Peel, core and cut the apples into a small dice.(Optional step, toss the apples with a little bit of lemon juice to prevent browning.) 8-½ cups chopped apples
In a large bowl, mix the apples with the flour, sugars, and spices.
½ cup all-purpose flour, 1-½ cup white sugar, ½ cup brown sugar, 3-¼ teaspoons Apple Pie Spice
Toss to coat and set aside.
Preheat the oven to 400-degrees, and grease the muffin tin. Set aside and prepare the dough.
On a floured surface, roll out your dough just slightly, take care not to make it too thin. Using a 3.5-inch cookie cutter, the ring of a mason jar lid or a glass, cut circles for the bottom crust.
Then, gently push the circles of dough into each of the wells in the muffin tin.
3-4 individual pieces refrigerated pie crust
Next, spoon the apple pie filling into each of the muffin cups.
After that, dot each tart with a ½ teaspoon of butter.
6 teaspoons butter
You can top these little tarts however you like - I used the remaining dough to cut some some Fall cookie cutters to decorate the top of my tarts.
Make the egg wash by beating 1 egg with 1 tablespoon of water or milk.
egg, 1 tablespoon water
Brush the top of the dough decorations with the egg wash.
Bake the pie tarts in the oven for 18-22 minute, depending on your oven, until they are golden brown.
Let them cool in the pan for a few minutes, before carefully removing them from the tins and allow them to cool on a cooling rack.