Mini Pies

Here is a really easy last minute dessert that is a huge crowd pleaser!



You will need premade pie crusts (the kind you get near the butter) unless of course you want to make your own.  And anything you might want for pie filling (pumpkin, apple etc) as well as one egg white, a circle cookie cutter, and a fork and a spoon.

Lay the pie crusts flat and cut out little mini circles, lay half of them on a cookie sheet, and top them with your pie filling, and cover them with the other half of your tiny circles.  Make sure not to over fill the pies because they will spill out of the sides when you try to close them! Take a fork and pinch them closed! And then take the egg white and cover each little pie so it becomes crispy brown when you bake them.  Bake them for about 20 minutes and you are done!

Peach Pie

I really love homemade fruit pies.  This is one of the reasons I really love the south, because it reminds me of things like cherry pie.  Now you all know I don't bake.  If I make a dessert it is what one calls a chef's dessert - i.e. no baking! Well I love peaches and I went out on a limb and baked a peach pie last week.  I even made my own crust!

I followed this Georgia Peach Pie recipe (here) 
I followed the crust to a T, but I did my own version of what was inside.

Here is the dough.  I was worried about it at first, but once I put it in the fridge for 30 minutes it made a big difference.

For the inside of the pie I sliced up 8 peaches, I drizzled over them with olive oil, some salt, a little honey, juice from half a lemon, a teaspoon of vanilla, a dusting of ginger and 1 1/2 cups of sugar.  I mixed it all together.

Then I sliced up some butter (obviously)

I spread the dough out and put it in the pie shell and filled it with the peach mix and topped it with butter slices

I then put the top on the pie and baked it!

Oh it came out sooooo yummy, and the crust was sooooo good! Here is a close up of the inside