Mini blueberry pies, ofcourse.
Its hard to believe how eassy these were. Really.
Lets start with the dough. Of course, you could use a store bought pie crust thats "ready to roll", but thats boring and easy. In a bowl, dice up two sticks of butter, add 3 cups of flour, four tablespoons of sugar, and a pinch of salt. Mix it up with a pastry blender, a fork, or even your hands. It should resemble coarse bread crumbs. Once everything is all combined, start adding cold water, enough to make a sticky dough.
The trick with pie crusts is to keep everything cold. I put my bowls in the freezer until I'm ready to use them for added coldness. You don't want your butter to melt.
Happy Dough
Once your dough is nice and happy, and it doesn't fall apart, wrap it up in some plastic wrap and refridgerate for 20-30 minutes. Meanwhile, make your pie filling!
In another bowl, combine half a cup of flour, 2/3 cup of sugar, 1/2 a teaspoon of cinnamon, and 1/4 a teaspoon of allspice. Mix well. To this, add 2 tablespoons of lemon juice, and 3 tablespoons of water.
You then should have something like this. Now, go pick your blueberries from your backyard (or take a trip to the freezer isle in your local market). You should have about 12 oz. Pour them into the bowl and mix.
Once the blueberries are partying in your flour spice mix, set them aside and go grab your pie crust and a rolling pin. Here is where the fun begins. Flour your surface like no one is watching. If you think you have floured your surface too much, you still don't have enough.
Roll out your dough to about 1/8in thickness. Using a circle cutter, cut out circles that are slightly bigger than your mini muffin tin. Line the greased muffin tin with the dough and fill with your blueberry mixture. I used a regular spoon and it worked out perfectly.
Now, for the tops. You could roll out the rest of your dough, and punch out more circles and cover the pies (make sure you have a slit for air to escape) like so:
I used a mini heart cutter. Super cute!!
Or, you could do the traditional criscross pie top, like so:
Its up to you. Either way, after all your pies are covered up, pop them into a preheated oven at 375 degrees for about 15 minutes, or until light golden brown and the filling is bubbly.
Let them cool for a few minutes before you pop them out.
There you have it! Enjoy!
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The cupcakes were Red Velvet with cream cheese frosting (which has NO STABILITY WHATSOEVER!) My cupcake swirls flattened out, I'm lucky my ridges at least stayed. Ah well, they tasted amazing, so I'm happy.
