Easy Miniature Pies

These are some easy pies I made. I didn’t have a recipe, just an idea. This recipe would probably make twice as many pies, but 120 pies would be a lot of pies.

Ingredients:

  • 2 cans pie filling – different flavors (I used cherry and blueberry) *
  • 1 container of Philadelphia Cheesecake Filling
  • 4 boxes of Fillo Pastry Shells
  • 1 cup heavy whipping cream
  • 1/2 cup confectioners’ sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 cup melted butter

Directions:

  1. Cook Fillo Pastry Shells on a cookie sheet as directed on the box and let cool.
  2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  3. Prepare crumble topping by combining butter, cinnamon, brown sugar and flour in a mixing bowl. Stir until crumble is in small chunks.
  4. Place 20 of the Fillo Shells on a serving dish. Place about 1 tsp of Philadelphia Cheesecake Filling in each pastry shell. Top each cheesecake with about 1/2 tsp of pie filling. Place in refrigerator. Note: You will have cheesecake filling left over.
  5. Fill 20 of the Fillo Shells with approximately 1 tsp of the pie fillings each. Fill 20 of the Fillo Shells with the other pie filling. Sprinkle crumble on top. Note: You will have pie filling and crumble left over.
  6. Bake the miniature pies in oven until bubbly, about 20 minutes. Caution: Do not bake the Cheesecake Miniature pies.
  7. Let cool completely.
  8. Prepare Whipped Icing:
    1. Place a mixing bowl in freezer for at least 5 minutes.
    2. Beat heavy whipping cream on high speed and slowly add confectioners’ sugar. Add Vanilla.
    3. Continue to beat on high speed until mixture forms peaks and can hold its shape.
  9. Place Whipped Icing in a piping bag, or a Ziplock bag with the end cut off, and pipe the icing over each of the pies.

* Please do not use store brand pie filling. Buy the good stuff.

Each box contains 15 Fillo Pastry Shells

Fillo Pastry Shell

The entire container of Philadelphia Cheesecake filling would probably fill about 60 Fillo Pastry Shells. I didn’t use it all because I wanted a variety of pies. Some cheesecake filling and the pie filling can be placed into a bowl and eaten, by the cook, while baking.

Good Stuff
Miniature Pies – The Whipped Icing taste like whipped cream.

My Low-carb Cheesecake Recipe

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Here is my recipe for my low-carb (no-sugar) Cheesecake.  Several people have asked me to make this for their birthday.

Ingredients:

Crust:

1 Cup Chopped Walnuts

1 Cup Splenda for Baking

2 tablespoons Ground Cinnamon

Filling:

5 pkg. (8 oz. each) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened

1 pint Sour Cream

5 eggs at room temperature (3 whole eggs and 2 egg yokes)

1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract

1 Cup Splenda for Baking

Directions:

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

Spray the springform pan with cooking spray.  I like Pam from Baking.

Mixed the Walnuts, Splenda, and Cinnamon together and pour into the springform pan.  Gently shake pan to level the crust ingredients.

Place the Cream Cheese and vanilla into a mixing bowl and beat on medium speed until it is combined.  Add the 1 cup of Splenda to the mixture and beat on medium speed until it is combined.  Beat in one egg at a time to the mixture, until all three eggs and two egg yokes are added.  Make sure you are scraping the sides of the bowl while adding everything to make the filing.

Add one pint of Sour Cream to the mixture and beat on low speed until sour cream is blended into the filing.

Pour filing into springform pan over the top of the crust.  Make sure the filing is level inside with pan.

Bake until the Cheesecake appears to be firm and set on the outer 2″ rim of the cake.  The center of the cake will still appear to be soft.   The baking time is approximately 1 hour – check cake after 40 minutes and then every 10 minutes.  Do not stick a toothpick or knife into the cake to check for doneness.

Let cool and refrigerate it.

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There are some people that can’t wait to eat it and eat it warm.