Tuesday, September 29, 2009

mini Apple Pies


Today in William Sonoma, I came across these adorable Apple Pocket Pie Molds.  I just could not resist, and made them when I got home! 

If you want to buy the mold, and try it yourself, here is the link: http://www.williams-sonoma.com/products/b318/index.cfm?pkey=cbakeware%2Dnew

William Sonoma provided step by step instructions, along with the pastry dough recipe listed below.   Although the first few did not turn out as well as I had hoped, I got the hang of it, and the rest turned out great! 
Pastry Dough
2 1/2 C. All-Purpose Flour
1 t. Salt
2 T. Sugar
16 T. Butter
6 -8T. Ice Water
Combine Flour, Salt and Sugar.  Cut butter into 1/2 inch dice.  Add butter to the flour mixture.  Mix until coarse meal (can be done in a food processor, or with a pastry cutter).  Add Ice water until the dough holds when squeezed together.  Divide the dough in half, wrap in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for at least 2 hours, or up to overnight.  
*the recipe says you will get 8 apple pie pockets, but I only got 6 with a little dough left over.

Apple Pie Filling
1/2 C. Sugar
1 T. Flour
1/16 t. Salt
1/2 t. Cinnamon
1/8 t. Nutmeg
3 Granny Smith Apples
Peel, Core and slice apples.  Combine all the ingredients together.  

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