Mason Jar Apple Pie Recipe

How to make apple pie in a jar—with warm, sweet apple pie filling inside & a comforting mini pie crust on top! A fun single-serving holiday party dessert that lets everyone enjoy their own individual mason jar apple pie.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Diet Low Lactose, Low Salt, Vegetarian

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Prep Time 30

Cook Time 40

Total Time 1 40

Servings mason jar pies

Calories 257

Author Alyssia Sheikh

Equipment

4oz mason jars
round cookie cutter (~3¼-inch size)

Ingredients

Apple Pie Filling

2 Honeycrisp apples (or Granny Smith)
½ cup pitted dates finely chopped
2 tsp lemon juice
1½ Tbsp all-purpose flour
2 Tbsp sugar
¾ tsp cinnamon
⅛ tsp salt
1 Tbsp butter
splash of water if needed

Pie Crust

1 refrigerated pie crust (rolled sheet of dough—not frozen in a pie tin)
1 egg whisked
1-2 tsp demerara sugar or turbinado sugar

Instructions

Apple Pie Filling

Peel apples and chop into small, bite-sized pieces. (Smaller is better for mason jar pies.)
Add chopped apples to a large bowl with chopped dates and toss with lemon juice.
Separately, whisk together flour, sugar, cinnamon, and salt.
Add dry ingredient mixture into apple mixture and toss to coat.
Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Add apple mixture and stir to coat.
Cover pan and cook 10-15 minutes over medium-low to low heat, stirring occasionally, until apples have softened. (Add a splash of water as needed if it gets sticky.)
Remove pan from heat and allow to cool slightly before adding filling into jars.

Mini Pie Crusts & Assembly

Preheat oven to 375°F (190°C).
Unroll refrigerated pie crust dough on a flat surface. Use around cookie cutter to cut circles of dough, around 3-3½ inches in diameter. (My 7-oz pie dough yielded 8 mini pie crusts.)
Fill small 4-oz mason jars with apple pie filling mixture. (Yields enough to fill 4 mini jars.)
Cover filled mason jars with mini pie crusts, pressing around the edges with your hands and crimping with a fork to seal.
Transfer assembled jars to the fridge and chill 5 minutes.
Whisk an egg and brush on top of pie dough. Cut vents in the top of each mini crust with a knife. Finish with a sprinkle of demerara sugar.
Place jars on a baking sheet and bake for 20-25 minutes, until golden brown.
Yields 4 mini mason jar apple pies.

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Notes

*The nutrition provided is an approximation, accounting for 1/4 of the filling mixture + 1 mini pie crust per each mason jar pie.

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