Tuesday, August 11, 2009

what's cooking wednesday - teeny tiny pies

You know what's cute? When you make things super tiny for no reason at all. Recently pictures of pie pops were going around foodie blogs everywhere. Little tiny pies on sticks. I thought they were adorable and since I'm on the lookout for recipes to make for the bake/garage sale I'm having here in a few weeks (Seriously, plan to come out and buy some cookies and a crockpot or handmixer or some glassware.) I thought I'd give them a try. So this is more a tutorial than a recipe.....

teeny tiny pies


Teeny Tiny Pies

Get yourself some pie crust - homemade, from a mix or ready made - your choice and roll it out on a nicely floured counter. Using your 2 inch round cookie cutter - or a glass or freehand it or use another shape - cut out some circles.

In the center of half the circles place a small spoonful of pie filling - we used blueberry - cover with the other half of the circles and use a fork to seal the edges.

Now if you'd like before you seal the edges place a sucker stick in the center and seal the top and the bottom around it. Then bake in a preheated 375 degree F oven for 12 - 15 minutes.

Recipe Notes: We weren't overly impressed with these. They are a bit fiddly to make and the pastry to fruit ratio is way off, for me. I may try these again, only bigger and forget the stick. I love the idea of a little hand held pie, so may be they will be on my bake sale table. You never know.




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6 comments:

Goofball said...

little things are cute indeed so I think little tiny pies would be a blast on your garage sale.

the picture already makes me hungry so do try again :)

Jen said...

I love this idea, Shan! My son (and hubby) would just love these little pies, and I'd love the fact that I could eat just one and not feel as guilty as eating a slice of PIE.

Jen said...

Oh, and I'm not quite awake - If you stretch the pie dough a bit, you might be able to up the filling. There are also little Russian pies called "piroshki" which might work - you might search them out.

Kaci said...

How cuuuute!

Lynn said...

A great tragedy in my life is that my kids hate pie. What's UP with that? Pie is pure GOODNESS.

I've tried making things like this before and I just end up eating them all. Which is good, but only on rare occasions.

I wish I could come to your garage sale! Maybe I'll even make a special trip down...I bet it is going to be awesome.

septembermom said...

I have to try these! They look so yummy and pretty too!