I’ve been in a mini-mood lately when it comes to baking and these bite-sized pies met my big craving.
They are really, really easy. Let me show ya.
Of course, it didn’t hurt that I used ready to roll refrigerated pie crust. It comes two to a box and if you roll each round pie crust a little bit thinner with a rolling pin, you can get 24 mini pumpkin-shaped pie crusts out of them. Make sure you use all the dough scraps and re-roll to maximize quantities.
Then, stuff each one in a mini muffin baking pan. This one holds 24.
Press the dough down, in and around the edge of each muffin cup. Make sure the stem for the pumpkin stays sticking out. You’ll notice I alternated cups above. I did this mainly to make sure the pie crusts didn’t touch each other. So I ended up baking these in two batches.
Fill each pie crust with pumpkin filling all the way to the top.
When they come out of the oven, they’ll be puffed up like this. Too bad they didn’t stay that way. That would be pretty darn cute.
But no, after they cool for a few, they’ll fall and be flush with the pie crust.
See… easy mini pumpkin pie bites. These would be really cute at Thanksgiving.
You can even drizzle them with melted chocolate to jazz them up a bit. Just melt some chocolate in a heat-proof bowl in the microwave on medium. Heat in 30 second intervals, stirring in between. You can also add a little bit of vegetable oil to make the chocolate more fluid. Then, transfer the chocolate to a re-sealable plastic bag and cut the corner off and drizzle away.
But wait… you say you don’t want to wait until Thanksgiving.
I don’t blame you.
So… pipe some chocolate faces on and make them in October.
Cute!
And I’ll say it again… easy!
The cutter I used was 3-3/4 inches wide, but if you don't have one, don't worry. Just use a round cutter around that size or slightly smaller to cut circle shapes out of the dough. Then make stems with the scraps. Press each stem over the edge and down the side of the dough before filling.
Pumpkin Pie Bites
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Pumpkin pie spice is a mixture of cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and allspice.
Can these be frozen?
I love your recipe! I have been making mini pies for years now! Could I use this filling to make a large pie? Following the same oven temp and longer cook time?
Hi Stephanie – I’m sorry but I have not tried this recipe for a single pie.
Can i freeze these?
Made these cute little bites for Thanksgiving
They were a great hit!! Perfect “bite of something “
I plan to adapt the crust to an ornament shape and make them for Christmas and New Years!!
I will use different fillings as well, chocolate, vanilla, coffee,…..whatever comes to mind!! Such fun!!
What size cookie cutter did you use?
Love your website cutest Goody’s
I used a star cookie cutter to create Valentine’s Day treats for my boyfriend who is obsessed with these mini pies. I used this recipe years ago so I thought a bouquet theme would be cute to surprise him with. I substituted colored white chocolate to decorate the “rose” pies and used a green white chocolate on the platter to make it look like stems connecting all the flowers! So cute. Thank you Bakerella.
These are maybe the cutest things I have ever before seen! I cannot wait making these. I invested the weekend break making miniature developments of your own like cheesecake, cutie pies and brownie attacks … as well as This will certainly be fantastic for my daughter’s autumn event. They are so excellent!
OMG there is nice pumkin.. I like it :*
nice
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