Caramel Apple LolliPies

So I tried my hand at the pies on a stick that have been appearing on pinterest and featured on Bakerella. I made them for an apple party my middle son is having at school tomorrow. The 1st class has been studying apples all week, and tomorrow they are getting to taste different recipes in which apples are used.  I thought the mini pies would be perfect for little hands.

Caramel Apple Mini Pies On A Stick

Mini  Apple Pie

List of Supplies: Pie Crust, Flour, Cookie Sticks, Apple Pie Filling, Cinnamon, Egg White, Caramel Bites, Small Round Cookie Cutter

1.  First I smashed up my apples in a large mixing bowl so they would be easier to work with. I added just a dash more of cinnamon to the apples.
2. Roll out pie crust and sprinkle with flour to keep from sticking. Now cut out your circles. I made about 8-9 pies with one 9inch crust.
3. Place bottom crust on cookie sheet, add your baking cookie stick
4. Add in your toppings I used a 1/4 teaspoon to measure out the apples (very small amount), and added one or two caramel bites
5. Add top crust and use one of the cookie stick to press down the sides
6. Brush tops with egg whites
7. Bake for 15-17 minutes at 375 degrees

Here is a shot of a couple of the stages. Sorry for the bad glare!

Smashed Apples

Wrapped Up and Ready for A Classroom full of 1st Graders

Hope you all enjoy! It was super easy. A little time consuming but very simple. Would help to have more than one cookie sheet. I only have one.

AppleTV

Yep it's that small

My husband recently purchased AppleTV, which I must admit has allowed the media computer in our house to become much more user friendly, at least it has for the electronically challenged mom in the household anyway.

AppleTV has been nice to have since we canceled our cable about about a year ago (smart move for our house and we have not missed it one bit). We now only buy/rent or favorite television series directly from itunes instead of paying for all those channels we never watched anyway. The kids are happy with Netflix instant watch which is also accessible with the AppleTV interface. Along with this comes a growing movie collection on the media computer, thanks in part to the digital copies included in our blue-ray purchases.

Easy To Use Interface

All in all, AppleTV has been a win for the family in allowing easy access within the entertainment department and saving the family from overpriced cable service. It’s been nice to save a little money in that way. Even with the the cost of Netflix service, occasional iTunes download and purchasing more DVDs, I would say we save well over half of what we were paying to the cable company.

This little spiel about our new media set up got me thinking about the movies that I don’t own, but wished were part of our media collection. I am positive I could come up with 100’s of titles(I love movies)but I figured 10 was a good number to start with. To clarify, these are only movies I would watch over and over again! I don’t like to buy a movie I haven’t seen for that purpose. I say rent first and buy only if you love it. That is my movie motto.

10 movies I wished I owned are….drum roll please

1. How To Train Your Dragon

2. Love Actually

3. The Wizard of Oz

4. Due Date

5. The Shawshank Redemption

6. The Last Unicorn

7. Frequency

8. A Time to Kill

9. The Butterfly Effect

10. The Illusionist

What movies would make your list of movies worthy enough to gain the honor of being rewatched?
 
 
 
A speical side note in small print: My husband was right and I was wrong. I love AppleTV! See I can admit that I was wrong confused!