Chili Pot Pie Bites!

Today we, The Carolina Panthers, are playing The Saints. This is a huge game for us and America's "Game of the Week". It's gonna be tough, but we're playing as I type this and 7 down but two and a half quarters to go.

With football, there is food.

So I made tasty things for people to eat while we watch the game and cheer the Panthers on. These are made of leftover chili and refrigerated pie crust. Not much more than that and cheese. Lots of cheese, a Mexican Blend and Pepper Jack. Woot!

I rarely buy something not on sale. The pie crusts were no exception, I got them a couple of weeks ago on sale at Harris Teeter with the intention of making empanadas. I adore them and have a neat little empanada squisher (hand pie maker) that crimps the edges perfectly! Alas I still have another pack of pie crusts to use and make them.

First I unrolled the pie crust and used a scalloped edge cookie cutter to cut out 14 circles per crust.

Next I put the cut circles in my greased mini-muffin pan, making sure to use a case knife to let the air that gets trapped underneath the crusts.

Then I filled the crusts with a heaping half tablespoon of my leftover chili with the shredded cheese added to it.

Now I cut my leftover pie crusts into little footballs for the decoration.

Then they got baked at 450 for about 13 minutes. And came out amazing!!!

I ate one so soon that I had to take a pic with one missing from the pan.

Tiny pies!!

Also, I used even extra leftover crust to make little hand pies. They are tasty but the crust to chili ratio was too high for me.

Hope you enjoy!!!