Mini Apple Pie Tarts

I have been seeing adorable mini Apple Pies all over Pinterest and decided to give it a whirl. Trust me when I say that you're going to want to try these! 

Mini Apple Pie Tarts

🧂 Ingredients

• ½ cup flour, heaping (don't level off)
• 1-½ cup sugar
• ½ cup brown sugar, packed
• 2 teaspoons of cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon of nutmeg
• ½ teaspoon allspice
• ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
• 6 teaspoons butter, cut in half
• 1 refrigerator pie crust

🔪Instructions

This is meant to be a brief overview of the recipe. For step-by-step instructions and a full printable recipe card with ingredients, please scroll down to the teal box below or Jump to Recipe.

1. Peel, core and cut the apples into a small dice.
2. Mix the apples with the flour, sugars, and spices.
3. Toss to coat and set aside.
4. Preheat the oven to 400-degrees, and spray a muffin tin with a baking spray. Set aside and prepare the dough.
5. On a floured surface, roll out your dough just slightly, take care not to make it too thin. Using a cookie cutter or the ring of a mason jar lid, cut circles for the bottom crust.
6. Then, gently push the circles into the pan.
7. Next, fill with the apple mixture.
8. After that, dot each tart with a ½ teaspoon of butter.
9. You can top these little tarts however you like - I used the leftover pie crust and just put small pieces here and there over the tops.
10. Bake the pie tarts in the oven for 18-22 minute, depending on your oven (I found that 21 minutes was perfect).
11. Let them cool in the pan for a few minutes, before carefully removing them from the tins.

📖 Variations

• You can make this recipe using other fruits like peaches, pears, and nectarines. Or, combine apples with another fruit.
• Instead of pie crust, make a streusel topping for the tarts with flour, oats, brown sugar and butter.
• Mix a handful of dried cranberries, cherries, raisins or even chopped walnuts into the apple mixture.

⏲️ Storage

These keep beautifully in the fridge for about a week and were the perfect little additions for everyone's lunches this week. Be sure to refrigerate them in an airtight container. (These are my favorite containers.)

😋 Similar Recipes

If you like these yummy mini apple pie tarts, you might also like to try Mom's Apple Pie. Here are a few other recipes you might like:

• Chocolate Strawberry Hand Pies
• Banana Cream Pie
• Blueberry Pie Tarts