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Did you know you can bake little individual apple pies in canning jars?

It makes an oh-so-cute and delicious dessert. And it’s company worthy too. Just cut the crust with a canning ring, put it in the jar and pile in the apple pie filling.

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Inviting Guests For Supper

Recently RancherMan & I invited the folks over for supper. We try to get together with them often.

It was going to be unseasonably warm and we had some grilling meat in the freezer so it was placed in the refrigerator to thaw. (be sure to read how I remade the leftover steak into a new meal!)

I’d also planned to roast fresh vegetables with flavored olive oil for a delightful, quick & easy side.

Deciding On Easy Dessert For Small Dinner Party

But my dad always comments that he thinks it’s nice that I typically make a dessert when they come over for supper. So I’m always sure to make something sweet too. 

But what? Hummmm…

Individual Apple Pies Using Apple Pie Filling

I know! I’d canned some apple pie filling and have several shining jars of it in the pantry. But I’d hate to make a whole apple pie since there will only be 4 of us at dinner. I’ll make single-serving pies in canning jars…

I’ll be using my homemade apple pie filling & my homemade pie crust,.

Making Individual Apple Pie In A Mason Jar

Here’s the abbreviated instructions to make an individual apple pie in a glass mason jar:

Make piecrust. (or buy pre-made) 

Line 1/2-pint wide-mouth canning jars with piecrust.

Add pie filling.

Top with more crust.

Bake @ 350F degrees for 45 minutes.

What I’ll Change Next Time I Make Mason Jar Apple Pie

Now when I make this again I may make some minor changes.

Reduce The Crust Volume: I’ll probably just use a bottom crust and a top crust, not bothering to line the sides. I felt that much crust made each individual pie a little too ‘crust-heavy’.

Plus that way I would have had enough piecrust to make a few more pies. Once they were cooled I could place a reusable *Tattler Jar Lid on the extra pies & refrigerate them.

Also – there would be more apple pie goodness the next night for RancherMan & me with zero additional effort or cook time. What’s not to love!

Dice Instead Of Slice Apple Pieces – I’ll also chop the apple slices a little smaller. The small jar makes it a little much to spoon up the apples in full slices or even half slices when enjoying the pies.

Only Fill Jars 2/3 Full – And since the filling does bubble up during its stint in the oven I’ll probably only fill the jars 2/3 full next time. That way there’s room on top for a dollop of vanilla ice cream.

Plus if the top crust is fully contained inside the jar you could cook these cute pies earlier in the day and then put lids on the cooked and cooled pies until you enjoy them tonight for supper.

How Many Individual Apple Pies Can You Make?

I washed & prepared more canning jars than I thought I’d need because I was gonna just keep filling until I ran out of supplies.

As it turned out I used all my crust on the 4 canning jar apple pies I needed. But I still had about 1/3 of my quart jar of apple pie filling left.

I guess depending upon how thickly you line your jars with piecrust and how full you fill your jars with pie filling you could certainly have more jars of pies than the 4 that I ended up with.

I’m guessing you could make at least 6 mason jar apple pies!

But the pies were delicious and made an oh-so-cute presentation, so I’ll absolutely do this again with the above changes. Here’s the recipe as I plan on amending it:

Did you make these mason-jar apple pies? Please rate the recipe in your comment below!

~TxH~

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