Mini Easy Apple Hand Pies are the cutest way to enjoy homemade apple pie

These mini easy apple hand pies are so quick and easy to make; with the best apple pie filling and store-bought pie crust, you’ll just a couple steps away from an easy dessert everyone will love.

I love mini desserts. They’re just about the right size for one person and the cute factor is through the roof. I especially love mini desserts when they’re as fall off a log easy as these apple hand pies.

These little pies would be great on a dessert charcuterie spread, for baby showers or Mother’s Day, or as part of your dessert collection at Thanksgiving. Really any time you want to have pie but can’t be bothered to fuss too much, this recipe has your back.

You have my full permission to buy a frozen pie crust for this, and let’s make some cute apple hand pies.

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Easy Apple Hand Pies

Why you’ll love making these

1. Few ingredients–but provided you made a batch of apple pie filling ahead of time, you just need this and frozen pie crust rounds from the freezer at your supermarket plus sugar and an egg for finishing.
2. So quick: 30 minutes quick.
3. Awesome for entertaining and snacks: These look so great on a platter, and it’s very easy for people to grab and go. My kids love them for after school snacks!
4. Genuinely easy: You don’t need any fancy techniques to make these. Roll the dough just a little, cut it, fill, glaze and bake. I would trust my youngest baking students (age 6!) with these.

Ingredients for mini apple hand pies

• Apple Pie Filling: Make a batch of homemade apple pie filling, and you can pop it in the freezer until you’re ready to make these little pies. Make it once, and I swear you’ll never buy a jar or can again it’s so good.
• 9″ Frozen pie crusts: Use the roll and bake pie crust rounds. The crusts in the disposable tins won’t give you as many little pies since they have edges that are already formed.
• Egg: for egg wash. We ALWAYS glaze baked goods!
• Coarse sugar: I’m using turbinado sugar here, but sanding sugar is also good. This is for sprinkling

Equipment for making mini apple hand pies

1. Rolling pin: any size or style will do here. We’re just lightly rolling.
2. Mini Fall Cookie Cutters (optional): I like adding a little apple or leaf on top each pie from the leftover scraps of dough. You could use any small cutter, but these are extra cute. I have a vintage Fox Run tin of mini cutters, but the one linked is similar.
3. Round cutters: you’ll need a 4″ round cutter for a good size pie. I wouldn’t go smaller than that or you won’t get enough filling in your pie! You could also cut around a small bowl with a paring knife.

Tips for making your pies perfect

• Lightly roll: the frozen pie crusts usually have some cracks in them where the dough folds over on itself. You only need to roll enough for the cracks to come back together. The dough is already as thin as it really needs to be.
• Don’t overfill: It might be tempting to load up your little dough circle, but about a tablespoon is just right.
• Vent: By cutting little slits in half of each circle, you’ll vent the pie and make them look lovely all at the same time.
• Save the scraps: You should be able to roll out the scraps for each pie crust round once. This is enough to get a couple more rounds and have extra to decorate the tops without the dough getting tough on you.

Extra additions you might think about adding to serve your little pies

If you want to take your apple hand pies to the next level, consider adding any one of these:

1. Cinnamon Ice Cream: This ice cream practically screams, “Put me on an apple pie!”
2. Vegan Caramel Sauce: There’s a reason why I almost always have a jar of this in my fridge. There’s almost nothing it doesn’t make better.
3. Pastry Cream: my baking students love this stuff. Cook it without the starch for a looser custard, more like creme anglaise, and you have the perfect pourable custard that goes with everything.

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