Cherry Pie Day

I love a piece a cherry pie, especially when it is warm and with a scoop of ice cream on the side. I really like them when pies are in individual servings, like in my Pie Jars post. In case you are in the mood to celebrate Cherry Pie Day today by making cherry pie, here is my cherry pie in a jar recipe!

You will need:

• Small Mason or Ball jars, 4 oz size. My local stores only had the wide mouth Half Pint size, but Amazon also has cute 4 oz jars in a quilted design.
• Pie crusts (I used refrigerated pie crusts). I found that a box of 2 pie crusts made 4-5 small pies.
• Cherry Pie filling. It can be as simple as a canned pie filling.
• Aluminum foil or silicone baking mat
• Large baking dish or cookie sheet

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
2. Use the lid of the mason jar to cut a circle out of the pie dough for each pie jar. This will be the pie's top crust. I used a store bought refrigerated dough; however since I like a thinner crust, I rolled out the dough.
3. Use the rest of the crust to fill the jar for the bottom crust. Make sure to bring the dough to the top of the jar so there is enough dough to crimp the top crust to the bottom crust.
4. Fill the jar with about 3-4 tablespoons of filling. DM Tip: Don't overfill! My filling rose quite a bit while baking and then settled back down while it cooled.
5. If desired, cut out shapes from the top crust and set aside. 
6. Place the top crust on the pie and crimp the edges together.
7. Place the cut outs on top of the crust.
8. Place mat on cookie sheet or inside baking pan.
9. Place pie jars on sheet and bake for 30-35 minutes.
10. Allow jars to cool before serving.