mini iced oatmeal cookie apple pies
There is cause for celebration today for two reasons. One: I’m introducing you to mini iced oatmeal cookie apple pies ? like WHOA. And two: It’s a surprise virtual baby shower for the sweet (and sweets queen) Lauren of Keep It Sweet Desserts! Hooray for babies and baby pies, amiright?
If you haven’t had a chance yet to see what gloriousness Lauren crafts up on her blog and her online business, I need you to go to there and check it out. Because between recipes like Margarita Cookie Bars, Brown Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookie Cake and Vanilla Bean Bourbon Nectarine Bundt Cake with Vanilla Bean Caramel Drizzle (drooooooooolfest), this gal knows her desserts. So I hope she really likes these mini pies, too. I know my tummy sure did.
One of these days, Lauren and I both will have the pleasure of being able to bake with our little ones and it will be the best thing ever. But for now, I still take full responsibility in the kitchen while Avery rolls around all over our floors (but seriously — the girl is going to crawl in like two days, I just know it). Good thing these pies are simple to make, as any apple pie recipe should be methinks. So don’t let the long ingredient list scare you into thinking you can’t make this recipe.
Because apart from procuring a bushel of apples (or more like 1 1/2 lbs’ worth, which is about a 20th of the amount of apples I always end up getting anyway when I go to the apple orchard in the fall because I CANNOT STOP MYSELF AROUND THE APPLES), you probably have the rest of the ingredients in your home already. Butter? Brown sugar? Old-fashioned oats? Cinnamon? See, I told you. Easy peasy.
That’s why these pies are also a great dessert to make for a party (or more specifically, a virtual baby shower party). People are going to love you for the crunchy iced oatmeal cookie topping and the sweet-tart apples baked to soft perfection inside a flaky, buttery crust. Heck, I am going to love you for it, too. Because you’re totally inviting me over to eat them with you, right? Pleasesayyes. I promise not to be weird (well, unless I’m around the pies. Then I make no promises).
Lauren, I cannot wait for you to meet your baby boy. It’s one of the best moments of your life, getting to see and hold your little one for the first time. You’re going to be such a great mom! And before I get too sappy and emotional as I am wont to do these days, I’m going to go eat another one of these pies just to be sure they taste good.
Oh yeah. They taste realllly good.
P.S. Check out the other mini (but mega yummy) goodies these bloggers are bringing to the par-tay:
Mini Pumpkin Layer Cakes from The Baker Chick
Mini Apple Spice Cupcakes from Dinners, Dishes, and Desserts
Mini Nutella Brownies from The Cooking Actress
Pickles in a Blanket from The Lemon Bowl
Mini No-Bake Chocolate Cheesecakes from Bake or Break
Mini Cookie Cocktail (and Mocktail!) from We Are Not Martha
Double Decker Birthday Cake Blondie Bites from Baker By Nature
Mini Brown Butter Pumpkin Cupcakes from Eats Well With Others
Mini Pumpkin Streusel Pies from Espresso and Cream
Mini Iced Oatmeal Cookie Apple Pies
- Prep Time: 1 hour 30 mins
- Cook Time: 40 mins
- Total Time: 2 hours 10 mins
- Yield: 18 mini pies 1x
Ingredients
For the crust:
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 sticks chilled unsalted butter, cut into small cubes
- 1/2 cup ice-cold water
For the oatmeal cookie topping:
- 3/4 cup old-fashioned rolled oats
- 6 tablespoons brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- Pinch salt
- 3 tablespoons chilled unsalted butter, cut into small cubes
For the apple filling:
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
- Pinch nutmeg
- 1 1/2 teaspoons lemon juice
- 1 1/2 lbs sweet-tart apples (I used Pink Lady, but Honeycrisp or even Gala would work well), peeled, cored and thinly sliced
For the icing:
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 to 3 tablespoons milk
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
- To make the pie dough: Combine flours, sugar and salt in a large bowl. Add butter cubes and, using a pastry blender or your fingers, cut in the butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
- If the butter has softened too much, place the bowl in the freezer for 5 minutes. Pour ice-cold water into mixture in bowl; stir with a spatula until a rough dough forms.
- Turn dough out onto a countertop and knead a few times until dough comes together; divide in half and shape each half into a ball. Flatten each ball into a 1-inch thick disc. Cover tightly with plastic wrap and chill in fridge 1 hour.
- Meanwhile, make the oatmeal cookie topping: In a large bowl (you can use the bowl you just used to make the pie dough to cut down on dishes), combine oats, brown sugar, flour, cinnamon and salt. Cut in butter with fingers and mix until well combined. Chill mixture until pie dough is fully chilled and ready to bake.
- To make the apple filling: In a large bowl, combine sugars, flour, nutmeg and lemon juice. Add apple slices and toss until well combined.
- Heat oven to 375 degrees F. When pie dough is fully chilled, sprinkle a countertop generously with flour, then roll out each pie dough disc to a rough 1/8-inch thickness. Use a 4-inch round biscuit or cookie cutter to cut out dough rounds; re-roll scraps one time to cut out more rounds (you should end up with about 18 rounds). Press each round into the bottom and sides of an ungreased muffin cup.
- Divide apple filling among muffin cups (the filling will be a bit mounded, but it’ll bake down). Sprinkle tops evenly with oatmeal cookie topping. Bake 40 minutes until topping is golden brown and pie crust is baked through.
- Cool mini pies in muffin cups 30 minutes, then use a butter knife or spatula to carefully transfer pies to a cooling rack to cool completely.
- Combine all icing ingredients in a small bowl, adding more milk or powdered sugar as needed until a thick but pourable icing forms. Drizzle icing over fully cooled pies.
