One of my favorite new gadgets this summer are my mini pie plates. I wanted to have something that I could use for chicken pot pies, or individual pies for desserts.

Most of the small pie pans on the market are expensive and larger than what I wanted. I ended up purchasing  a set of 10 made by Libbey. Amazon has them for $15.00, which is a pretty good price after looking around.

They are 4.9 inches in size, I know that sounds small but they are the perfect size for one serving. They are glass so will go from the freezer to the microwave which is handy if your item is frozen. I only bake with mine but you could find many uses for these small pie plates when entertaining.

Individual Pot Pies
Crust
A double 10 inch recipe will give you enough for the bottom and top crusts for 6 individual pies. If you have my cookbook just double the 10 inch crust recipe. You will need 100g of crust for each double crusted mini pie plate. The bottom crust is 60g of dough and needs to be rolled out to a diameter of 6 inches. The top will need to be rolled out to 5 inches and 40g of pie dough.

Filling
Each pie holds 1/2 a cup of filling. This will give you an idea of how much filling you will need to make.