Easy as Pie - Mini Apple Pear Pies for Fall

Easy as Pie - Mini Apple Pear Pies for Fall

  Ready in : 35 mins
  Preparation time : 10 mins
  Cooking time: 25 mins

Easy as Pie - Mini Apple Pear Pies for Fall is a dessert that serves 8. For $2.26 per serving, this recipe covers 14% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains roughly 7g of protein, 37g of fat, and a total of 796 calories. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 35 minutes. It will be a hit at your Autumn event. It is brought to you by spoonacular user maplewoodroad. Head to the store and pick up nutmeg, butter, splash of water, and a few other things to make it today. It is a good option if you're following a lacto ovo vegetarian diet.

Ingredients

apples

apples

8

pears

pears

8

puff pastry

puff pastry

17.3 oz

egg

egg

1

butter

butter

1 stick

brown sugar

brown sugar

8 Tbsp

granulated sugar

granulated sugar

8 Tbsp

splash of water

splash of water

8 servings

cinnamon

cinnamon

8 servings

nutmeg

nutmeg

8 servings

coarse sugar

coarse sugar

8 servings

Cooking in Steps

  1. 1
    Thaw puff pastry on the countertop for about an hour or so, until it’s pliable.

    puff pastry sheets

    puff pastry sheets

  2. 2
    Preheat oven to 400℉.

    oven
    oven
  3. 3
    Once the pastry is thawed enough to work with, unfold one sheet and cut into 4 even squares. I found that this was really easily accomplished with a pizza cutter. With your hands, gently stretch out each square to make it about 1-½ times the size, being careful not to rip the pastry.

    pizza cutter
    pizza cutter
  4. 4
    Put a few slices of apple and a few slices of pear in the middle of each puff pastry square.

    puff pastry sheets

    puff pastry sheets

    apple

    apple

    pear

    pear

  5. 5
    Sprinkle a little cinnamon and nutmeg over top (no measurements here, just to taste), then 1 Tbsp brown sugar, 1 Tbsp white sugar, and 1 Tbsp butter.

    brown sugar

    brown sugar

    granulated sugar

    granulated sugar

    cinnamon

    cinnamon

    butter

    butter

    nutmeg

    nutmeg

  6. 6
    Next, fold up the pastry around the fruit. Fold up two opposite sides to the middle (or almost the middle), then the other two opposite sides to seal the fruit inside the pastry.

    fruit

    fruit

  7. 7
    In a small bowl, beat 1 egg and a splash of water.

    water

    water

    egg

    egg

    bowl
    bowl
  8. 8
    Brush egg wash over the top of each pie, then sprinkle with coarse sugar.

    coarse sugar

    coarse sugar

    egg

    egg

  9. 9
    Place on a parchment-lined baking sheet and bake for about 25 minutes, or until pastry begins browning. Due to stretching out the pastry earlier, they won’t puff up very much. This is to be expected.

    baking sheet
    baking sheet
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    oven
  10. 10
    Serve Mini Apple Pear Pies warm, with homemade whipped cream or ice cream. Yum!

    whipped cream

    whipped cream

    ice cream

    ice cream

    apple

    apple

    pear

    pear

  11. 11
    You can also make these the day before, keep them in the fridge overnight, then reheat in the oven at 250℉ for about 20 minutes.

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    oven