4th of July Mini Pie Bites are a patriotic dessert that are a breeze to make with store bought pie crust and canned pie filling.
Servings 18
Prep Time 15 minutesmins
Cook Time 20 minutesmins
Total Time 35 minutesmins
Ingredients
3frozen pie crustsI bought 2-15 ounce boxes
2Tablespoonssalted buttermelted, or cooking spray
Turbinado or granulated sugarfor sprinkling
21ounce canned blueberry pie filling
21ounce canned strawberry pie filling
whipped toppingoptional garnish
vanilla ice creamoptional garnish
patriotic sprinklesoptional garnish
Instructions
Thaw the pie crusts.
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
Roll out one crust on a lightly floured pastry sheet to a 14-inch circle. Cut out star shapes using a cookie or fruit star cutter. Place the stars on a cookie sheet.
Brush each star with melted butter or use cooking spray, making sure each star is coated.
Sprinkle each star with sugar. Bake for about 6 minutes, until the stars are light brown on the bottom.
Roll out the second crust to a 14-inch circle. Cut out 12 circles with a 3-inch cookie cutter.
Repeat with the last crust, until you have 18 dough circles.Fill 2 muffin pans with cupcake liners, then gently fit each dough circle into a cupcake liner. The pie crust should reach about halfway up the pie tin.
Using a 2 inch cookie scoop (about 2 Tablespoons of filling), fill half of the pies with blueberry filling and the other half with strawberry filling.
Bake the mini pies for 18-20 minutes, or until the edges of the dough cups are lightly browned.
Let rest in the pans for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool.
When ready to serve, top each mini pie with your stars and a dollop of whipped topping or a scoop of vanilla ice cream.