The greatest tools for decorating pies are cookie cutters. You can use standard cutters or any of the new "specialty" dough cutters that have the plunger to add more detail.
I suggest increasing your crust recipe by half if using cookie cutters.
I suggest increasing your crust recipe by half if using cookie cutters.
I baked the holly leaves on this pie and they got a bit too dark.
Covering with foil helps, or I baked them separately for my Jack-O-Lantern Pumpkin Pie HERE.
Covering with foil helps, or I baked them separately for my Jack-O-Lantern Pumpkin Pie HERE.
Here's an example of using the cookie cutter to make the pie vent a decorative shape:
A star, gingerbread man or tree shape would work well.
You can cut a word out of your upper crust, something simple like "Joy" or "Peace" would be beautiful:
Dear Santa, please bring us a better team for next season... thank you.
Or maybe instead of a one piece upper crust cut all different sizes and piece them together:
Or maybe instead of a one piece upper crust cut all different sizes and piece them together:
This was a mini pie.
You could take that idea one step further and add some colored sugar for a pop of color:
My best tip? The most important part of baking is to have fun,
and if all else fails remember what I always told my boys,
and if all else fails remember what I always told my boys,
if the pie's ugly, you know it's homemade:@)
