Apple pie bites with crescent rolls – Taste just like apple pie, only hassle free and way easier to make. I just love the taste of apple pie, especially when apples are in season and I can make apple pie with fresh apples from apple picking.
However, to be quite honest, with a busy life schedule and kids to raise. Who has time to make a homemade pie crust?
Surely not I and I’m sure you, like myself, feel the same way.
That is why these mini apple pie bites are a fabulous recipe adaptation. They do not take all day to prepare and you get all those delicious flavors warm apple pie offers.
These dainty apple pie bites are the perfect snack sized dessert. Serve them as a sweet-treat alongside some vanilla bean ice cream. Or enjoy them as a breakfast pastry with some hot coffee or tea.
Why You’ll Love Mini Apple Pie Bites
- Quick & Easy – To make, these apple pie bites are a kid favorite. Here you get the classic taste of apple pie, yet way more convenient. Which is a win-win for the cook and people eagerly waiting for their sweet and savory dessert.
- Versatile – There are so many fun creative ways to dress up these dainty morsels; add some chopped walnuts, almonds and drizzle with caramel syrup or chocolate syrup. Yum!
- All time favorite – When I made this apple pie dessert they were gone as soon as they were laid out. If you are serving a large crowd you may want to multiply this recipe. As each person tends to eat about two small pastries per person.
If you’d like more quick-and-easy bite-sized dessert recipes made with Pillsbury Crescent Rolls. Try other favorites like; Pumpkin Cheesecake Crescent Rolls & Cinnamon Brown Sugar Crescents.
Apple Pie Bites with Crescent Rolls Recipe
Ingredients
- Granny Smith Apples
- Butter
- Brown Sugar
- Cinnamon or Apple Pie Spice
- Crescent Rolls
- Pecans
How to Make Apple Pie Bites
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees and cut the apple with a knife or preferably an apple cutter like Oxo good grips, cut into 8 wedges and remove the core. Next slice apple wedges in half to make thin slices. Lastly, pour melted butter into a bowl add the sliced apples and toss to coat. Set aside.
- In a small bowl, combine brown sugar & cinnamon, set aside. Cover a baking sheet with parchment paper open the canned crescent rolls and separate each triangle. Lay rolls out flat onto the baking sheet.
- Top each triangle of dough evenly with the brown sugar mixture and chopped pecans. Place two thin apple slices on its side on the wide end of the crescent roll. Roll the dough around the apple.
- Brush each roll with the remaining melted butter and sprinkle with a small amount of cinnamon or Apple pie spice. Bake at 375 degrees for 10-14 minutes until golden brown.
Recipe Notes
Slicing apples, I love to slice apples with my Oxo good grips apple cutter. This convenient kitchen gadget makes cutting and removing apple cores a breeze.
After I remove the core of the apple and have perfect even apple wedges, I then like to take a knife and slice the apple wedge in half.
That way, apples are thin and easy to roll.
Make ahead, Prepare and roll ahead cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 2 hours max. Any longer apple pie bites will become soggy.
Make Apple pie bites with pie crust, All you do is roll out pie crust or dough using a biscuit cutter or top of a glass.
Cut about 6 pieces approximately 2.5 inches in diameter and place pie crust in the bottom of a muffin tin filling 6 cups.
Chop fresh apples or use a can of apple pie filling. Add cinnamon sugar and pecans to the bottom of each apple cup and top with chopped apples or apple pie filling.
Sprinkle any remaining cinnamon sugar mixture over top and bake mini apple pie cups in the oven at 425 degrees for 15-20 minutes.
Make these Apple Pie Bites with Apple Pie Filling. Grab one can of Apple Pie Filling and two cans of Pillsbury Crescent Rolls. Place crescent rolls in a muffin tin & add one heaping spoonful of apple pie filling on top of each crescent roll, sprinkle with cinnamon sugar mixture add pecans and pull the edges of the crescent rolls up and over the pie filling. Bake in the oven until golden brown.
Make Apple dumplings with frozen apples, Cook frozen apples on the stove, add butter, cinnamon and brown sugar and cook until the sauce is bubbling.
Drain any liquid from sauteed apples and mix together water and cornstarch then add mixture back to the pot with drained apples.
Cook for one more minute until the apple pie mixture is thickened. Measure about 1 tablespoon per crescent roll, fold in the sides and bake in the oven until golden brown.
More Crescent Roll Recipes
- Philly Cheese Steak Crescent Rolls
- Pumpkin Cream Cheese Crescent Rolls
- Strawberry Cream Cheese Crescent Rolls
- Brown Sugar Cinnamon Crescent Rolls
Apple Pie Bites with Crescent Rolls
Mini apple pie bites with crescent rolls taste just like apple pie. Yet are way easier to make. By no surprise, this is an all-time favorite!
Ingredients
- 2 small granny Smith apples
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon or apple pie spice
- 1/3 cup chopped pecans
- 1 8 ounce can crescent rolls
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees and cut the apple with a knife or preferably an apple cutter like Oxo Good Grips, cut apple into 8 wedges and remove the core. Next, slice apple wedges in half to make thin slices.
- Pour melted butter into a bowl and add the sliced apples and toss to coat. Set aside.
- In a small bowl, combine the brown sugar with the cinnamon or apple pie spice. Set aside.
- Cover a baking sheet with parchment paper and open the canned crescent rolls. Separate each triangle and lay the triangles flat on the prepared baking sheet.
- Top each triangle of dough evenly with the brown sugar mixture and chopped pecans. Place apple wedges on its side on the wide end of each crescent roll & roll the dough around the apple.
- Brush each roll with the remaining melted butter and sprinkle with a small amount of cinnamon or apple pie spice. Bake Apple pie bites at 375 degrees for 10-14 minutes until golden brown.
Notes
- Prepare ahead, Prepare and roll apple pie bites ahead cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 2 hours max. Any longer apple pie bites will become soggy.
- Make Apple Pie Bites with Apple Pie Filling, Grab one can of Apple Pie Filling and two cans of Pillsbury Crescent Rolls.
- Place crescent rolls in a muffin tin & add one heaping spoonful of apple pie filling on top of each crescent roll, sprinkle with cinnamon sugar mixture and pecans.
- Pull the edges of the crescent rolls up and over the pie filling. Bake in the oven until golden brown.
- Make Apple pie bites with pie crust, all you do is roll out pie crust or dough using a biscuit cutter or top of a glass.
- Cut about 6 pieces approximately 2.5 inches in diameter and place pie crust in the bottom of a muffin tin filling 6 cups.
- Chop fresh apples or use apple pie filling, sprinkle with cinnamon sugar mixture and add whatever nuts you like or none at all and bake in the oven at 425 degrees for about 15-20 minutes.
- Make apple pie dumplings with frozen apples, Cook apples on the stove add butter cinnamon and brown sugar and cook until the sauce is bubbling.
- Drain any liquid from sauteed apples and mix together water and cornstarch and add back to the pot with drained apples.
- Cook for one more minute until the apple pie mixture is thickened.
- Measure about 1 tablespoon per crescent roll, fold in the sides and bake in the oven until golden brown.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 8 crescent rolls Serving Size: 1 crescent rollAmount Per Serving: Calories: 198Total Fat: 10.6gCholesterol: 11.5mgSodium: 28mgCarbohydrates: 24gFiber: 1gSugar: 13gProtein: 2.5g