Everyone loves food in a jar and this Apple Pie in a Jar recipe will help you make delicious homemade gifts for friends and family.

I love giving people homemade gifts, especially edible ones. If that git happens to come in a jar bonus points! This easy apple pie in a jar recipe can be made quickly and one recipe makes 4 pies so you can give multiples to your friend or make 4 gifts at one time! We’ve even got a printable gift tag for you all you have to do is print it out.

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It’s the gift giving season and we’ve been baking up a storm. Bob’s Red Mill recently sent us some of their Organic Unbleached All Purpose White Flour and we put it to good use with our apple pie in a jar recipe. We love making homemade gifts for our friends and family, especially edible gifts, and if that gift is served in a jar…BONUS! I really don’t know why I love food served in jars so much. Maybe it is because it’s such an simple way to package homemade recipes that aren’t usually easy to wrap up as a gift, or maybe I just like being able to unscrew the lid, grab a spoon and dig in.

I love giving people homemade gifts, especially edible ones. If that git happens to come in a jar bonus points! This easy apple pie in a jar recipe can be made quickly and one recipe makes 4 pies so you can give multiples to your friend or make 4 gifts at one time! We’ve even got a printable gift tag for you all you have to do is print it out.

We used Bob’s Red Mill Organic Unbleached All Purpose White Flour to make our pie crust (along with a little in the pie filling to help it thicken). I know a lot of people buy their pie crusts, and there is nothing wrong with that, but I like to make my own, especially when I’m baking a gift. Bob’s Red Mill All Purpose flour is great because it is the same high protein flour used by professional bakers and produces high, well-textured loaves of bread equally as well as it produces light, airy baked goods. We used one of Bob’s Red Mill’s pie crust recipes and it turned out perfect. This was Melinda’s first time making her own pie crust and she couldn’t believe how easy it was.

I love giving people homemade gifts, especially edible ones. If that git happens to come in a jar bonus points! This easy apple pie in a jar recipe can be made quickly and one recipe makes 4 pies so you can give multiples to your friend or make 4 gifts at one time! We’ve even got a printable gift tag for you all you have to do is print it out.

The filling was easy too. We diced up our Granny Smith apples and tossed them with sugar and cinnamon and a little bit of flour. Then we used our fingers to press the pie crust into the wide mouth jars. Wide mouth jars are a must for this recipe. You need to be able to get your hand down in them and coat the whole inside with dough. We took little chunks of the pie crust and pressed it into the bottom and up the sides until the jar was completely lined in crust. We stopped just before the part of the jar that the lid screws onto but next time I would take it up higher, the crust shrinks a little as it cooks. Once the crust was in we scooped our pie filling in until the jar was full (fill to the same height as the crust). The add your butter to each jar. I love giving people homemade gifts, especially edible ones. If that git happens to come in a jar bonus points! This easy apple pie in a jar recipe can be made quickly and one recipe makes 4 pies so you can give multiples to your friend or make 4 gifts at one time! We’ve even got a printable gift tag for you all you have to do is print it out.

Next is the lattice top. It was definitely not the easiest thing I’ve done, weaving the pieces over and under each other in that small space was a little difficult, but it is totally worth it. When your friends and family take the lid off they are going to be amazed at how pretty it looks, not to mention totally impressed you were able to do that ;). Just roll your dough out onto my non-stick mat to about 1/4″ and cut it into thin strip (we used a pizza cutter). Then weave the pieces together to make the top crust. Here’s a good tutorial.

I love giving people homemade gifts, especially edible ones. If that git happens to come in a jar bonus points! This easy apple pie in a jar recipe can be made quickly and one recipe makes 4 pies so you can give multiples to your friend or make 4 gifts at one time! We’ve even got a printable gift tag for you all you have to do is print it out.

