The crust for these little pies is Galette Dough, which Dorie says is flaky like American pie dough with the butter flavor of French tart dough. It is easy to make in a food processor.
I cut the bottom crusts using a mug and fit them into the muffin pan as instructed.
For the filling I improvised, using what I had on hand: an apple, raisins, apple butter, and freshly made cranberry sauce. I was only making half the recipe, so one apple seemed like enough to work with.
I cut the top crusts with a glass and fitted them onto the little pies after moistening the the edge of the bottom to stick them together, and baked for 45 minutes.
Pie juice leaked out between the top and bottom crusts which made it a little difficult to get the pies out of the muffin pans. I was able to extract all six without tearing the crust, and we have been enjoying eating them.
If I make these again I would use more apples and less raisins, and add the dried apricots. It was fun to bake these little pies.
These were great, weren't they?
ReplyDeleteThey look amazing, and were delicious. A big hit in our house.
ReplyDeleteFun styling - love the apple fabric in the last shot !! Weren't these fun ? I also had to use a mug to make circles and it was quite an adventure getting them out of the mug bottom in one piece and then stretched to fit the muffin pan. Luckily the aroma and final results made up for the effort :)
ReplyDeleteI had the same thing with my juice. But well worth the effort because the little ooze was delicious.
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