Sunday, June 24, 2012

Forever May She Wave Pie

I use cookie cutters for pies more than cookies! Here's a fun idea if you're planning to make a pie for the 4th of July. This happens to be an apple/rhubarb pie but any fruit would be great. I used a small star cutter and then cut stripes of various widths with a pizza cutter so that as I twisted them they'd look like they were waving in the wind. You'll have to make extra crust, I made 1 1/2 batches just to make sure I had enough.
While I'm a big fan of a huge mounded apple pie, 
since the crust is detailed I cut the fruit a little smaller to try to keep the surface kind of even and flat.
The stripes are easier to work with and keep their shape better if they're about 1/2"-3/4" wide, 
some of mine got a little too wide and flattened out a bit.

Here's another version from a few years ago. This one's even easier!
For apple/rhubarb pie, use your favorite apple pie recipe 
and just substitute any amount of rhubarb you have.
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