Mini Pies

I saw some little bite size pies at Starbucks, and thought - well I can make those...

I didn't have a recipe and had to wing it a bit, so I will try and give you as much details as I can so you can try it to! I took the pastry recipe from the Scandinavian pies, rolled it out and cut with a small wine glass. For the filling I diced up about 6 small apples and that was to much - 4 probably would work. I sprinkled with sugar and cinnamon until the apple looked coated, and added 2 tbs of minute tapioca for thickening. 

Once the tops were one (the wine glass was a bit big for this part, but I had nothing else to use) I brushed egg wash on the top and sprinkled with sugar, baked at 350 until they looked cooked ( I forgot to set a time but I think it was about 30-40 minutes)

Next time I want to cut out cute shapes int he top like the Starbucks ones, and try a blueberry filing :)

Spring Forward

Happy Monday! This weekend was the dreaded spring forward time change and it's killing me! Luckily this week is March Break so we are able to be a little lazy and take time to adjust.

How was your weekend? Ours was low key, coming off a pretty busy week, Clifford and Kate were away, so it was just me and the two littlest. We were homebodies and got in some baking and pasta making. I was obsessed with making the mini pies that were featured on Skunkboy Creatures, mine were a bit bigger, not nearly as pretty - but totally delicious!

Hope you all have a great week - gearing up to the drink fest that is this Saturday :)

> Jessi

Apple Pie

Not the prettiest pie ever :P  But that crust was extra flakey!!!

I made some substitutions to this recipe.  Used brown instead of white sugar and used corn starch instead of flour in the filling,  delish!

> Cassie