Today was Michael's Thanksgiving party at school and I was so excited when the sign up sheet was set out last week to see that yes, pumpkin pie was on it and that no one had signed up for it. Ever since Michael started school, I've been pinning on Pinterest different cool things to do for his class parties (Yeah, I'm probably going to be that mom the other mom's will probably hate). The mini pumpkin pie was one of them. I found this off of the blog called
makes and takes. She said that she was able to make 12 mini pies, but I was able to make 16 (only needed 13). Here's what you'll need:
- pumpkin pie filling for a 9-in pie
- 2 9-in pie crusts
- something in 4-in diameter to cut your circles
- muffin tin
- rolling pin
Preheat your oven to 425 degrees.
I didn't want to deal with making the crust from scratch so I bought the Pillsbury pre-made 2 pack. I had bought a circle cookie cutter hoping that it would be the 4-inch diameter I was needing, but it was not. I ended up using a plastic cup that worked great. After pulling the mini crust you cut out, you'll want to ball the remaining dough up and roll it back out. Then cut out more mini crusts. Like I said, I was able to get 16 out of just 2 9-in pie crusts.
You'll want to grease your muffin tins and then place the crusts in. My muffin tins must be extremely tall because I didn't have any crust going above the top.
As with a regular pie, you'll want to score the bottoms.
Pour your pumpkin mixture into each crust completely to the top. I used the Libby's pumpkin in a can and followed the directions on it to make the mixture. Use whatever recipe you feel comfortable with.
Once you've filled all the crusts, place your tin(s) in your preheated oven of 425 degrees for 15 minutes. You then want to turn the temperature down to 350 degrees and let bake for 25 - 30 minutes.
I baked mine for 25 minutes, but everyone's oven is different. Let the pies sit and cool for a few hours. I just let them sit over night.
All packed up and ready to go for Michael's class to enjoy. I didn't know if the kids would like the whip cream so I kept it off the pies, but brought the can incase they wanted some. I'm guessing they liked them because there was only 2 pies brought home, there's only 13 kids in Michael's class. I figured that these would be so much easier for little 3 year olds to eat than slices from a big pie.
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What an absolutely great idea and they look beautiful. Well done! I love Pinterest too. The only thing I don't like...I'm on it so much I never get around to making/creating all the wonderful ideas. Blessings.
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