Mini Apple Pies

Preheat oven to 425 deg
1 refrigerated pie pastry (leave out at room temp for about 10 min)

2 medium Granny Smith apples
2 tsp lemon juice
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp ginger
1/8 tsp nutmeg
2 TBSP butter (Cut into 8 pieces)
1 egg lightly beaten
1-2 TBSP sugar

Peel core and dice the apples. Place in small bowl and toss with lemon juice, brown sugar, cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg.

Roll the pastry dough into a 16x8 inch rectangle on a floured surface. Cut into 4 inch squares.

Spoon 2 TBSP of the apple mixture onto the center of each square of dough. Top the filling of each pie with a piece of the butter, Brush the edges of the dough with some of the beaten egg. Fold the corners of the dough toward the middle covering the filling pinch the edges to seal. Place the filled squares on an ungreased baking sheet.

Brush the tops of the pies with the remaining beaten egg and sprinkle with the sugar. Bake until lightly browned 10-12 min. Cool the pies on the baking sheet for 2 minutes. Serve warm!

Crisp topping

Prepare fruit of choice with sugar, cinnamon, and flour (for thickening) Or buy a can of pie filling

Topping:1 cup quick cooking oats
1 cup flour
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup butter
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda

( I usually double this topping recipe because it is so yummy and we like lots of the crispy top, it is pretty thin if you don't anyway!) Eat warm with vanilla ice cream for the best results!

Applesauce Pancakes~ allrecipes.com

2 cups dry pancake mix
1 tsp ground cinnamon
2 eggs
1 cup apple sauce
1 tsp lemon juice
1/2 cup milk

In a large bowl stir together pancake mix and cinnamon. Make a will in the center of the pancake mix. Add the eggs, applesauce, lemon juice and mil; stir till smooth

Cook on griddle till golden brown!

*** I used my homemade applesauce which already has cinnamon in it so I didn't add any cinnamon to mine, or lemon juice. My applesauce is chunky so the pancakes were SOOOO YUMM!

Cooper-Leavitt Apple Pie~ Lindy Cooper-Leavitt

Crust 1 1/2 cup flour
1tsp salt
2 tsp sugar
2 TBSP milk
1/2 cup oil
pat into the bottom of the pie pan (don't roll it out)
Filling
4 apple pies (I used more like 6-7)
2 TBSP flour 1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 tsp nutmeg
combine the 4 items and toss with apples, pour into shell
Topping
1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter
combine all, mix with fingers and sprinkle top bake in sealed paper bag at 350 deg for 80-90 min