pie pop recipe and please vote!

remember how I entered in a Thanksgiving photo contest? now it's time to VOTE for my picture!

today I bring you the recipe for those adorable pie pops I sneak-peaked a few days ago! thanks to Hannah for asking about it. :)

Apple Pie Pops
orignal source/inspiration: Bakerella (step-by-step) and Luxirare (beautiful photography and packaging) 

Ingredients
2 nine inch pie crusts (I used store bought for speed and convenience)
1 cup apple pie filling*
20 lollipop sticks (Mine made between 15 and 20 pie pops) 
1 egg
cinnamon to taste

1. Preheat oven to 375°F. 
2. Sprinkle a bit of flour on the pie unrolled pie crust and flip it over. Cut shapes with cookie cutters (round shape=higher filling-to-crust ration, heart shape=lower filling-to-crust ratio). 

2. Place half of the cut-out shapes on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Stick lollipop sticks on top of the shapes.

3. Put a small spoonful or so of pie filling on each shape in the center (put less than you think they need so they don't overflow)
4. Place each remaining crust cut-out on top of its corresponding pie-filling-covered shape. Use a lollipop to seal the edges, lightly pressing down and creating indents. (If extra juice squirts out, wipe it away for clean pops. If you don't mind a little oozing of gooey goodness, let it be.)

5. Crack the egg into a bowl and separate the whites. Brush pie pops with egg whites (for glisten). Sprinkle on cinnamon to taste. Bake for 12-15 minutes or until the tops look golden brown.

*you could easily do another flavor of pie filling. I again used store bought for time's sake, but this would be amazing made from scratch... just make sure it's more gel-like than chunky.

mmmmm

a cluster to give to friends + family! though this recipe was intended for Thanksgiving (didn't post it when I wanted to!), it would be perfect for a variety of holidays... the heart cookie cutter would make cute pie pops for Valentine's Day, for example. have fun with the recipe and let me know what you think! 
~Monica

P.S. sorry for the low quality pictures during the baking process (all the dated pictures)... I didn't have my camera, so I was using a sad little one that doesn't even have optical zoom. :'(  poor little point-n-shoot!

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