Mini apple pies

Must be the season for apples! My dad brought back 6 huge cooking apples from his visit to his old schoolmate's house. Before i even managed to figure out what to do with it, we went to my sister's and her apple tree was blooming with apples as well! (havent figured out what to do with those yet!)

I scouted round the internet and decided to make mini apple pies, as they were easier to distribute to my colleagues tomorrow and just cause they looked so cute!

I used the recipe from http://www.food.com/recipe/mini-apple-pies-so-easy-not-much-hassle-286704.

Firstly start by preparing the filling. Peel the skins off the apples, core them and cut them into small pieces.

Next, add in cinnamon, plain flour and sugar

  And mix thoroughly..

As for the crust, measure the flour, butter and salt and start the food processor

The dough should start looking like this..

Remove and knead it once it looks like this..

 My dough was abit flaky, hence i put it in the fridge for about 30 minutes just for it to firm up. Roll out on a lightly dusted flour surface.

 Start by using cookie cutters to cut large circles, i used a 3

Place the mini apple pie base into the muffin tins

Once ready, fill up with apple filling.

Cut thin, long strips of pastry to create a lattice effect over the pies.

Place a small piece of butter on top of each pie

and bake at 220 degrees for 16-18 minutes

Result..

Ready to serve..