Pie Pops!

So have y'all seen these new Pie Pops??
I originally saw them on Luxirare and lost my marbles for them!
I just had to give them a try!

The Pie Pop

I made my own pie crust...(because it is so much easier than a trip to the store).

Crust Recipe:

1 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp salt
3 tbsp milk
2/3 cup oil

Mix into a giant dough ball.

And roll it out nice and thin.

Cut circles out of the dough with a round cookie cutter or biscuit cutter. OR if you are like me and sometimes have to Macgyver it up in the kitchen because you don't have a biscuit cutter... you can cut the dough with the top of an empty canned good tin. Green beans, corn, crushed pineapple... they all work the same. ;)

Place the circle cut outs on a lightly greased cookie sheet. Place the stick half way onto the dough.

Scoop some pie filling onto the dough. The picture above has a little too much. You really can only fill them with just a small amount of filling. I obviously used cherry, but you can use any filling your heart desires. ;)

Cover the filling with a second dough circle and crimp the dough closed with the end of a free lollipop stick.

Then cover the sticks with foil.
(It may be easier to wrap them in foil first... I will try that next time.)

Next, brush on egg white over the outside of the pie pop.

And put them in the oven for 12-15 minutes at 375 degrees.

And you have Pie Pops!

Wrap them up and tie them with a bow!
Perfect presentation to give to a friend or neighbor.

Or to pack in a lunch...eat them on the go. I'd love to see my husband's co-workers' faces when he pulls a pie pop out of his lunch at work. haha. I would pay good money to see that.
He is such a good sport. :)

I'll let you know how that one goes over. ;)

My sister asked, "Who eats pie on the go?!"
... to which I responded,
"Who has ever had the option?!".
Now you do! ;)

I am the kind of person that LOVES sweets! But I don't like a whole lot of any one thing. Nothing poses a bigger dilemma than dessert after Thanksgiving. (Well maybe the only bigger dilemma is standing in front of the donut counter and having to choose two one donut.)
There is a table full of pies: Pumpkin pie, Apple Pie, Cherry Pie, Pecan Pie... the list goes on!

My dilemma: I have to CHOOSE just one?? Surely after Thanksgiving dinner I don't have the room to eat more than one piece... but what I wouldn't give to take those pies behind closed doors, pull out my fork and sample them all! I don't want one, I want a sampler!! A bite or two of each!
Which really has the wheels in my head turning... I think Pie Pops may make an appearance at Thanksgiving this year. (Maybe some without the stick)... so you don't look like a beastly monster eating more than one! In fact, eating more than one is the whole point! I encourage it. Sample them all!

Which brings me to a semi-unrelated point. Why don't restaurants have a dessert sampler!? This really bothers me. No, I do not want the whole chocolate lava volcano explosion. I just want a bite or two... and a bite or two of the apple crisp... and of the chocolate brownie with caramel sauce...and a bite or two of the...

I need to start a petition. Long live the dessert sampler!