Simply cut out 6 pastry base circles and top circles, line the hotplate with a little oil and the pastry bases (while it's unplugged and switched off! You can do whatever you would put in a regular pie, but of course you are making much smaller pie maker pies. Our staffer Alla gave the Dash mini pie maker a try, making blueberry pies, apple pies and breakfast quiches.

Enjoy a simple way to use leftover meats and vegetables or have fun baking being creative trying new recipes. Read more about the condition New: A brand-new, unused, unopened and undamaged item in original retail packaging (where packaging is applicable). But as using a pie maker involves making and cooking them at the same time, you don’t really have the option of freezing the pies uncooked. While sweet dessert pies were depicted on the tomb walls of Pharaoh Ramesses II in the Valley of Kings, it was the Romans who covered their meats with pastry dough, the latter of which was said to have been invented by the Ancient Greeks. While it seems useful to be able to make and reheat your own frozen minipies, it seems a waste of a hundred dollars for a glorified pie-crust-toaster, seeing as how the fillings have to be already cooked.

Cooking a batch takes no time at all, with the built-in smart technology ensuring perfect results every time. Here, I recommend leaving the filling to cool because, if you add hot filling to cold pastry, it will melt the pastry and prevent you from getting a lovely crispy crust.

I cooked for two minutes, rotated, cooked for another two minutes, uncovered for five minutes, but had to add another five minutes covered at the end because the top crust hadn't cooked yet. I was able to make a variety of sweet and savory mini pies in a matter of just one hour and that's including prep and cleaning up in the kitchen! Then allow them to cook for approximately 10-15 minutes, until your pies are fully cooked, switch off, remove and enjoy your scrummy homemade pies! Once you have chosen your crust, whether it is pastry or wraps, its time to think about the pie filling for your pie maker.Work quickly: As the machine will be hot, once you start placing the pastry into the pie maker, it will already start to cook. Practical: If you regularly make sweet and/or savoury pies, you might find that your pie maker will be used more often than not.