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    Home » Recipes » Dessert » Pie

    Blueberry Apple Mini Pies for Pi Day

    Published by Melissa on March 14, 2011 | Updated June 10, 2022 | 61 Comments

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    Blueberry Apple Mini Pies

    I love pie! I look forward to Pi Day every year. Pi Day has been celebrated on March 14 every year for the last 22 years. I suppose some people really care about equations and pi, but for me it’s just a good excuse to eat pie.

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    The inspiration for these mini pies came from a great new cookbook from Our Best Bites. I was lucky enough to attend their recent book launch at Orson Gygi. This cookbook is filled with beautiful pictures, delicious recipes and great tips; and I love that it’s spiral bound.

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    Our best Bites most popular blog post (included in their cookbook) is Pie in a Jar. Since I didn’t have any of the wide-mouth jars that they use in the recipe, I decided to make them in 8 oz. Pyrex custard cups. It’s so fun to have an individual pie all to yourself!

    Apple-Filling

    My filling is a combination of canned blueberry pie filling and apples. I love the flavor of berry pie, but adding apples gives the filling more volume and a nicer texture. Using an apple peeler/corer makes it so easy and fun to peel and core apples. I love the little apple ringlets.

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    These little pies were scrumptious! A fabulous way to celebrate Pi Day.

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    Blueberry Apple Mini Pies for Pi Day

    Prep Time20 mins
    Cook Time55 mins
    Total Time1 hr 15 mins
    Course: Dessert
    Servings: 6 mini pies
    Author: Barbara Schieving
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    Ingredients

    • 1 21 oz. can blueberry pie filling
    • 3 small gala apples peeled, cored and diced
    • 2 Pie Crust Doughs either *[homemade] or store bought

    Egg Wash:

    • 1 egg
    • 1 tablespoon milk

    Instructions

    • Preheat oven to 425º. In a large bowl combine blueberry pie filling and diced apples.
    • Roll pie crust dough ¼ inch thick. Using a 4 inch biscuit cutter or round, cut 12 circles of dough. Put one circle in the bottom of each of six 8 oz. custard cups.  Use the scraps of leftover dough to completely cover the inside of the custard cup. Trim the dough even with the top of the cup.
    • Fill the pies with blueberry apple filling. Top the filling with a circle of dough. Use a fork to seal the edges of the top dough to the bottom dough. Cut slits in the dough to allow steam to escape.  (If you'd like to cut a design in the top dough, cut it before placing it on top of the filling.)
    • Whisk egg wash ingredients together and brush it lightly on to top crust. (You won't use all of the egg wash.) Bake at 425º for 15 minutes. Reduce temperature to 375º and continue baking for and additional 30 - 40 minutes until the pies are golden and bubbly. *Please see my Strawberry Pie post for my Perfect Pie Crust recipe and tips on making pie crust.

    More great Pi Day recipes:

    Pi Day… How to Celebrate (without being a math whiz) from The Changeable Table
    Strawberry-White Chocolate Cheesecake Hand “Pi” es from Culinary Concoctions by Peabody
    Chicken Pot Pie from Barbara Bakes

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    1. Sebastian Henning

      February 25, 2012 at 6:16 pm

      The apple mini pies looks so good i crave for it right now thank you for sharing the recipe.

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    2. Lina

      August 26, 2011 at 3:00 am

      These pies look absolutely mouth watering. I’m going to try these on my family!

      Great photos too, thanks! 🙂

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    3. MarkH

      March 28, 2011 at 7:37 pm

      Your photos looked so mouth wateringly good, I just had to have my own little pi day celebration. And therefore excuse myself for eating 3.14159 mini pies in one tea break 😉

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    4. Amanda

      March 18, 2011 at 8:36 pm

      Oh I love these Barbara!! So adorable!

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    5. RJ Flamingo

      March 17, 2011 at 2:15 pm

      Too cool! I’ve seen the pie in jars before, but your version takes the cake! er… um.. pie! And blueberry anything is always my favorite.

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    6. deeba

      March 17, 2011 at 2:15 am

      I think I love this post of your the most GF. It’s gorgeous in every way! What a wonderful book, and what a charming pie. Beautiful pictures too! xo

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    7. Nutmeg Nanny

      March 16, 2011 at 9:48 pm

      These are some of the most adorable mini pies I have seen! I love the blueberry apple combo…yum!

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    8. Alison @ Ingredients, Inc

      March 16, 2011 at 8:36 pm

      These look amazing! Cant wait to see you this Friday!

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    9. bunkycooks

      March 16, 2011 at 7:25 pm

      These are so cute and I agree that it is fun to have a pie all to yourself!

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    10. Meghan

      March 16, 2011 at 5:15 pm

      These are so adorable! I love that you made them individual!

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    11. bakingaddict

      March 16, 2011 at 4:46 pm

      I remember reading your post a year ago on Pi day and thinking that I must remember it for this year but I’ve forgotten again! Oh well there’s always next year. Your pie looks amazing. I am partial to pie – blueberry and apple are winning flavour combinations for me 🙂

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    12. Lindsey @ Gingerbread Bagels

      March 16, 2011 at 3:48 pm

      How cute are those pies?! Apple pie is my favorite and I just love how you combined blueberries and apples in one pie. 🙂 It looks amazing!

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    13. pigpigscorner

      March 16, 2011 at 2:31 pm

      So cute! Love the jar tip!

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    14. Maria @ Scandifoodie

      March 16, 2011 at 11:51 am

      They look so scrumptious! I’d love to try some!! 🙂

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