As we head into the weekend, I imagine many of you are thinking of fun 4th of July celebrations for next week!
This cute and delicious Apple Pie in a Jar just might be the perfect treat to add to your picnic or BBQ menu.
These classic little pies start with a buttery pastry crust, are packed with sweet and tart cinnamon apples, and then topped with a delicious crumb topping.
These little pies in jars are perfect to pack up and take along with you to any 4th of July celebration.
If you’d like, you could certainly use this same recipe to make one large pie (I have in the past and it’s always a hit).
Add some extra special details to the pies with red, white and blue bakers twine (from Shop Sweet Lulu), and wooden spoons (from Shop Sweet Lulu).
Top the pies with custom labels and flags, which are both a free printable designed by Loralee Lewis and available through Layla Grayce HERE (link to printables is at the very end of the post).
Supplies and Assembly
Supplies-
6, 1/2 pint wide mouth canning jars (usually available from Wal-Mart, or your local grocery store)
1- Pastry pie crust (1 sheet, or recipe for 1 crust)
Assembly (as pictured above)-
1. Thaw the pie crust (if using frozen), or prepare pie crust. Please note, frozen pie crust sheets usually need to thaw several hours.
2. Use the ring from the lid of the jars to cut 6 circles of dough. Place one circle of dough into the bottom of each jar and use your fingers to press the dough into the bottom of the jar and up the sides a bit.
3. Fill jars with cinnamon apple pie filling (following recipe below). Pack the apples in as tight as you can. The apples will shrink down a lot during baking.
4. Top cinnamon apples with 2-3 tablespoons crumb topping, pressing down a bit, as needed.
5. Bake as directed in the recipe below.
*Note, you may notice I have 7 jars shown in the how-to photos above, but I found the apples shrunk down so much in baking that packing the apples into 6 jars produced a prettier final pie. The images shown in this post of the finished pies were from a batch that was divided into 6 jars.
Enjoy!
How to Make Apple Pie in a Jar
Apple Pie in a Jar
Ingredients
- 1 sheet prepared pie crust dough available in the freezer section of the grocery store, or one recipe pastry pie crust
Pie filling
- 4 large tart apples such as Granny Smith, peeled and chopped (about 5 1/2 cups chopped)
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 3 tablespoons flour
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg freshly grated if possible
Instructions
- Thaw the pie crust (if using frozen), or prepare pie crust. Please note, frozen pie crust sheets usually need to thaw several hours.
- Preheat oven to 375*F.
- Use the ring from the lid of the jars to cut 6 circles of dough. Place one circle of dough into the bottom of each jar and use your fingers to press the dough into the bottom of the jar and up the sides a bit.
- Peel and chop apples and place in a large bowl.
- Add lemon juice and toss to coat well.
- Add both sugars, flour and spices and stir to fully coat apples.
- Scoop apples into the prepared jars, pressing the apples in as tightly as possible. Divide the apples between the 6 jars.
- Prepare the crumb topping by combining all ingredients and mixing together with a pastry blender, or fork until the butter is in small pieces and the mixture is crumbly, yet well combined.
- Top each jar of apples with a generous portion of crumb topping, pressing down a bit as needed. The apples will cook down quite a bit while baking, so you want to start with full jars.
- Bake the jars on a large baking sheet (because the pies will likely bubble over a bit while baking). Bake 35 minutes at 375*F.
- Cool at least 20 minutes before serving.
- Serve as is, or with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top.
I made 10 jars with these ingredients.
Awesome! More pie is always better, right? Certainly the recipe will vary just a bit based on how large your apples are and how much you pack them in the jars. I hope you enjoyed them! =)
I made these the other day and they are so good. I am doing a fundraiser bake sale in September and I will be making the Apple and other varieties to sell. Thanks for sharing.
Hi! Thanks for the recipe and the beautiful pictures. Question- Where do you get the jars? I’ve look into these, and the ones I’ve found state that they only handle temps. up to 250 degrees F.
I usually buy them at Wal-Mart, but target sometimes has them, as does some hardware stores and grocery stores. They are canning jars, so they will be with other canning supplies. The jars shown are 1/2 pint wide-mouth jars.
Thank you! I’ll probably try them just for me then 😉
Do you have to spray the jars with anything so the apples won`t stick?
Nope, you should have no problem with them sticking. Happy baking!
Oooh! Question. My husband is currently overseas – I don’t suppose you have any idea how long these would be good for? I was thinking I could put the top on while it’s still hot to help seal it…
If you have no idea, that’s okay – I just figured I’d ask 🙂
Hi Sarah, I’m not sure if I would recommend these to last more than a few days (without being frozen or refrigerated). I think the moisture from the apples would cause the dessert to go bad after a few days (without refrigeration).
Very cute! I like how the scoop of ice cream fits perfectly in on top! Love you!
~Cecilia
I so love anything in jars. I’m also in love with apple pie, so these are perfect!
I absolutely love this idea, it looks amazing and really tasty!!!!!
I recently made red velvet jars and before that rainbow jars.. and I think I´ll be making many more jar desserts in the future.. whoever thought of it first is a genius..lol!
Greetings from Spain!
Johlene
Flavours and Frosting
these are SO festive! I happen to love everything in a tiny jar, but those pies look amazing