Mini Apple Pies

Warm, flaky Mini Apple Pies are easy to make with puff pastry and apple pie filling. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream and caramel on top.

A trip to an apple orchard is such a fun fall activity! We love picking fresh apples and they always have the best apple desserts! These mini apple pies are inspired by one of the desserts we had at the apple orchard. They are so easy to make and everyone loves them.

In This Post: Everything You Need To Make Mini Apple Pies

• Ingredients For Mini Apple Pies
• How To Make Apple Hand Pies
• Mini Apple Pie Variations
• Apple Pie Toppings
• Frequently Asked Questions

Ingredients For Mini Apple Pies

You only need three ingredients to make mini apple pies! It doesn’t get easier than that. We used puff pastry for the pie crust, apple pie filling, and an egg (plus a little water) for the egg wash.

Puff Pastry vs Pie Crust

We chose puff pastry to make these mini pies because we love how puffy and flaky they are! Plus, using store-bought puff pastry saves time and makes this recipe super easy. That being said, you can swap the puff pastry out with pie crust if you prefer. Your mini apple pies will have the traditional look but they will be delicious in their own way.

How To Make Apple Hand Pies

Once the puff pastry has thawed, roll it out into a large rectangle and use a pizza cutter to cut the dough into twelve squares or rectangles if you want them to look more like McDonald’s apple pies.

If you want your hand pies to be circles, cut out twelve circles of dough using a cookie cutter or by tracing around a small bowl. Or if you want the mini apple pies to be semicircles also known as apple turnovers, cut six large circles from the dough.

Fill the center of six of the squares with apple pie filling. I used my homemade apple pie filling recipe found here but you can use canned pie filling as well. Brush the outside edges of each pastry square with egg wash. Top with an additional square of pastry dough and use a fork to crimp and seal the edges.

Follow the same steps when making circles instead of squares. For apple turnovers, put the filling on one side of the large circle of dough and fold the plain side up over the pie filling and crimp the edges to seal.

Mini Apple Pie Variations

Now that you’ve got this recipe for mini apple pies down, you can try adding other ingredients to make different variations. Here are a few suggestions:

• Apple Pecan: add chopped pecans to the pie filling
• Cranberry Apple: add dried cranberries (or raisins if you prefer)
• Apple Blueberry: add fresh blueberries (or chopped strawberries)
• Caramel Apple: add chewy caramel baking bits

Apple Pie Toppings

Apple hand pies are delicious just as they are especially when served warm like at McDonald’s. But why not take them to the next level by adding some toppings? Here are a few of our favorites:

• Caramel: drizzle with caramel syrup
• Ice Cream: top with vanilla ice cream
• Glaze: drizzle with powdered sugar glaze
• Whipped Cream: top with a dollop of whipped cream

Frequently Asked Questions

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