Mini Apple Pies
These are the best mini apple pies! They have apple shaped buttery crusts filled with a homemade apple pie filling and they're sprinkled with spiced sugar. They're a fun twist on a classic apple pie recipe!
Ingredients
- 2pie crusts, store bought or homemade
- 2 ½ cupsapples peeled and diced into 1/2 inch pieces (about 2 large apples)
- 2 tbspunsalted butter
- ¼ cupbrown sugar, packed
- 2 tbspgranulated white sugar
- 1 tspvanilla
- 1 tspground cinnamon
- ¼ tspground nutmeg
- ¼ tspground allspice
- ¼ tspground ginger
- ⅛ tspground cloves
- 1egg, beaten
- ¼ cupgranulated white sugar
- ¼ tspground cinnamon
- ⅛ tspground nutmeg
- ⅛ tspground allspice
- ⅛ tspground ginger
- tiny pinch of ground cloves
- turbinado sugar, for sprinkling
Directions
For the mini apple pies
- 1
Line two baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
- 2
Add the diced apples, butter, brown sugar, granulated white sugar, vanilla and spices to a small saucepan. Heat over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until the apples are tender, about 15-18 minutes. Then let the apple filling cool completely.
- 3
Roll out the 2 pie crusts on a lightly floured surface and cut 20 mini apples out using a 4" apple cookie cutter. (You will need to re-roll each pie crust to get all 20.) Transfer 10 of the apples to parchment paper lined baking sheets (5 per each.)
- 4
Add 1 heaping tbsp of apple pie filling on the center of 10 of the apples.
- 5
Use a pastry brush to brush the edges with egg wash and place another apple over top of each. Press the edges shut with a fork and cut small slits like an X into the top of each pie. Chill in the fridge for 20 minutes.
Baking the mini apple pies
- 1
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees while the mini apple pies chill.
- 2
Combine the granulated sugar and spices in a small bowl.
- 3
Remove one of the cookie sheets of mini apple pies from the fridge and brush the tops with egg wash. Then sprinkle each apple with the spiced sugar and a little bit of turbinado sugar.
- 4
Bake for 16-19 minutes, or until lightly golden brown. Then let the mini apple pies cool on the cookie sheet for 5 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool until cool enough to handle, about 15 more minutes.
- 5
Repeat the steps with the remaining cookie sheet of mini apple pies.