Individual Apple Pies

In celebration of this awesome autumn weekend, I wanted to dish up a little apple pie. I think the apples are particularly spectacular this year. They're crisp and juicy and the tart varieties are tart while the sweet varieties are sweet. I pulled this recipe from Robin Takes 5, my cookbook 500 recipes, each with 5 ingredients or less and 500 calories or less. The recipe is called "As You Wish Mini Pies" because each individual pie can be filled with something different and then they all get baked at once.  In my house, Luke fills his pie with fresh or frozen blueberries, Kyle chooses semi-sweet chocolate chips and frozen raspberries and I like apples and cinnamon!  Each pie needs about 1/4 cup of filling, and that filling is up to you! Have a great, baking weekend!

As You Wish Mini Pies

2 (9-inch) refrigerated pie crusts

2 cups pie fillings, such as:

Fresh or frozen raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, or strawberries, or a combination, thawed if frozen

Diced fresh apples and pears or apples and pears with mixed dried cranberries, raisins or cherries

Chocolate chips: semi-sweet, milk or white chocolate, or a combination

Peanut butter chips

4 teaspoons low-fat milk

4 teaspoons granulated sugar

Preheat the oven to 350ºF. 

Divide the two pie crusts into 16 equal portions (8 portions per crust) and shape each portion in a ball. Press eight of the balls into the bottom and all the way up the sides of a 12-cup muffin tin (4 cups will be empty). Fill the crusts with the desired fillings. Press the remaining eight pieces of pie crust into rounds, big enough to cover the diameter of the muffin cup. Press the rounds over the fillings and pinch the two crusts together to seal. Prick the tops with a fork. Brush the surface of the pies with the milk and sprinkle with the sugar. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, until the crusts are golden brown.

Makes 8 pies

Nutrients: 

Using raspberries:

Nutrients per serving: Calories: 244, Fat: 14g, Saturated Fat: 5g, Cholesterol: 0mg, Carbohydrate: 30g, Protein: 2g, Fiber: 2g, Sodium: 281mg

Using apples:

Nutrients per serving: Calories: 245, Fat: 14g, Saturated Fat: 5g, Cholesterol: 0mg, Carbohydrate: 30g, Protein: 2g, Fiber: 2g, Sodium: 281mg

Using semi-sweet chocolate chips:

Nutrients per serving: Calories: 430, Fat: 27g, Saturated Fat: 12g, Cholesterol: 0mg, Carbohydrate: 53g, Protein: 4g, Fiber: 2g, Sodium: 286mg