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Monday, November 28, 2011

Mini Butterscotch Cream Pies

Sweet sassy molassy is this an amazing recipe!

Did you catch the teaser I left you all with on Facebook yesterday? A lot of you had a hard time waiting until today, but HERE is the recipe for these Mini Butterscotch Cream Pies! I had some left over pie crust in my fridge that I just HAD to do something with, so these are the little babies I made!

Cute, huh?

They are not only darling to look at, but really simple to make {only 7 ingredients needed!} and super easy to eat, not to mention delicious. Lets get baking, shall we?

First thing you want to do is preheat your oven to 375 or so and roll out your chilled dough. I used a flower shaped cookie cutter to make some cute edges on my mini pies but a regular round circle is fine.
So once you get them all cut, carefully press them into your mini muffin tins. If you don’t have non-stick ones, you might want to lightly spritz the whole thing with a little non-stick. However, if you’re using a pie crust with a whole lotta butter and/or shortening {like this recipe that I used from Paula Deen} then the non-stick spray is really unnecessary.

Bake those off for 8 minutes or until lightly golden. Watch them carefully! They burn super easy! Once you pull them out of the oven let them cool! I let them cool about 5-10 minutes in the pan and them pop them our of the hot pan and onto a cooling rack.

Now for the butterscotch filling- grab some butterscotch baking chips and toss them into a bowl.
Now, melt these down. I have a melt chocolate function on my microwave that I use that works like a charm. If you don’t have that, then use a double boiler or set the microwave at 50% power and stir every 20 seconds or so.

To this melted butterscotch, whip in some softened cream cheese until smooth and lump-free. Please oh please use room temperature cream cheese or else you will NEVER get those lumps out!

So, next thing you do is add in some vanilla…

…and sugar! That’s it!

Whip this all together until it’s smooth and creamy!

Spoon about a teaspoon into each tart and refrigerate.

So while those sit in the fridge, lets make the cream. Most of you know how to do this, so I’ll make it quick. Start out with some cream in a chilled bowl.

Add in a splash of vanilla,

some sugar,

and some cornstarch. This is a totally optional ingredient. I add it to my cream whenever I’m making it in advance…it acts as a stabilizer so it never deflates. A VERY handy trick!

So, once I have all this in a bowl, I crack out my OXO beaters and have at it.

I whip mine by hand about 1 1/2 minutes until stiff peaks form.

Then I crack out my frosting tips. For these I used the Wilton 1M tip with a disposable bag.

So, fill up your bag with the whipped cream and pipe some rosettes on top of the filled pies.

Then you top each pie with a butterscotch chip to dress them up a little more. Aren’t they irresistible? So fun! LOVE these guys!

Store these in the fridge until you’re ready to serve. Your guests will go nuts over these! Guaranteed!

Here’s the handy dandy printable!

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Mini Cherry Cutie Pies from Bakerella
Blueberry Apple Mini Pies from Barbara Bakes
Mini Berry Pies from Yummy Mummy

Mini Butterscotch Cream Pies
yield: 24 mini pies
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Ingredients:
1 whole Pie Crust Recipe, Enough For 1 9-inch Shell
24 whole Butterscotch Chips, For Optional Garnish
FOR THE FILLING:
⅓ cups Butterscotch Chips
3 ounces, weight Softened Cream Cheese
¼ teaspoons Vanilla Extract
1 Tablespoon Granulated Sugar
FOR THE CREAM:
½ cups Heavy Whipping Cream
½ Tablespoons Granulated Sugar
¼ teaspoons Vanilla Extract
½ teaspoons Cornstarch (Optional)
24 whole Butterscotch Chips, For Garnish

Directions:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Roll out chilled pie crust and using a small round cookie cutter, cut out 24 – 2 1/2-3 inch circles. I used a flower shaped cookie cutter so I’d have fluted edges. Press the dough circles into mini muffin tins and bake in the preheated oven for about 8 minutes or until edges are lightly golden. Set aside to cool.
Place butterscotch chips into a heat-proof bowl and microwave using the melt chocolate function until melted (or if you don’t have this function, just heat for 30 second intervals, stirring in between each interval and stopping once it’s smooth).
Using a hand mixer, blend cream cheese into the melted butterscotch chips until smooth. Scrape sides of bowl and mix again so there are no lumps. Stir in vanilla and sugar. Spoon about 1 teaspoon of filling into each shell and refrigerate.
Whip together all ingredients for the cream until stiff peaks form. Spoon cream into a piping bag with a Wilton 1M tip. Swirl the cream over top of the filling and place a butterscotch chip on top for garnish. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

dessert

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45 Responses to “Mini Butterscotch Cream Pies”

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Kathryn — November 28, 2011 at 9:24 am
I so nearly made butterscotch pies at the weekend but was missing a vital ingredient! Yours look absolutely wonderful – I wish I had now unless you want to send a couple over to me?

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- Lauren — November 28th, 2011 @ 10:05 pm
  
  You bet!!
  
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Zee @ The Recipe Code — November 28, 2011 at 9:31 am

Wow! Nicely done and easy recipe. I feel like grabbing one from the screen

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Katrina — November 28, 2011 at 12:22 pm

Mmmm these little babies are just the cutest!

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Esther @ Esther Eats! — November 28, 2011 at 12:52 pm

These are so cute! I am definitely going to have to try them!! I never thought of using pie crust in a muffin tin before, so I am adding this to my to do list!

