10 Mini Pie & Hand Pie Recipes

Bake some pint-sized desserts for the holidays with these mini pie and hand pie recipes.

One of the best parts of the holidays is all the delicious food! When everyone is done with the main course, it’s time for dessert.  

If you’re tired of making the same pies and big pan desserts, try something smaller—mini pies and hand pies. They’re easy to make, and there are plenty of recipes to choose from.

Blain’s Farm & Fleet has gathered some great hand pie and mini pie recipes for you to try this holiday season. Let’s get baking!

1. Mini Pumpkin Pies

This mini pumpkin pie recipe from Wilton makes three dozen mini pies. It’s perfect for the office holiday party or family gathering. Just add a bit of whipped cream on top, and you have a classic dessert, only bite-sized.

2. Mini Key Lime Pies

This recipe from Liv for Cake is a bit more complicated, but the payoff is worth it. While key lime pie is typically a summer dessert, these bite-sized morsels can be enjoyed all year round.

3. Salted Caramel Apple Hand Pies

If you don’t feel like sharing dessert, these small salted caramel apple pies from Just a Taste are the perfect solution. The rustic, little pies are easy to make and serve 10 people, so everyone gets their own, personal pie.

4. Mini Blueberry Hand Pies

Follow this easy recipe from One Little Project to create adorable hand pies. With only a handful of ingredients, you’ll have a bite-sized dessert fit for any occasion in as little as 35 minutes. Feel free to make the hand pie crusts in any shape you want using cookie cutters.

5. Mini Pecan Pies

Pecan pie is a holiday staple. Now, you can enjoy individual pecan pies with this simple recipe from House of Yumm. While they’re small in size, they pack in big flavor that everyone will enjoy.

6. Mini Chocolate Peanut Butter Pies

Carlsbad Cravings puts an even sweeter twist on classic peanut butter pie by adding chocolate. The only part that requires baking is the toffee graham cracker crust. Otherwise, you only have to use the microwave. Plus, they keep up to seven days in the freezer before serving.

7. Mini Mason Jar Lid Strawberry Pies

Add a rustic touch to your mini pies by baking them in mason jar lids! This easy recipe from Lovely Little Kitchen makes 18 mini pies using mason jar lids and a few simple ingredients.

8. Mini Lemon Meringue Pies

Satisfy your sweet tooth with these mini lemon meringue pies from Allrecipes. Made from scratch and served in bite-size pieces, they’re a tasty treat for anyone and everyone.

9. Cinnamon Apple Bourbon Hand Pies With Whole Wheat Crust

Not only are these hand pies from Baker by Nature a beauty to look at. They taste good, too! If you don’t want to cook with bourbon, simply add water in its place.

10. Cranberry Hand Pies

Cranberries go hand in hand with the holidays, and these hand pies from Bon Appetit are no exception. The pie filling combines cranberries with sugar and orange zest for the perfect flavor combination inside the buttery, flaky crust.

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