Apple Blossoms
 
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Mini little apple pie bundles full of sweet apples and a crunchy topping in a flaky crust!
Author:
: Dessert
Serves: 18
Ingredients
  • ½ cup firmly packed brown sugar, divided
  • ⅓ cup chopped walnuts
  • ¼ cup all purpose flour
  • pinch of salt
  • 3 TBS unsalted butter
  • 1-15 oz. package of refrigerated pie crusts
  • 1 pound apples, peeled, cored and chopped
  • ½ tsp. cinnamon
  • ½ tsp. pure vanilla extract
  • whipped topping, if desired
Directions
  1. Combine 6 TBS brown sugar, walnuts, flour, and salt in a small bowl. With fingers, cut in the butter until the mixture is like coarse crumbs. Set aside.
  2. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Spray 18 wells of regular sized muffin pan with cooking spray.
  3. Open out pie crust and roll into a 13 inch circle on lightly floured surface. Trim edges to make a 10½ inch square. Cut into 9 equal square pieces. Repeat with other pie crust so that you have 18 small squares. Discard trimmed pieces.
  4. Press each square into the muffin wells. Set aside.
  5. In medium bowl, combine the apples with 1 - 2 TBS brown sugar (depending on sweetness of apple you may need less), cinnamon, and vanilla.
  6. Place about a ¼ cup apple mixture into each crust. Bake for 20 minutes. Remove from oven, and sprinkle each "pie" with reserved crumb topping and return to oven for another 8 - 10 minutes.
  7. Remove from oven and allow to cool for 5 minutes before removing to wire rack to cool completely. Once cooled, top with whipped topping, if desired.
Recipe by Mandy's Recipe Box at https://mandysrecipeboxblog.com/apple-blossoms/