Mini Apple Pies

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 pastries for 9-inch single crust pies
• 3 cups diced granny smith apple
• 2 tablespoons instant tapioca
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• lemon juice
• 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Recipe

Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins Ready Time: 1 hr 20 mins


• preheat oven to 400 degrees f (200 degrees c).
• cut 4 6-inch rounds out of the pie crusts, and fit them into 4 5-inch mini pie dishes. cut remaining pie crust into 1/8-inch strips, and set dough aside.
• in a bowl, mix the diced apple, tapioca, sugar, lemon juice, nutmeg, and cinnamon until thoroughly combined; allow the mixture to stand for 5 minutes to soften the tapioca. stir the mixture again, and spoon into the pie shells. use the strips of dough to weave a small lattice crust on top of each pie, and pinch the strips the bottom crust.
• bake in the preheated oven until the pies are browned and the filling is thickened and bubbling, about 30 minutes. cool before serving.