a near miss

So my mother requested mini-tarts (tartlets?) for Easter and I tried to oblige. Unfortunately the best recipes all called for lemon curd, which I love but she does not. So I thought mini pies would be a good compromise: everyone likes pie and it wouldn't be as much work as a full-sized pie. I chose these Muffin Tin Fruit Pies mostly because I could use refrigerated pie crust and I could cut the recipe in half. I didn't really need twelve pies. I made the apple filling but was a little short because half of one my apples didn't look so hot once I cut it open. (Note to self: always keep an extra apple on hand.) I think if they had been overloaded with filling they might have gotten more of a "wow" response. I liked them, though. The size and shape lends itself perfectly to a scoop of ice cream on top. And anything made in a muffin tin is adorable. This is why cupcakes exist. Speaking of which...I still need to try my hand at homemade cupcakes. Maybe Mother's Day?