Strawberry Mini Pie (Whole Wheat)

Pie is a baked dish that can be prepared either sweet or savory. It is made with a pastry dough that is filled with a stuffing of various types. The pie crust is made traditionally with all-purpose flour/maida and lots of butter. To avoid that, in my recipe I have used whole wheat flour and some oil. This recipe is a sweet pie and I used strawberry filling for this. But you can do this with blueberries, pineapples, apples or even fruit jam.

For more pie recipes, you may also check my Pie Cake and Apple Pie recipes.

For pie crust:

Whole wheat/multi-grain flour/all-purpose flour – 1 cup (I used whole-wheat)

Butter (unsalted)/Oil – 3 tsp

Salt – 1 tsp (or use salted butter without the salt)

Sugar – 1 tbsp (Powdered)

Vanilla extract – ¼ tsp, optional

Baking powder – ½ tsp

Buttermilk/water – enough to form dough

For strawberry filling:

Strawberries – 8-10 (cut into small pieces)

Honey – 1 tbsp

Orange rind/zest – ½ tsp, optional

Corn flour/starch – 2 tbsp

Other:

Semolina/suji – 1 tbsp, for dusting the baking bowls

Oil/butter – 1 tsp, for greasing the baking bowls

Cookie cutters/small round katori/plate – for cutting the pie crust

Milk/oil/butter – for brushing the pie

Procedure:

1. Combine all the ingredients under ‘for pie crust’ and form dough. The dough should be slightly dry and not wet like Indian roti/chapati dough. Cover with a cloth and set aside.
2. In a mixing bowl, combine all the ingredients under ‘for strawberry filling’ and set aside.
3. Take 2 small oven-safe bowls/katoris and grease them with oil/butter. Sprinkle little semolina/suji so that the dough wouldn’t stick to it. Set aside.
4. Spread some flour on your work surface and roll out the dough into ½ inch thickness. Using a cookie cutter/katori, cut the dough into 2 equal round circles such that their size is bigger than the mouth of your greased bowls/katori. This is because the dough should cover the greased bowls entirely from the inside.
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6. Using a smaller cookie cutter/katori cut 2 more circles. This is to cover the mouth of the greased bowls.
7. Take one greased bowl and place one bigger pie crust circle in it. With a gentle hand, make sure the crust covers the sides of the bowl.
8. Place half the strawberry filling in it. Cover it with the smaller pie crust circle. Brush it with milk/oil. Repeat the same for other pie too.
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10. Bake them in a pre-heated oven at 200°C for 15-20 minutes or until they turn golden brown.
11. Remove from oven and let them cool for a while. Serve warm/cold.

Note:

1. You can use a muffin mould or cupcake mould to bake individual pieces.
2. You may be creative and cut the top pie crust into any shapes you prefer. I just cut it into star shape.
3. Make sure the strawberry filling is not very wet because that will make the pie soggy.

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