Roll the pie crusts out to 1/8-inch thickness on a lightly floured surface. Using a 3.5-inch cookie cutter (or a cup) cut out 12 circles from the pie crusts. Re-roll any scrap pieces of pie dough as needed to cut out the circles.
Place each circle of pie crust in each cavity of a standard 12-count muffin pan. Gently press the dough down and around the sides, making sure the dough fits snuggly in each cavity of the muffin pan. Transfer the muffin pan and any leftover pie crust dough to the refrigerator while you make the filling.
In a large mixing bowl, mix together the chopped apples, sugar, flour, ground cinnamon, vanilla extract, and ground nutmeg until fully combined.
Remove the muffin pan from the refrigerator and evenly distribute the apple pie filling (about 3 tablespoons) between all of the cavities in the muffin pan.
Dice the tablespoon of butter into 12 small pieces and place one piece on top of the filling in each pie.
Remove the extra pie dough from the refrigerator, cut out your designs for the tops of the pies, and place them on top.
Bake for 18 to 23 minutes or until the pie crust is lightly golden brown and the filling is bubbly. Remove from the oven and set aside to cool for 10 to 15 minutes. Carefully remove the mini pies from the pan and transfer to a wire rack to finish cooling.
Reviews
Melody on 2025-11-08 (5 stars): Excellent! I was asked to make mini apple pies for a ladies church event. I tried several mini apple pie recipes the week before the event and this one, by far, outshined the others. I was apprehensive at first about not cooking the apples, but it worked beautifully. I did top my pies with a little dough, and drizzled powdered sugar icing over the top. They were a hit at the church event! Although neither my husband nor I are big apple pie lovers, we both ate too many of these and I will be keeping this recipe! Thank you!
Ellie on 2025-11-05 (5 stars): does anybody know how many calories per apple pie?
Bill Morgan on 2025-11-02 (5 stars): I am retired and love to cook for my wife. I just tried your mini apple pie recipe. It was so easy and tasted great. My wife loved them. Thank you.
Judy B on 2025-08-30 (5 stars): Made these today turned out perfect. In a hurry so I used premade dough.
Kandace J on 2025-01-31 (5 stars): These turned out perfect! Super delicious, not overly sweet. I out an egg wash on the tops to make them shiny. Thank you for having this recipe available!
ShellJay on 2024-07-10 (5 stars): My 11 year old made these with supervision. We mixed apples and pears. It was so easy and turned out perfectly. I was nervous about not pre-cooking the apple after reading some of the comments but it was perfect (we cut the fruit into 1cm cubes). Thanks for the recipe, we’ll be putting this on regular rotation.
