Mini Deep Dish Berry Pies are made with fresh picked, juicy black raspberries, and a super soft, lightly sweet pastry dough making this a wonderful summer time treat!
It’s widely known that I love making pies; big, little it doesn’t matter. There’s something so cathartic about rolling out the dough. I want to love it into the pie pans or in this case, mini springform pans. Each pie is about 3 1/2 inches wide and 2 inches high and loaded with juicy berries sweetened with melted jelly and thickened with a grated Granny Smith apple. So simple, so delicious and so darn cute!
Last Saturday, my husband and I visited a local farm to pick raspberries, but the bulk of the berries were not yet ripe. We were able to pick about 5 cups of black raspberries, more than enough for these 4 little pies. Being outside with my floppy straw hat and a nice warm breeze is so refreshing. I know I could live on a farm and never miss high heels, makeup or a desk job. I’m an outdoor girl 🙂
I recently came across a recipe for pastry dough that includes one egg yolk. This recipe is adapted from the original by Nigel Slater.
The pie dough almost has a shortbread cookie quality and is very soft and easy to work with.
If you’re a newby to rolling out crust, you may want to give this a try. I had to make some tweaks to the original recipe but am thrilled with the end results. You’ll see this crust recipe again on SRFD!
You don’t need special mini spring-form pans to make these pies.
Any small ramekin will work too. The recipe is designed with those dimensions in mind so please adjust as needed if you use smaller or bigger pans. However, I love how easily they were removed from the springform pan but I’d be happy serve them in a ramekin too. Needless to say, I am just plain happy about these pies!
The recipe makes four mini deep dish pies. However, I had a visitor just after they came out of the oven. I gifted one of the pies to my friend and he promised to share with his wife so I hope they love it! Being a SRFD taste tester is serious business and feedback is required 🙂
Dust with confectioners’ sugar just before serving.
The pies can be served warm but I would not recommend serving them hot from the oven. The juices will need time to thicken and cool a little. The grated apple actually helps thicken the berry juice but you’ll never know it’s in there.
Were you wondering why there’s a little hole in the top?
You know that’s for the ice cream to melt into the pie! Ice cream is not necessary but is highly recommended. There’s nothing better than warm berry pie with cold creamy ice cream. Perhaps it’s a southern thing – but no matter where it came from it’s a good thing!
Mini Deep Dish Berry Pies can be made with blueberries, blackberries, or black raspberries, whatever is fresh, available and ripe!
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Love fresh berry pies? We do too – check out some of our favorites from the archives:
Blackberry Tarts ~ juicy, ripe blackberries nestled in a buttery, flaky crust for an iconic, all American summer dessert.
Blueberry Crumble Pie – made with fresh, sweet blueberries topped with a crispy crumble all baked up in a wonderful summer pie. A must make for your ripe blueberries!
Mixed Berry Hand Pies with your favorite berries tucked inside a tender, flaky buttery crust. No fork needed!
Still craving more mini pie recipes? Check out these Mini Samoa Pies loaded with caramel from Crazy for Crust. Love these Mini Chocolate Fudge Cream Pies from The Baker Mama too – so creamy! For a savory spin on pies – check out these Mini Taco Hand Pies from Lemons for Lulu. Finally, if you’re just nuts for pies, check out all our pie recipes HERE.
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Made with fresh picked, juicy black raspberries, and a super soft, lightly sweet pastry dough making this a wonderful summer time treat!
- 2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
- 12 tablespoons unsalted butter, chilled and cut into cubes
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1 large egg yolk
- 2 tablespoons ice water
- 3 heaping cups black raspberries, blueberries or blackberries
- 1 Granny Smith apple, peeled, cored and grated on a large box grater
- 1/4 cup raspberry or blackberry jelly melted
- 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
- Juice of 1/2 a lemon
- Optional: powdered sugar for dusting and/or vanilla ice cream
- You will need four deep mini pie pans about 4"x2". Place the pie pans or mini springform pans on a baking sheet lined with foil. Set aside.
- To prepare the dough, combine the flour, salt and confectioners' sugar in the bowl of a food processor. Add the butter and pulse until it forms a coarse meal. Add the egg yolk and ice water and pulse just until the dough comes together.
- Gather the dough together and place on a piece of wax paper. Form the dough into a thick log and wrap tightly. Refrigerate about an hour.
- While the dough is resting, prepare the berries.
- Clean and pick over the berries. Place them in a large mixing bowl and sprinkle with 1 tablespoon granulated sugar.
- Melt the jelly in the microwave on 50% power for about 1 minute. Stir and heat again if needed. Set aside to cool for a few minutes.
- Peel, core and grate the apple. Add the grated apple, lemon juice and jelly to the black raspberries. Gently stir to combine. Set aside.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Divide the dough into four equal pieces. Roll out one of the pieces of dough on a lightly floured clean work surface. The dough should be large enough to overlap on the top (see photos). I rolled mine to about 8-inches. It does not have to be an exact round or have super smooth edges. This is a rustic pie not meant to be fancy.
- Repeat with the remaining dough and fill each with 1/4th of the berry filling and juices.
- Fold over the excess dough but do not seal.
- Bake in the preheated 375 degree oven for 30-35 minutes or until the crust is brown and the filling is bubbly.
