APPLE PIE CUPCAKES
Ingredients
- 2 pre-made, ready to roll pie crusts or Homemade All Butter Pie Crust
- Apple Filling
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 2 large apples, peeled, cored and diced in to 1/4-inch cubes
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- Crumble Topping
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1/3 cup flour
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 1/3 cup pecan halves, toasted
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1 egg for egg wash
Whipped cream, ice cream, or caramel sauce for topping
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly spray 24 mini muffin cups with cooking spray.
- In a medium size pan, melt butter, add apples, brown sugar, salt and cinnamon. Cook over medium-high heat, stirring often until the apples are tender, about 10-12 minutes. Stir in lemon juice and set pan aside to cool.
- In a medium bowl, combine the flour, brown sugar and pecans/walnuts, add butter and mix in until crumbly.
- Roll the pie crust out on a floured surface with a floured rolling pin.
- Using a round cookie or biscuit cutter (approximately 3 inches diameter) cut at least 24 rounds out ( 12 rounds of each pie crust, if using store bought)
- Carefully press each round into the mini-muffin pan. Use your fingers to round the ends into a pie crust. Brush egg wash to the top edges of each cupcake.
- Divide the apple filling evenly onto pie crusts in muffin cups then top with the crumble topping.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes or until golden around the edges. Remove from the oven and let cool on a cooling rack. Once cooled, use the tip of a knife to loosen the crusts from the mini muffin cups.
Serve the cupcakes topped with whipped cream, with ice cream, or topped with a drizzle of caramel sauce.
Enjoy!!