Pie In A Jar

I have to start with saying that I'm a huge pie fan. I don't really like cake but I never say no to pies or fruit tarts. So when I saw this blog feature about pie in a jar I just about flipped. After reading the post myself and several friends bought the mini mason jars so we could do this ourselves. Its been a while and the mini mason jars have been hanging out in my room for months but this past weekend I finally made pie in a jar!!

My mom helped me and we used her apple pie recipe but you can use just about any pie recipe you want, fruit, pumpkin, chocolate, whatever. For the pie crust we have always taken the easy route and bought the pie crust mix you just add water to. You could probably buy the frozen kind to make it even easier. What is nice is that you do not have to roll out the dough. Just take little chunks and press them into the jars. You will only have to roll the dough if you want to put a top layer of crust on.

We decided to do half with a crust on top and the other half with streusel. The streusel ones ended up being my favorite because I loved that little bit of crunch.We baked one of each and I was in heaven!

After you assembled the pies you can freeze them and use as needed. Just put the lids on tight! They make a great hostess gift, party favor, Valentine's treat or emotional breakdown intervention.

When you are ready to cook them preheat oven to 375 degrees. I haven't cooked them frozen but you can put them in the oven while its preheating to defrost them a bit. Bake them for 50-60 minutes until the crust is slightly browned or the fruit pie is bubbling.

Hope you enjoyed!

Thank you to ourbestbites.com for sharing this great idea!

The full feature is found here:

http://www.ourbestbites.com/2009/09/single-serving-pie-in-jar.html

Here is the link to buy the jars:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000BYD0F