After that you just put your jars on a baking sheet and pop them in the oven to bake. When they are done let them cool and then decorate them however you like. We used twine to go with our rustic pie tags but you can use ribbon instead, or put fabric under the lid. There are so many ways to dress up food in a jar but honestly it’s pretty darn cute all on it’s own. pie_tags_download We’ve included our pie tags here for you to download and use if you would like. One less thing for you to worry about this holiday season! We’ve also got a coupon for Bob’s Red Mill products for you.

I love giving people homemade gifts, especially edible ones. If that git happens to come in a jar bonus points! This easy apple pie in a jar recipe can be made quickly and one recipe makes 4 pies so you can give multiples to your friend or make 4 gifts at one time! We’ve even got a printable gift tag for you all you have to do is print it out.

If you like this idea but you have friends who are gluten free (like we do) Bob’s Red Mill also makes a Gluten Free 1-to-1 Baking Flour. It is perfectly formulated for baked goods with terrific taste and texture – no additional specialty ingredients or custom recipes required.

Servings: 4
Prep Time: 45 minutes
Cook Time: 55 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 40 minutes

Homemade Gift Idea - Apple Pie in a Jar

Apple pies in a jar are a fun way to serve individual pies or give them as gifts to friends and family.
I love giving people homemade gifts, especially edible ones. If that git happens to come in a jar bonus points! This easy apple pie in a jar recipe can be made quickly and one recipe makes 4 pies so you can give multiples to your friend or make 4 gifts at one time! We’ve even got a printable gift tag for you all you have to do is print it out.
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Ingredients

Pie Crust Dough

  • 1/4 c Water, (ice cold)
  • 1 tsp Sea salt
  • 1 c Shortening, , chilled
  • 2 c Flour, , unbleached

Apple Pies

  • 4 c Granny Smith apples, , peeled and diced (approx. 6 medium apples)
  • 1/2 c Sugar
  • 2 tsp Cinnamon
  • 4 tsp Butter
  • 2 tbsp Bob's Red Mill Organic All Purpose Flour

Instructions

Pie Crust Dough

  • Place flour and salt in medium-size, chilled bowl.
  • Break up chilled vegetable shortening and cut into flour with a fork or a pastry blender until there are pea-sized pieces of dough.
  • Slowly add ice water and blend with fork. Do not overwork; blend until just mixed and dough holds together.
  • Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 12 hours.
  • Remove from refrigerator at least 1 hour before handling.

Apple Pies

  • Pre-heat oven to 350°F
  • Use your pie crust dough to coat the inside of the mason jars. Pull off small pieces and mold them together on the inside of the glass keeping the thickness of the crust to about ¼ inch.
  • In bowl mix together apples, sugar, cinnamon, and flour. Making sure apples are completely coated in the dry mixture.
  • Fill jars with apple mixture until just below the lower rim where the threads for the lid start.
  • Add 1 pat of butter to the top of the mixture (about 1 tbsp).
  • Roll out your remaining pie crust to ¼ inch thick and cut ½" strips and weave a lattice top for the pie.
  • Place jars on a baking sheet and cover them with foil.
  • Bake for 20 minutes covered and 25-35 minutes uncovered.
  • When the crust is golden brown remove and let cool before packaging or eating.
  • *Note: We used wide mouth pint jars and this recipe made 4 pies.

Nutrition

Serving: 1jar, Calories: 741kcal, Carbohydrates: 72g, Protein: 2g, Fat: 52g, Saturated Fat: 14g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 24g, Monounsaturated Fat: 10g, Cholesterol: 10mg, Sodium: 624mg, Potassium: 295mg, Fiber: 14g, Sugar: 36g, Vitamin A: 250IU, Vitamin C: 13.2mg, Calcium: 150mg, Iron: 1.6mg
Nutrition Disclaimer: We are not certified nutritionists. Nutrition facts are an estimate and are provided as a courtesy. They are generated by an online API which recognizes ingredient names and amounts and makes calculations based on the serving size. Results may vary.
Author: Kat Jeter & Melinda Caldwell
Course: Dessert

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