One of the best parts of making pie crust is that you always have pie crust leftover!
Don’t throw that pie crust away – make Pie Fries! Flaky, tender pie crust covered in butter and cinnamon sugar. Yum!!
I saw this cute idea in one of my Food Network magazines and had to try it. You might even want to make pie crust just so you can make Pie Fries
To make your pie dough please follow my Perfect Pie Crust Tutorial.
Roll your dough out a little thicker than you would for a pie crust. This pastry is so tender and flaky that if they are too thin they will break when you try to remove them from the cookie sheet. I wish I had rolled mine out a bit thicker.
Use a pizza cutter to cut out the size of fries that you’d like. I then rolled the dough up from the end into a little spiral to make it easier to transfer to the cookie sheet and then just unrolled them again.
Transfer them to a cookie sheet. Even if they don’t look all nice and even and pretty they will still taste good!!
Brush them with some melted butter.
And sprinkle them with some cinnamon sugar. I use about 1/2 cup sugar to 1 Tbsp cinnamon.
Bake in 350 degree oven for about 10-12 minutes or until golden brown. Time will depend on thickness of fries.
Allow them to cool and then they are ready to eat!
I like to dip them into a little raspberry or strawberry jam. I had a container of jam in my freezer that hadn’t set up so it was perfect!
I am thinking a little nutella would be pretty amazing too!
So easy, so fun and so delicious!! Pie Fries!
Pie Fries
Ingredients
- Leftover pie dough
- melted butter
- Cinnamon sugar - 1/2 C sugar to 1 Tbsp cinnamon
Instructions
- Roll out pie dough onto a floured surface.
- Roll out a bit thicker than you would for a pie.
- Cut into strips using a pizza cutter
- Brush with melted butter
- Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar
- Bake in 350 oven for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown. Time will depend on thickness of fries.
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What a great idea!!! I actually have leftover pie crust that is begging me to turn it into fries!!
Have fun making pie fries!!
We do this all the time with leftover pie crust. But we usually don’t cut it into thin strips like that. We just use the actual shapes that are leftover without rolling them out again. I’ve also used the I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter Spray to butter the pieces–so quick and easy. This is my husband’s favorite part of making pie.
I think it may be my favorite part of pie making too!
I always love this special treat part of baking.Grew up with it and then did it with my children. Never thought of calling them “pie fries”.
Just a fun twist on an old favorite!
This has been tradition in our family for as long as I can remember! My Mom always called them “Cinnamon crispies” 🙂
I just Pinned something similar to this yesterday! The version I Pinned used a cookie cutter in holiday shapes instead of strips. They were then given an egg wash and sprinkled with cinnamon sugar before baking. I think I like your melted butter better than an egg wash! That would add more flavor!
Love the idea of using cookie cutters for the holidays. I agree about the butter!
What a cute and tasty idea! Love the little red and white bags you have them in. Fun!
Pinning this one for later. I love pie and I love fries and together….oh my.
I am almost 70 and remember eating these all my life. We loved eating the “scraps” from
mom’s pie making…..with the cinnamon and sugar baked on top of course.
One of my favorite treats from my childhood! Whenever my dad made a pie we could hardly wait for the “pie strips” (as we called them) to be complete! Needless to say, they never lasted long and still don’t to this very day! Although, I do have to say, he never used/uses the butter – just the cinnamon and sugar and they are still delicious!!!
Just saw this idea and it is adorable. My mom always made little tarts with the pie dough. I love your idea of the strips and placed in the striped bags.
Where did you purchase those bags from?
Thank you for all your wonderful ideas.
I purchased the bags from a store in Salt Lake City, Utah called Gygi’s but I have also seen them on etsy. I have them in lots of colors!
ok…I’m going to keep calling them scraps, lol, or cinnamon strips…come on they aren’t even fried.
Whatever you call them – they are yummy!