Little Apple Pies. These mini apple pies may be small, but they're big on flavor! Little hands can help shape pie crusts with cookie cutters, which means you can have family time while you bake and eat. Pillsbury™ Mini Apple Pies come together fast with a Pillsbury™ pie crust cut into rou. Little Apple Pies

You can cook Little Apple Pies using 13 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Little Apple Pies
  1. Prepare 1 of roll of refrigerated pie dough (I used my basic pie dough recipe).
  2. It’s 5 of small Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored, and diced finely.
  3. You need 1/4 cup of granulated sugar.
  4. Prepare 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon.
  5. You need 2 tablespoons of lemon juice.
  6. Prepare 1 tablespoon of cornstarch.
  7. It’s of For the Streusel Topping.
  8. It’s 2 1/4 cups of all purpose flour.
  9. Prepare 2/3 cup of brown sugar.
  10. Prepare 2/3 cup of granulated sugar.
  11. You need 2/3 cups of old fashioned oats.
  12. You need pinch of salt.
  13. It’s 3/4 cups of butter, melted.

They're like little packets of comfort food that you can hold in your hand, almost like a cookie. They're warm and sweet, with an irresistibly flaky crust. Guaranteed to put a smile on your face on a cold, drizzly day! This recipe is for mini apple pies because they're smaller than a regular apple pie, but be sure to use a regular muffin pan (not a mini muffin pan).

Little Apple Pies step by step

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray the wells of a standard size muffin tin with nonstick spray. Roll out dough onto a lightly floured surface, and cut out circles about 2 inches in diameter. Gather and re-roll unused dough and cut additional circles. use the rim of a small plastic cup. Place the circles in the bottom of each muffin well..

  2. Add the apples, sugar, cinnamon, lemon juice, and cornstarch to a medium saucepan. Cook on medium heat, stirring occasionally for about 5-10 minutes until the apples have softened slightly and the juices begin to thicken. Remove from heat..

  3. Add about one tablespoon of the apple filling on top of each circle of pie dough..

  4. In a medium bowl, mix flour, brown sugar, granulated sugar, oats, and salt. Add melted butter and mix until well incorporated..

  5. Add a heaping tablespoon of the streusel topping to each muffin well, and gently pat it down over the apples..

  6. Cook about 20-25 minutes until crumbs are cruncy.

You'll also need two pie crusts, you can either use my homemade pie crust recipe or buy a box of pie crusts from the store. These little snacks give you all those delicious flavors you get from a whole apple pie but in a smaller, easier-to-make form. These pies are baked, not fried! We made things even easier by reaching for refrigerated Pillsbury pie crusts and canned apple pie filling. Apple Pie: rustic, flaky, tart, and spicy.