recipe

add nutmeg to apple pie

apple-pie-mixture

brown sugar apple pie

Mix your dry ingredients well and add them to the bowl of apple bits. Toss the apple bits until they are evenly covered.

apple-mixture

Now, fill your hollowed apples with the apple bit mixture.

fill-mini-apple-pies

Don’t they already look yummy?

apple-pies-in-apples

Unroll your pie crust and cut it into strips.

cut pie crust

Place a small pat of butter on top of each apple.

cute-apple-pie

Place about 3 strips of pie crust over the top of each apple. Then place about three more in the opposite direction. You can also lattice the strips if you feel so inclined.

apple-pie-in-apple-bowl

Now it’s time to bake! Place the apples in a pan; pour water into the pan. I think we used too much water, so we suggest just enough water to cover the bottom of the pan. Cover the tops of the apples with aluminum foil and bake them in a 375 degree oven for 30 minutes. Remove the foil and bake for another 12 minutes.

Mini_Apple_Pies

The most I can say about these mini apple pies is that they’re cute… at least those that didn’t explode!

These apples were pretty disappointing. The hollowed out apple got really soft while baking and several of them fell apart/exploded. The ones that remained pretty still left something to be desired.

The insides and crust actually tasted awesome, but the hollowed out apple part was mushy and unappetizing. This was upsetting because the very thing that was “cool” about this recipe (each pie coming in its own little edible container of apple), didn’t taste good. For the amount of work put in, you may as well have just made an actual apple pie and called it a day.

Oh well! This is why we try these things- so you don’t have to!

Shananometer- hot chocolate topping shapes

Check out some of our other Fall-inspired shenanigans (that actually work)!

Caramel-Pecan-Pumpkin-Pie       Thanksgiving-Oreo-Turkeys       easy-pumpkin-muffins baked

Caramel Pecan Pumpkin Pie          Oreo Turkey Treats             Easy Pumpkin Muffins

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6 Responses

  1. Kathy

    GLAD YOU TRIED THIS ONE. LOOKS LIKE TOO MUCH WORK AND UNRELIABLE RESULTS. THANKS FOR SAVING ME THE TIME AND ENERGY

  2. Joann

    They look great and I love apple pie!! But I saw your rating on the meter!! I like real easy baking!! So I hope you girls find an easier apple pie!!!

  3. Zach

    That’s so sad… they had so much potential. *sigh* Oh well!