Mini Apple Pies

Mini Apple Pies

For Thanksgiving 2013, I made these. I hate when you have to try to take home a pie that's had slices taken out of and it turns into a huge mess. That, and what's better than having your own personal pie?? 

INGREDIENTS:

Apple Filling:

• 6-7 Apples (I love Granny Smith Apples)
• 1 tsp Cornstarch
• 2/3 Cups Brown Sugar
• 1/2- 1 tsp Cinnamon

Pie Crust:

• 3/4 Cup Cold Unsalted Butter
• 2 Cups All Purpose Flour
• A Dash Of Salt
• 3 Tbsp of Buttermilk

Streusel:

• 1/2 Cup Brown Sugar
• 3/4 Cup Flour
• A few spoons of oil
• A dash of Cinnamon

DIRECTIONS:

Apples:
Peel, Core, and Cut into bite sized pieces.  Mix with Cornstarch, Brown Sugar, and Cinnamon

Pie Crust:
Combine Butter and Flour and break up in hands until crumbly. Then add Salt and Buttermilk to form the dough.

Streusel: 
Combine Brown Sugar, Flour, and Cinnamon. Drizzle Oil until it becomes a streusel like texture.



Pie:
Divide dough in 6 balls, roll pie crust out on a floured board, add to the muffin pan, trim edges and fill with apple filling. 
Cover with pie dough. (I added streusel to each pie, then covered it in pie crust, but you can just put streusel on top of pies and bake them just like that if you want)
Bake at 350 till crust is golden brown. 
Makes 6 pies

This was a pretty simple pie and it was DELICIOUS! I will definitely be making these again!  Especially when paired with apple pie's best friend, vanilla ice cream.

Have Fun.
Enjoy.
Thanks for reading.

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RumChata Cupcakes

RumChata Cupcakes

For your RumChata and cupcake lovers out there, there is a perfect little dessert for you.  I made these one day and they were DELICIOUS!! And you can drink while you make them, so it's fun too.

Ingredients

Cupcakes Ingredients:

• 1/2 Cup of Butter (Room Temp)
• 1 1/2 Cup Sugar
• 2 Cups All Purpose Flour
• 2 tsp Baking Powder
• 1/2 tsp Salt
• 1 Cup RumChata (And a drink for yourself)
• 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
• 1 tsp Cinnamon
• 4 Egg Whites

Frosting Ingredients:

• 12 oz Cream Cheese (1 1/2 Packages at Room Temp)
• 1/2 Cup Butter (Room Temp)
• 1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract
• 5 Tbsp RumChata (And a drink for yourself)
• 1 Packet Confectioners Sugar (2lb bag)

Directions

Cupcake Steps:

Preheat Oven to 350

Combine Sugar and Butter and beat until fluffy

Mix together Flour, Baking Powder, Salt, and Cinnamon; set aside.

Mix RumChata and Vanilla together; set aside.

Alternating, add in flour mixture and RumChata mixture into the Butter and Sugar.

*Start and End with Flour mixture*

In a clean mixing bowl, beat Egg Whites until soft peaks form.

Fold Egg Whites into the batter using a spatula.

Fill Cupcake Liners

Bake for 20 minutes (Or until cake "bounces back" when touched.

Frosting Steps:
 

Combine Butter and Cream Cheese until smooth

Add Vanilla

Slowly add Confectioners Sugar

Mix in RumChata

Frost Cupcakes.  

I sprinkled a little cinnamon to make them look a little nicer. Sorry I don't have a nicer picture. But I can promise these taste delicious.

Enjoy.
Don't forget to enjoy some RumChata a little while you're baking. 
Thanks for reading. :)  

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Chocolate, strawberry, pudding cupcakes

Chocolate, Strawberry, Pudding Frosting Cupcakes

Absolutely delicious and EXTREMELY easy to do!!

Make chocolate pudding and let sit in the fridge. Use your favorite chocolate cupcake recipe.  Bake those bad boys up.  Wait for them to cool a little.  Then you want to core some of the middle out.  I thought using a spoon was pretty simple.  Now, make sure you keep the top part of the cored piece from the cupcake.  Add a fresh strawberry, replace the top of the removed cupcake, and put the pudding on top as frosting.

The only warnings I have are that they're messy and addicting.

Enjoy!!!