Easy Mini Apple Pies

These easy mini apple pies are full of sweet and spicy apples. It’s like having a little apple pie right there in your hand and perfect for when a whole pie is too much. Perfect with a cup of fresh mint tea!

Why we love this recipe

Okay, even though I love to make things like butter and ricotta cheese and bread from scratch, never let it be said that there isn’t a time and place in my life for things like pre-made crescent roll dough.

Yep, the kind in the tube that you get to pop open. Because crescent roll dough can lead to things like perfect little individual easy mini apple pies that you can hold in your hand, and possibly even eat two of since they are so small and delicious and impossible to resist.

And not only are these adorable little hand pies both speedy and easy, they are also perfect for when making a whole apple pie might be more than you need.

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Ingredient notes and substitions

• Apples: We love the sweeter kinds of apples (like Macintosh) for this recipe, but you can use any kind you like. If you want to go for a tarter taste, the green Granny Smith apples will be great.
• Crescent Roll Dough: You can find this in your dairy section, and any brand is fine, including the reduced fat variety.
• Walnuts: You can leave these out if you prefer, or swap in a different kind of shopped nut you like better (hello, pecans!)

See the recipe card for full information on ingredients and quantities.

How to make this recipe

Step 1: Preheat your oven to 375 and line a rimmed baking pan with foil or parchment paper.

Step 2: Peel and core your apples and dice them up into little squares and then saute them in a little butter and cinnamon and brown sugar until they are nice and soft.

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Step 3: Now pop that crescent roll tube open (and side note: why did they stop letting us whack it on the side of the counter to open it? Remember that?  Now we are supposed to press a spoon to the seam to open it, and I’m sorry but that is nowhere NEARLY as satisfying).

Separate the crescent roll dough into little triangles.

Step 4: Pop a spoonful of apple mixture at the wide end. If you have a tablespoon sized cookie scoop that will work great for this part!

Pro Tip: We find cutting the crescent dough along the perforations with a pizza cutter or a knife is much more reliable than trying to tear that sticky dough with your fingers.

Step 5: Roll it up carefully, making sure that none of the apple filling is peeking out, and press the sides firmly to seal it up.

Step 6: Now put the little apple pies on your lined baking sheet lined and baked them until they are just golden brown, about 10 minutes or so.

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Step 7: This next part is the hardest…let them cool a little bit on a wire rack.  Your kitchen is going to smell like apple pie while you are waiting, and I’m here to tell you that’s not going to make the waiting any easier.

Step 8: Once they are cool enough to handle, shake some confectioner’s sugar on top (I like to do this by putting the sugar in a fine mesh strainer and tapping the side of it – works perfectly as a sugar shaker!) and then those little apple pies are all yours!  Or you can share.  Or not.  I leave that part up to you!

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Recipe FAQs

Want to round out your dessert?

We love some fresh mint tea with these little baby apple pies when we are being good, and some red wine hot chocolate when we are being naughty. 😇 😈

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These easy mini apple pies are full of sweet and spicy apples. It’s like having a little apple pie right there in your hand and perfect for when a whole pie is too much. Perfect with a cup of fresh mint tea!

• Author: Kate Morgan Jackson
• Prep Time: 15 minutes
• Cook Time: 15 minutes
• Total Time: 30 minutes
• Yield: 8 mini pies 1x
• Category: Dessert
• Method: Stovetop and Oven
• Cuisine: American
• Diet: Vegetarian

Ingredients

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• 2 apples, peeled, cored and cut into 1/4 inch dice
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/8 cup chopped pecans or walnuts, optional
• One 8 ounce containers of crescent roll dough (I used Pillsbury)
• Confectioner’s sugar for garnish

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Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 375. Line a cookie sheet with foil.
2. Melt butter in a medium skillet over medium high heat. Add apples, sugar, cinnamon and nuts (if using) and saute for about 5 minutes or until apples start to soften. Transfer to a bowl and set aside.
3. Open the container of dough and carefully separate the perforated triangles – you will have 8 triangles. Spoon a generous tablespoon of apple mixture onto the wide end of each triangle. Carefully roll up the triangle so that the pointed end wraps around the outside, making sure the apple mixture doesn’t spill out the sides. Press the sides of the mini pie gently to seal it.
4. Transfer the pies to the prepared cookie sheet and bake until golden, about 10 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack, cool for about 10 minutes, sprinkle with confectioner’s sugar and serve warm!

Notes

• • Apples: We love the sweeter kinds of apples (like Macintosh) for this recipe, but you can use any kind you like. If you want to go for a tarter taste, the green Granny Smith apples will be great.

• • Crescent Roll Dough: You can find this in your dairy section, and any brand is fine, including the reduced fat variety.

• • Walnuts: You can leave these out if you prefer, or swap in a different kind of shopped nut you like better (hello, pecans!)

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