Okay so I have been trying to make little pies to freeze and send to someone special. And I'm having a hell of a time with it too.
I'm currently using this mold, LINK, which is adorable, has a self made steam vent, and is supposedly easy to use. Note the supposedly part.
SO...I need more pie crust ideas and filling ideas. I want to try starting a blog on this where I can put together a list of my failures as well as a list of my accomplishments. The someone special has agreed to be my test subject with my evil horrible (okay not all of them are evil and horrible...some are awesome) coworkers have been getting the, not even good enough to send to him, pies. Very very much have not been good...if they haven't had my good stuff I think a couple would believe I don't know how to boil water.
I've been using a basic pie recipe; flour, lard, ice water. But for some reason it falls apart to easily. So I went and got a boxed pie crust...horrible stuff to me, don't know why, but I wanted to see if it would fair any better. It did NOT. I know the dough is cold enough...like currently cause I was a idiot my house is 47 degrees F. Long story, not getting into it, thanks.
So help and ideas would be appreciated...thanks.
I'm currently using this mold, LINK, which is adorable, has a self made steam vent, and is supposedly easy to use. Note the supposedly part.
SO...I need more pie crust ideas and filling ideas. I want to try starting a blog on this where I can put together a list of my failures as well as a list of my accomplishments. The someone special has agreed to be my test subject with my evil horrible (okay not all of them are evil and horrible...some are awesome) coworkers have been getting the, not even good enough to send to him, pies. Very very much have not been good...if they haven't had my good stuff I think a couple would believe I don't know how to boil water.
I've been using a basic pie recipe; flour, lard, ice water. But for some reason it falls apart to easily. So I went and got a boxed pie crust...horrible stuff to me, don't know why, but I wanted to see if it would fair any better. It did NOT. I know the dough is cold enough...like currently cause I was a idiot my house is 47 degrees F. Long story, not getting into it, thanks.
So help and ideas would be appreciated...thanks.
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