Every year, my sister and brother-in-law take the children apple-picking during the month of September. They always return with a nice supply of apples and even a few pears. This year, we were given Fuji apples for baking and some other varieties for eating. Although I enjoy baking, I only bake a pie once a year. It is too much work compared to cake, cookies, and brownies. Luckily, I can usually convince my husband to core and peel (and sometimes even slice) the apples for me. He is a huge fan of apple pie.
This year, instead of using the same old recipe, I searched Pinterest for an alternative easy apple pie recipe. I finally came upon one by Pillsbury for Mini Apple Crostatas. It looked tasty, so I gave it a whirl. I must say that I was very pleased with the results and so was my family. Even our 8 year, who claimed that he did not like apple pie, admitted that it was delicious. The only thing I did differently was to cute the refrigerated pie crust into quarters rather than cut circles out of them. I thought my mini pies would come out triangular in shape, but they turned out round anyways and I didn't waste any of the crust.
If you try this recipe, you should know it is for making 4 mini pies with one pie crust. I doubled the recipe to use both pie crusts. Also, my baking time was 3 or 4 minutes less than the time suggested, so you may want to set your timer for less time and keep a close eye on the crust to prevent burning. This recipe was so easy that our 8 year old son was able to help cut the pie crust into quarters and to spoon in the apple filling. Even if you do not consider yourself a baker, if he can do it, so can you!
NOTE: Just wanted to add that, for the caramel sauce, I used Smucker's Caramel Sundae Syrup. It worked out perfectly and was not too sweet, even with vanilla ice cream added on top.
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These look really good, and simple - my kind of cooking.
I love baking with apples in the fall, it's the ONE thing I miss about living in New England. We had an apple orchard right around the corner from our home and we bought fresh apples all the time. They even had warm apple cider donuts... YUM!
I don't miss the weather enough to move back, however... now we have orange groves that we go to regularly and have fresh orange juice and local honey. =)
Posted on September 30, 2012 at 11:49 PM
What a great way to use the Fall apples!
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 1:15 AM
@Lorie Shewbridge: Fresh orange juice sounds good to me!
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 7:52 AM
That looks really yummy! We love crostatas but have never made an apple one. There are a bunch of apples sitting on the table from our apple picking trip so maybe we can try this too!
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 8:24 AM
I love apple pie but I hate buying a whole pie because then I eat the WHOLE THING! These would make it easy for a small portion and share the leftovers!
-Kimberly Dsouza
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 2:10 PM
These look delicious. Living in the mountains, we stop by apple stands this time of the year and pick up quite a lot. I will be giving this recipe a try.
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 6:56 PM
Thank You For Sharing this recipe on Tarts. Jerri Davis
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 11:24 AM
I like this recipe and using the caramel syrup sounds delicious!
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 4:58 AM
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