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Laurie {Simply Scratch} — November 28, 2011 at 1:35 pm

These look YUMMMMMY!

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Julie @ Table for Two — November 28, 2011 at 1:47 pm

My god, Lauren, these look heavenly and so delicious. I want some now! the details make it so cute too!

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Alison @ Ingredients, Inc. — November 28, 2011 at 1:51 pm

These look great!

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Maria — November 28, 2011 at 2:39 pm

Super cute pies!

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Melissa // thefauxmartha — November 28, 2011 at 2:45 pm

So stinkin cute!

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Cookbook Queen — November 28, 2011 at 2:45 pm

I love love LOVE the size of these pies!! So cute, almost like cookies but way awesomer. Butterscotch is one of my favorite flavors, so these are a must try!!

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Lacey Wilcox — November 28, 2011 at 3:03 pm

There are no words for how adorable these are! LOVE!

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Jolene (www.everydayfoodie.ca) — November 28, 2011 at 3:12 pm
Those are so cute!!! I love how you made the crust. I really want to try this recipe, as I have never made my own pie crust … this would be a good way to try.

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- Lauren — November 28th, 2011 @ 10:06 pm
  
  You’ve never made pie crust before?? It’s so simple! There are lots of great tutorials online too if you need!
  
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Sommer@ASpicyPerspective — November 28, 2011 at 3:20 pm

I just love cute food.

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Deborah — November 28, 2011 at 3:32 pm

I do love easy and cute!! I especially love how the edges of the crust are scalloped – fun!!

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Barbara @ Barbara Bakes — November 28, 2011 at 3:51 pm
They do look irresistible. Another great use for the mini muffin tin! Thanks for linking for my little pies.

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- Lauren — November 28th, 2011 @ 10:07 pm
  
  Anytime, Barbara!!
  
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Sally @ Spontaneous Hausfrau — November 28, 2011 at 3:56 pm

These are so precious! Good call on using a flower cookie cutter for the pie crusts – they are so pretty that way. I bet these would be great for a shower or tea party!

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Lauren @ What Lauren Likes — November 28, 2011 at 4:49 pm

These look so pretty! Love

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Tara @ Chip Chip Hooray — November 28, 2011 at 5:23 pm

Adorable! I want to have a tea party just to serve these.

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Jessica @ How Sweet — November 28, 2011 at 8:39 pm
holy adorableness. is that a word? it is now.

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- Lauren — November 28th, 2011 @ 10:07 pm
  
  Umm, I totally say that all the time! Lol!
  
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Memoria — November 28, 2011 at 9:08 pm
OOOO, I could make this filling with chocolate chips or a mixture of butterscotch/chocolate chips or chocolate/peanut butter chips or….. hehe The possibilities are endless! Thanks for posting this recipe and the lovely, detailed photos.

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- Lauren — November 28th, 2011 @ 10:07 pm
  
  Let me know if you switch up the flavor!! YUM!
  
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Steve @ the black peppercorn — November 28, 2011 at 10:31 pm

Oh My Word Lauren. You have totally outdone yourself. Not only do these sound delicious, the pic are awesome. Excellent job on those. I love butterscotch – in any form! Seriously. These will be made by me – I guarantee it.

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Bev Weidner — November 28, 2011 at 10:53 pm

These are DANG cute.

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Cassie — November 29, 2011 at 1:03 am

These are adorable. My mom makes a great butterscotch pie, this sounds very similar!

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Jan J. — November 29, 2011 at 4:40 am

Thank you for this recipe – these look amazing and easy! I love me some butterscotch LOL!

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Rachel @ Not Rachael Ray — November 29, 2011 at 2:21 pm

These are so adorable! Love them!

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carly {carlyklock} — November 29, 2011 at 4:39 pm

love how you used a fun cookie cutter – too perfect, and so creative!

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From Valerie's Kitchen — November 29, 2011 at 6:19 pm

Yay…little itty bitty bites. Love it! Just enough to satisfy the sweet tooth but not enough to feel guilty

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Lauren at Keep It Sweet — November 29, 2011 at 8:02 pm

Absolutely adorable, I love these!

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Anna — November 29, 2011 at 9:36 pm

These are too adorable! I don’t like butterscotch but my hubby would go crazy over these…and I’ll have to try a chocolate version for myself

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Lindsay @ Pinch of Yum — November 29, 2011 at 11:15 pm

Oh my cuteness. This is so perfect for a little after dinner treat!

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Baking Serendipity — November 30, 2011 at 1:45 am

I love simple little desserts….these are perfect!

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Meredith {in sock monkey slippers} — November 30, 2011 at 6:42 pm

Seriously Cute!

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Averie @ Love Veggies and Yoga — December 1, 2011 at 1:43 am

they are so perfect and delish looking!!

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Kris — December 14, 2011 at 2:01 am

Hi,
Wondering if you could email this recipe, couldn’t print
Great Blog !
Thanks

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Laura — January 13, 2012 at 3:48 pm

I discovered you from Taste & Tell’s blogger spotlight…those pies are adorable!

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foodfiendojie — May 21, 2012 at 2:13 am

they look absolutely divine. My kiddos aka “piggery” will go gaga over them. Thanks for sharing <3…am making a batch pronto <3

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Suzanne @ Flourarrangements — February 13, 2013 at 2:19 pm

Those are so adorable. But dangerous; I could eat four or five, I’m sure! I might try them with a chocolate crust.

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