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I love these mini pies! So adorable! Perfect for a shower! Congrats to Lauren!
love babies, love Lauren, and lovelovelove these cookie pies!!!!
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Ah thank you SO much, Steph! I’m so excited to meet the baby but your kind words made me even more excited:-) I’ve loved seeing all of the adorable pictures of cute little Avery.
And these little apple pies look amazing. That oatmeal cookie topping is pure genius.
Amazing pies! Would taste great with some ice cream 🙂
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Best muffins I’ve seen this Fall! So creative and SO gorgeous!!!
Cookie AND pie?!! Holy smokes, friend! You’re a total genius!
These pies look SO beautiful! Since they’re mini, I’d probably eat like 4 of them and not feel bad about it 🙂
I love these little pies, Steph! And I love baby showers, so much good food and sweet little babies to celebrate. A big congrats to Lauren!
They’re just too cute! My daughter in would be in awe of these.
So festive and fun.
Pinned.
Have a great week Stephanie!
This look ridiculously good!
These look so sweet and delicious! Gotta love fall apples!
Sues — AMEN. 😉
Love these pies!
Love these so much! I have 3 trips to apple orchards planned this fall with friends and am gonna need every single apple recipe I can get to use all my goods up!
Yay for Lauren, and these are gorgeous treats too!
Lauren — Of course, dear! I hope you were surprised. 🙂 I can’t wait to see pics of your cute little man soon!
How cute are these little pies!! I think 8 would make me happy!
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Oh my looooord these look good! I saw apple pie and then cookies and decided I need a dozen of these.
Mini pies!! I adore these so much!!
Can I please come test taste these?!
These are beyond adorable! I am super impressed with these- (as usual!)
I love these, they are so cute! I am in love with apples this fall, and these look perfect!
That cookie topping! <3
These will be a hit with my husband,tasty, muffin sized fruit pies!
ah so many amazing apple desserts! these look incredible!
These mini pies are SO cute! I want like ten of them all to myself, haha. Congrats to Lauren – looking forward to checking out her blog later!
I simply adore pie and mini pies I’m simply crazy for. So cute!!
I love the idea of virtual showers – so fun!! This is an amazing fall recipe yuuuummmmmmm!
I am totally geeking out over these this morning! Pie/cookie goodness??? Can’t even stand it. And I’m the same way at the orchard. I think, oh, I’ll get a pound or two, and then I come home with a 25 lb. bag of apples. #noregrets
Awww!! I love Lauren!! So glad to see the baby shower round up 🙂 These cookies look amazing!!
Oh my gosh, these are the cutest things! Apple pie is my favorite. Love this cookie and oatmeal version! So fun for a baby shower. 🙂
Mmmm, all the brown sugary goodness looks delightful! 🙂
How cute are these pies, love ’em!
What a perfect muffins and stuffed with apples..yum!
This is such a good idea! I mean they’re mini and pies and have an oatmeal cookie on top. Obsessed!
These are absolutely adorable Steph! They are perfect for a shower! I love the oatmeal cookie topping. Big congrats to Lauren – so so sweet 🙂
These are pure Fall genius!!
These little pies are adorable! I wish I had one right now!
These look so insanely good!
Gahhh, these look amazing!!!!! EXCLAMATION POINTS!
Oh, dannnnnnnng. How creative and delicious! Cookie + pie = SO much yes. Congrats to Lauren!
OMG, yes please. This is too beyond genius and I need to devour one (or six) of these little beauties ASAP!!
Okay, these look way too good! I love that they’re individualized. And congrats to Lauren!!! Nothing better than baby news and showers. What a fun little tribute. I need to check out her blog asap. Droolfest, indeed!
These are too cute! And sound SO. GOOD.
Laura — !!!!!!!!!!! 😉
How much fun are these?! LOVE!!
Love the oatmeal cookie topping! Perfect for apple pies!
These are just so darn cute and might I mention so delicious looking!
oh my goodness. . I love these Stephanie!! Brilliant and it’s like a surprise inside! love that you guys got together to host a shower. . so sweet!!!
These look just absolutely perfect!
These pies could not be any more adorable! Totally sold on that topping!
These mini apple pies are too cute! I just love the oatmeal topping and pretty glaze! Yum!
These are the cutest thing ever!
Wahooo! HUGE congrats to Lauren! These mini pies are just to cute! Apples on the inside? I just love it!
What cuties!!! I could eat 100 of these! Happy Baby Shower Lauren! OMG I got a little emotional thinking about the first moment I saw Andy. So presh! Nothing beats that!
I love baby showers and babies. Pretty sweet. I am a cookie baker. This is one heck’va cookie. And an interesting cookie too. Definitely not run of the mill.
There is so much love going on in this recipe. Yum!! How fall-ish!
Awww these were the perfect virtual baby shower gift for Lauren! Totes adorbs. Just like both of your little ones.
Aaah, it’s getting exciting to see all of the new babies joining our blogging friends! The virtual baby shower is such a beautiful idea, my first stop on this tour was Kayle’s brownies and… ah, these little apple pies are just as delicious! I love oats in crumbles, pies and cookies. The idea of fruit and oats seems to make a treat seem just a little bit healthier 😉 Congratulations to Lauren (whom I am yet to meet, thanks for the introduction!) and thanks for the lovely recipe inspiration! xx
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Aww these baby pies are perfect for a Fall baby shower! They look fabulous! I would try to be good an only eat two…maybe three. And I would probably fail and eat them all!
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Can you use paper muffin cup liners when you bake these mini apple pies?
These look delicious! Can I use paper muffin cup liners to bake these mini pies?
Carol — Sure can!
Just want to confirm – these are made in mini muffin tins, write?
Jann — No, they are baked in regular muffin tins. Glad you asked!