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These were pretty good, but they took so long to make I doubt I'd make them again. Making the dough and cutting out all the circles was really time intensive. I couldn't really taste the cheese in the crust. The filling was good, but not amazing. I had added green pepper and small diced potatoes (frozen hash browns) when cooking the beef. I didn't have a 2.5\" cutter so I used a 3\" one and that seemed to work out fine. I think I got a good 16 mini pies out of it. Overall a decent recipe, but not really for us.<\/p>","CommentId":1,"DateRated":"04\/24\/2018 04:49","GUID":"e9d92891ca1f41d29f5e39143d09edc8","MemberId":6612040,"Rating":4,"ScreenName":"PrplMonky5","SubmittedDate":"04\/24\/2018 04:49"},{"Comment":"","CommentId":2,"DateRated":"12\/30\/2014 17:41","GUID":"93234a7f85d14bbc8289996f8902073e","MemberId":8191079,"Rating":5,"ScreenName":"llisa110","SubmittedDate":"12\/30\/2014 17:41"},{"Comment":"
We loved these at our house. I especially liked that you can freeze them and take out a few at a time. The original recipe, which was what I used, called for a whole packet of onion soup mix, which seemed to be fine and not too salty. (It also called for added salt, which was completely unnecessary.) As my kids say, "this is a keeper!"<\/p>","CommentId":3,"DateRated":"10\/30\/2014 12:06","GUID":"B6FFA8BBEF159AB6F99F5B949C0F877B","MemberId":212062,"Rating":5,"ScreenName":"collectorkerri","SubmittedDate":"10\/30\/2014 12:05"}]},"breadcrumb":[],"meta_data":{"enhanced_fields":{"enhanced_recipe_title":"Miniature Meat Pies"}},"analytics":[],"yoast_head":"\n