Here’s my recipe for the cutest little apple pies! I make them in a cupcake tin, so I couldn’t decide if I should call them mini apple pies, or apple pie cupcakes. Either way we name them, they are adorable, delicious, and really fun to make! My recipe made 6 mini apple pies, so if you’d like to make more, double the recipe to make about a dozen.
Diana’s Mini Apple Pies
Ingredients for the dough:
- 1 cup flour
- 6 tablespoons butter, cold and cubed
- 2 tablespoons (or a little more) ice water
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp sugar
Ingredients for the filling:
- 2 to 3 apples (3 made extra filling for me… which I ate later with yogurt – YUM!)
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- pinch of salt
- 1 tbs flour
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Directions:
1. Make the dough
Cut your butter into small cubes. Using a mixing bowl and a fork, mix butter into the flour. I’m sure a food processor would make this easier, but I did it by hand, and it worked! Next, add salt and sugar. Then add your ice water and mix well until a dough forms. Start with the 2 tablespoons of ice water, and if it isn’t coming together like a dough, start adding a little bit more at a time. Wrap dough in saran wrap and leave in the fridge for 30 minutes.
2. Cut up your apples
Peel and dice or chop 2 or 3 apples. Again, 3 apples made extra for me, so you could probably get away with 2.
3. Make the cinnamon sugar mixture
Mix together the sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, flour, and vanilla extract. Then, mix in your chopped apples.
4. Make apple pie cups and fill with apple mixutre
Remove dough from fridge. Using two pieces of parchment paper, place 3/4 of the dough inside the two pieces and use a rolling pin to roll out the dough (saving have to wash the rolling pin! I’ll do anything to skip washing an extra dish!). Roll it out fairly thin. Use a bowl that’s larger than the size of your cupcake tin circles to cut out circles from the dough. Squish these into an ungreased cupcake tin, removing any extra from the top. Use a fork to poke holes at the bottom of each cup, and then fill to the top with your apple mixture.
5. Make the apple pie lattice top
Using the remaining 1/4 of dough, roll out a rectangle. Then, cut out small stripes, the diameter of your cupcake cups. Use these to create the lattice work top over the mini apple pies.
6. Bake the apple pies
Place the cupcake tin on a baking sheet and bake at 375 degrees for about 35-40 minutes, or until they start to look like and brown on the top, and your whole kitchen smells like apple pie heaven!
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I love this mini apple pie recipe!I’ll do this recipe as soon as.
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These are absolutely adorable, Diana! What an amazing idea!
Awwww!! That means the world, coming from you, Kelly!!!
I made these yesterday and we Loved them! Going to try these with fresh peaches, too. Thanks!!
Awesome, so glad you liked the recipe!
How many apple pies does this recipe make??
6!
I made these this morning and doubled the recipe (it didn’t say, but I assume the recipe was for 1 dozen pies). I rolled the crust thin like you said to, but I barely had enough crust to make 12 pies. I was kind of disappointed because I expected to make 24 pies. Any idea why there wasn’t enough crust?
Hi there — if you read the post, it says that the recipe makes 6 mini pies.
Ok, just wanted to come back & add that these mini pies were delicious! Once baked, the dough didn’t taste salty at all! My Husband thinks they tasted perfect as is.
I’m so glad you liked them!!
Made these today as I recieved a lot of apples as a gift- (its that time of year) really delicious and made my house smell wonderdul! Thank you!
That’s great! I know, isn’t apple pie baking the BEST smell ever?!
Those are Awesome in Taste and Looks! Thanks for posting!
Thanks so much Kristine!
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I love this recipe!! I just made them and they are so adorable AND delicious. small piece of advice – I used a plastic drinking cup to make the initial crust piece and it worked perfectly.
thanks for sharing!
Wow, SUCH a great idea!! Thanks!!
Amazing idea! My 1 year old, 4 year old and I just made them together. Lots of fun! They just came out of the oven, and smell amazing. They are a bit messy on the tin…any tricks to getting them out? I’m scared they will stick and fall apart. It will be awesome if they just pop out, but I doubt it will be that easy.
So glad you guys make them! Every now and then, if I have a hard time getting them out, I just use two forks and slowly jiggle the pie back and forth until it comes out
Yummy! I love these! Just made them! Thanks for the great recipe! And what a cute idea!
So glad you liked the recipe!!
Thanks! Have to make dessert for 40+ people and figured mini apple pies were the way to go. Wasn’t sure how I should do them and this helps me a lot! Thank you so much!
Oh my gosh, did you make 40 of these pies?! That’s a LOT! Haha I’m usually exhausted after making a dozen
I love the idea of these, and I’m thinking of making them as a present for my dad. But I was wondering what sort of shelf life these have. Could I make them a couple of days in advance? xx
Hmm, I actually don’t know, since in our house, they are usually gone that night!!
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Must thank you for sharing this recipe! FINALLY got electricity back here in my area of NY and all i had was some better crocker pie crust and apples that didn’t go bad ~ not a bad pick me up for a rather dismal mood that hangs over the entire tri state… thank you!
Aww! I live in the tri-state area too, I’m so glad you have power back!
Hope you enjoyed your pies!!
So does this yield six or four? This is so great. I’m bringing these to Thanksgiving! Thank you!
Six! Hope your pies came out great!
Wow What a Great Idea. They’re adorable indeed!!!! Maybe it’ll work with mango but IDK. Thanks!!
Ooh, mango! Let me know how that turns out!
I’m a junior in college and I made these today. It took a while but the recipe was very helpful and straightforward. Thank you for sharing it with the world!
I’m so glad yours came out well! I always love making these
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Tried this recipe with a friend last week and it was AWESOME! The dough was crispy but melted after biting into it and the spices and “caramel” were luscious but didn’t overpower the apples. All-in-all, this is the best apple pie I ever made… SERIOUSLY!
Oh my gosh, you are making me HUNGRY! Haha, I’m so glad your pies came out great!! If you took a photo of them, please do post a photo on our facebook! https://www.facebook.com/knitandbake
Thank you! I needed an easy recipe to use my apples before they went bad and these were a huge hit (and the kitchen smells amazing)
Ooh! I know, the smell of apple pies baking is hard to beat!! If you took a photo of your pies, please do post them on our facebook page! https://www.facebook.com/knitandbake
Made these today for Thanksgiving!! So excited they turned out adorable!! Thank you!
I’m so glad!! Aren’t they yummy?
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They look awesome!!
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These were delicious! I used a pre-made crust though, but followed the rest of the directions for the filling and baking and they came out perfectly. Thanks for the recipe!
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Yummmy!
I love all of your knitting patterns and recipes. They are all super, plus it easy to see why you are successful at photographing ad campaigns.
Aww, thank you so much!! You are very sweet.
I made these for thanksgiving and will be making them again! Everyone love them, I only problem I had was after baking the apples shrunk and it was half empty inside, next time I just might have them one so that I can stuff more apples!
Hi there,
I just baked some of these mini apple pies and they turned out perfectly. Thank you for sharing this recipe. I’m looking forward to trying out some more of your recipes
Thanks so much for your kind words, so glad they came out well!
I made these today and they tasted absolutely amazing – great recipe
I made these today and they were absolutely amazing and tasted so yummy – thank you
Awesome!! So glad you liked ‘em!
Can’t wait to try these!
Let me know how they come out!