Let me start off by saying - UM YUM! I love apple desserts, no matter what form and have been looking for a recipe that didn't have a million steps, cost too much, or have a long lists of ingredients. Unfortunately I didn't find anything all that simple, so decided to kinda do my own thing and hoped it turned out. It did ! Hooray! No food wasted . My husband doesn't like sweets,but my little people do. So this recipe is not super sweet, but not tart, it's really the perfect balance between the two. I used golden delicious apples because they tend to be softer and mildly sweet, this recipe has a short baking time so crisp apples might not work.
Ingredients:
- 3 Large Golden Delicious Apples
- Pillsbury Grands Flaky Layers Biscuits
- Pumpkin Pie Spice
- Ground Nutmeg
- Cooking Spray
- Granulated White Sugar
- Salt
Preheat your oven to specified time on biscuit can. Wash and peel your apples, dice them up into very small chunks about 1/4 in; place in medium sized bowl. Once apples are all chopped up sprinkle over pumpkin pie spice, follow with nutmeg, add a very small dash of salt, then add 3/4 to 1 cup sugar, or more depending on your preferred sweetness. Mix well. 
This recipe yields 16 Mini Pies; so you'll need a 12 cup muffin tin and a 4 cup tin or whatever you have. Spray the muffin tins generously. Open your biscuits, place them on a plate. I do this next part 2 @ a time, I place the plate in the fridge until I need 2 more. The warmer the dough gets the stickier it gets. Take a biscuit and on the side of it find the middle, place your thumbs and slowly separate, trying to get a even amount on both sides. Take one half and flatten it between your hands, or you can roll it out. Gently pull on the dough in a circular motion like pizza dough, no too large just enough to fit inside the muffin tins. Place the dough in the greased tin, push the center in and pull the sides up. Once all the dough is in place, start scooping in your apple mixture, all the way to the top. My dough sides started to sink, so before I added the mixture I pulled them back up and dropped in the apples, they helped keep the dough up. I cut up small pieces butter and placed on top of the apple mixture before I set in the oven
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Let mini pies bake for about 12-15 minutes, if you prefer a crunchier crust let bake 18 min. Once the times is up they don't take too long to cool down. Ours cooled down within in 4-5 minutes. My little people were snatching them out of the tin almost instantly after I took them out of the oven. They are a yummy dessert with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top or an easy breakfast with a dollop of vanilla yogurt, or just naked! Have fun & Enjoy (: 
perfect serving size
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