Pie in a Jar

Tiny pies.
Made in jars.
Frozen to create individual freshly baked pies when you want them.
What could be more adorable?

Step 1: Ingredients

I always include "Ingredients" as my first step.
But in this case, the ingredients are up to you!
Have a big dinner party coming up with many different tastes?
Make your pies in different flavors! Identify them with cute tiny shapes cut out on top!

I made my own pie crusts for these, but you can use store-bought as well.

I made apple-blackberry filling (the recipe as follows) but you can use something from a can! It's that easy.

Mostly, what you need are tiny adorable jars.
Or big ones, whatever. I don't judge.

Comments

[apóvoa pereira]

It may be a silly question, but can any jar be used in the oven? I mean, can I use a jelly jar to bake a cake?

[scoochmaroo]

Not a silly question! I'm not sure that any kind of jar can be used, but one that has been used to make jam or jelly should be safe enough to stand up to the heat.

[foxyfabulous]

So I made these (delicious!) and then I made them again but used a no-bake cheesecake recipe instead. And WOW -- the tiny cheesecakes were a huge hit. Thanks for this awesome idea!!

[Margeryhopewell]

I know I saw these on someones blog.

[lawman14]

This may seem llike a silly question but do you take them out of the jars to serve or just dig in?

[scoochmaroo]

You can do either, but I'm all for the digging in!

[warlockelf]

after I got my dough just right, I lightly dusted the inside with a mixture of suger and cinnamon, and then filled 3/4 full of blackberry pie filling, then folded the extra dough over the top, it did help to cut the extra at the top into strips.

[raja681]

you sould say how many this makes

[ruthdeb]

How do you make those adorable little cutouts?  tiny cookie cutter? paring knife?  It's this little detail that makes the presentation.

[eulaliaaaa!]

You rock at making pies!  So subscribed!

[scoochmaroo]

Thanks!

[shortone]

if you put the lids on when they're right out of the oven, would they seal like your cake in a jar instructable? would they last? that would be awesome...

[robotguy4]

Hmmm... How about making a bunch of jar apple pies, then putting them into a pie crust to make an apple pies pie? Then, take a whole bunch of apple pies pies and putting them into an even bigger pie crush to make an apple pies pies pie? Then, take a whole bunch of-- well, you get the idea...

[shortone]

Sounds like someone's mind is on fractals. ;)

[Zetheros]

Sounds like you could name it the Apppieleie, like the turducken!

[Hero Under The Pine]

You my friend, just blew my mind from here to the land of the Apppieleies :D, and also, turducken is the best word ever! XD

[JJungJr]

Do you think it possible to 'can' these by keeping enough head room for a lid and seal, then going through the canning process?

[scoochmaroo]

definitely!

[AdLib13]

you really only need to boil them for a minute to sterilize them, don't waste energy!

[stupidstickanimations]

Do you think that i can exclude the blackberries in the filling or buy premade filling? anyway great job and idea

[cbrown222]

so it goes in for an hour?

[scoochmaroo]

Yes, if they've been frozen. I ended up cooking the fresh ones for about 45 minutes.

[SkateboardingForLife]

Finally... pie to go

[artquilter]

What a fabulous idea! Do you really need to boil everything if you're not actually canning it? Maybe just put it in the dishwasher instead? I also think it's amazing that you can put a frozen pie into a hot oven, but the other thing that amazes me is that a pie frozen solid takes the same amount of time to bake as a fresh made pie at room temperature.

[scoochmaroo]

Nah. Like I said (somewhere below), I just boiled them to save myself t he time it takes to wash them. Plus I guess it does sterilize them, so I figured what the heck. I ended up baking my un-frozen pies for a little less time. about 15minutes less, really. I should probably mention that. . . :)

[Plasmana]

Aww man, you made me hungry and I can eat much atm because I just had my braces taken out...

[spiritwolf7984]

I Just made 1 Only I had 1 Jar so :) 6~STARS =]

[MizzMouse]

mmm, i just drooled all over my keyboard, no lie! I will def use this, thank you for sharing!

[spiritwolf7984]

You deserve a Pie in a jar for this but it's 12:40AM here and IDK where you live soooo 5 STAR"S =]

[Labot2001]

This is a GREAT idea! Thanks!

I made strawberry-rhubarb pie (my favorite!) in little jars.

Here's a tip though: these things rose wayyy higher than I expected them to. If you plan on baking and then putting tops on to throw them in the fridge for later, then fill it up at least 3/4-inch from the top.

[canuckspud]

Thanks for the heads-up. Your pies still look good enough to eat!

[scoochmaroo]

'dorable!!!

[Mongpoovian]

This is fantastic! The filling looks great, and the fact that they can be frozen is awesome. My garage-sale canning jars will be much better served full of delicious pies than nuts and bolts. :)

[soundinnovation]

Those look awesome! I've seen recipes for banana bread baked in jars (you can even seal them by putting the lids on while the jar is still hot) and I definitely want to try both versions.

[Badgergirl]

these look AMAZING!

[thepelton]

What ocurred to me last night after I signed off was, couldn't you use steel vegetable cans for this project?

[thepelton]

It looks like Villagecraftsmith and Namraps answered that question. As a single batchelor, I buy a lot of food in cans (Vegetables, Corned beef, Tuna), and I was thinking that many of them go in the trash after being opened, and emptied without any further use, which would put a strain on the local landfill.

[wearingpink]

But those get recycled! Or if they don't where you live, you should ask if that can be fixed!

[thepelton]

I haven't seen them doing it in Colorado Springs.

[scoochmaroo]

Sounds good. Just limits the ability to put a lid on them? Try it out and let me know how it goes!