Blog With Friends- September 2017- It's Apple Season!

Hello and welcome to September 2017's edition of Blog With Friends. This month we're all talking about apples. 

I experimented and made Mini Apple Crisp Pies.

I love apple crisp, while the rest of my family prefers apple pie. So, I decided to combine the two. The following recipe makes nine mini-pies right in a muffin tin. 

Ingredients:

• 1 Refrigerated pie crust (or make your own)
• 1 20 oz. Can of apple pie filling
• 4 Tbsp. Butter or margarine, divided
• 1 Tsp. Cinnamon, divided
• 1/4 C. Flour
• 1/4 C. Brown sugar
• 1/2 C. Quick-cooking oats
• 1 Tbsp. Granulated sugar

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees
• Using a large glass or round Pampered Chef Sandwich Cutter, cut pie crust into rounds. I got seven out of it, and then rolled it again between two pieces of wax paper to get two more out of it. 

• Place each round into a standard muffin tin and bake for 10 minutes.
• Melt 2 Tbsp. butter and brush onto each pie crust once removed from the oven. I used my brush to push the dough back down since some of them puffed up.

• Sprinkle each round with cinnamon and granulated sugar.
• Divide the can of apple pie filling among each of the nine pie crusts. 
• Prepare crumb topping and divide among each of the nine pies.
• To prepare crumb topping:
• Mix flour, brown sugar, oats, and cinnamon in a bowl. 
• Melt 2 Tbsp. butter and pour over top of mixture.
• Mix together with a fork until crumbly.

• Bake at 400 degrees for 12-15 minutes, until tops are crunchy but not burned. 
• Serve warm with ice cream or any other way you would prefer!

Now take a look at these other great Apple Posts!!

Karen at Baking in a Tornado is Celebrating Fall, apple season and Rosh Hashanah with an Apple Pie Cheesecake.

Lydia of Cluttered Genius is upcycling old door to use for fall decor on the porch with a Harvest Front Porch Door.

Tamara of Part-time working Hockey Mom made Apple / Sweet Potato Muffins with only 100 calories per muffin an almost guilt-free comfort food / fall treat!

Kia at Think in English is Comparing Apples and Dragonfruit to assess students who come from very different backgrounds.

Rabia at The Lieber Family gives us Scents of Autumn: Apple Potpourri for the Fall Season.