Cup-pies in Ramekins

My mom gave me some adorable colored ramekins and I was so excited to try something in them that on Pi day, I decided to try out some mini-pies.

Aren't they adorable?

I was thrilled. It was so fun to make rustic little pies with fantastic apple filling. I experimented with a new crust recipe that I LOVED. I also tried adding a new ingredient (vanilla) to my apple pie filling and I think it was a smashing success.

***as a side note: "Rustic" in this case means uneven, imperfect, no-fuss, etc. It's one of my happiest cooking words. It means that things don't have to be exactly perfect and it's OKAY!

Apple Pie Filling

Ingredients:
4-5 Granny Smith Apples, or other baking apple
1/2c brown sugar
1 Tbsp cinnamon
2 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1 Tbsp butter, melted

Directions:
Wash and peel apples. Slice into very thin slices, discarding the core. In a bowl, combine apple slices, sugar, cinnamon, vanilla, and butter. Pour into pie crust or ramekins, top with crust. Poke three or so holes in the top crust and bake according to crust directions (typically until golden--I baked mine at 375 for 30-45 minutes.)

I know it's not exact...I'm trying to get better at that, but there you go! They were amazing. And the perfect kiss goodbye to apple season.