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Mini Strawberry Pies|Stars n Stripes

Stars n Stripes Red white and blue dessert- lizbushong.com

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Easy to make two ingredient mini pies. Baked in large mouth mason jar rims and lids for cute size and convenience.  Try it you will love these sweet filled pies.

Ingredients

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1 -can purchased Strawberry or Cherry/any flavor pie filling-tested Comstock

1 package refrigerated pie crust- tested Pillsbury

egg wash -optional

Sparkling sugar- optional

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Convection bake will make crust brown more evenly.
  2. Wash wide mouth jar lids and new rims with soapy water, rinse and dry throughly.
  3. Roll out pastry crust, gently roll circle to enlarge to make 4 pies.
  4. Using a large round cookie cutter, that is 1/2″ larger than the rim, cut out pastry circles.
  5. Position crust inside and up sides of rim and lid.  No need to spray new pie pan.
  6. Fill crust with canned filling leaving a 1/4″ headspace from top of rim.
  7. Pick up pie crust scraps, roll out and cut dough into 4 stars and the rest long 1/4″ lengths to form the star and stripes.
  8. Place strips over the filling to the rim.  pinch off excess dough tucking under rim sides or to edge of filling.  Place star in center of stripes.
  9. Bake 12-15 minutes or until lightly browned but done. If not done- cover with foil to prevent burning.
  10. Remove from oven and allow to cool before moving to serving plate/cake stand. Remove rims and lid before serving.

Notes

The baking technique was inspired by Must love home blog.