- Remove from the oven and allow the pies to rest for 15 minutes before serving.
Dust with confectioners' sugar or serve with ice cream if desired.
Pastry recipe slightly adapted from Tender: Volume II by Nigel Slater
Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you have a terrific week 🙂
Tricia
Can you make the dough ahead of time and store for use at a later date?
He Ouida! Yes I think that will be fine. I freeze pie pastry all the time in discs. Thaw overnight in the refrigerator before using. Good luck. These are so good!
These are the cutest little pies! We just went strawberry picking and I bet this recipe would be a great way to use up those berries!
Thanks Tanya – strawberries would be great!
I’d like to do this recipe off-season as well. Do you deal with frozen berries any differently?
Thanks for the great question Dianna. I would thaw the berries first but I haven’t tested this method. Berries are still plentiful in our grocery stores all year long. I don’t use frozen berries often, except in smoothies and as a topping for yogurt. Good luck.
These are showstoppers Tricia, I bet they are delicious!
Your pies are ADORABLE! I’ll have to save your pastry recipe as it sounds amazing. (And how do I apply for the job of your taste tester?)
Thank you very much Beth! I wish we lived closer because I could always use another honest taste tester 🙂 Hope you had a lovely weekend!
Can I join you on the farm? And can we make pies all day? And then eat them? And then maybe we can bake cookies?
Doesn’t that sound like a dream come true Abbe? Yes we can bake cookies and I would love to see what you come up with! Happy 4th of July!
Those mini pies are stinkin’ cute, Tricia! My mouth is watering just thinking about that flaky crust and berry filling. I used to pick wild black raspberries with my mother in the summer and don’t see them too often anymore but I’m sure these would be just as great with red raspberries or just about any berry. Outdoor gal myself 🙂
Thank you Susan! Those of us that have been locked in offices for years of our lives probably miss the outdoors more than most. Picking berries with my family is a wonderful memory for me too – mostly blackberries in Tennessee. We love have a farm close by with pick your own berries – can’t wait for the blueberries too!
Oh, I so enjoyed this post, Tricia! I wish I lived on a farm too and could grow all my own food and wander through the field in jeans and a tshirt! And love skipping the make-up, lol.
Berries are my very favourite food and I’m convinced I was a bear in a former life because I could easily subsist on them alone.
This recipe is simply gorgeous and I was smiling at every shot!
Thank you very much Robyn – your comment made my day!
How cute! Those berries are absolutely irresistible.
Thank you Angie – they were so much fun to make 🙂
Such a cute dessert idea! Thanks for including suggestions of other pans we can use.
P.S.–the egg yolk is missing in the list of dough ingredients….
Oh thank you so much Marlene!
These little pies look so good. The pastry sounds perfect. I can’t wait for mire recipes from you using it.
Thanks Elaine! I am excited about it too 🙂
Adorable Tricia and I have some of those pans:)Serendipitous:)
These little pans are terrific – hope you enjoy Monique!
I will definitely make these very cute pies when I get home .
Thank you Gerlinde – and please let me know what you think!
GASP! You are SO BAD for my diet, Tricia!!!! LOL These little pies look SOOOOOOO GOOOOOOD!!!! 😉
Mine too Becky! Have a great 4th of July 🙂
These look amazing! Love the recipe you’ve put together on this!
Thanks Katherine!
Those pies really are cute! As are the springform pans. Gotta get some of those! Great recipe — that dough looks really interesting. And yes, ice cream is a must with pie!
Thanks John – these pans are pretty great – I use them for everything 🙂
I have never had a deep dish berry pie and it looks wonderful! I love the mini size and I’m imagining that thick bite of berries with the buttery crisp crust. So smart to use grated apple as a thickener; I learn something new every day! And ice cream – yes, please…a must, I think!
I always think of you when making small batches and mini-desserts! I think you would love this Monica – hope you give it a try. Thanks – and yes the ice cream is a must!
These little babies look and sound delicious
Thanks Larry – you should try it with your homegrown blueberries 🙂
just too cute and I love how deep they are… all that pastry is no good for the figure but we suffer for our art right? Perfect taste of summer!
Yeah Dom – cute is not always good for us – in so many ways! That’s why we “save room for dessert!” and enjoy a splurge ever now and then 🙂
These pies look delicious, and it’s such a great idea to use apple as a thickener instead of a starch!
Thanks Sara! You can’t taste the apple so it’s my go to method with fruit pies. It worked amazingly well with our Blueberry Crumble Pie 🙂
Black raspberries are my ultimate favorite fruit, we used to pick them wild in New Hampshire and I’ve never forgotten how amazing they are.Your photos are just beautiful!
Thanks Sue – my husband loves these berries – and declared them his favorite 🙂 I am still partial to blackberries myself. Have a terrific week!
So pretty and I love the small and deep shape! More fruit 🙂 You are the pie queen!
Lots of fruit Jennifer – and there is nothing like fresh juicy fruit! Thanks for stopping by – have a wonderful Wednesday 🙂
These are just lovely Tricia and I can’t wait to try your pastry dough. It sounds and looks wonderful. Love your falling powdered sugar too! Beautiful!
You’re going to love the pastry Chris! Thanks so much for stopping by.