Pie Unit

In this unit, we made various types of pies. The first recipe we made was an apple galette. After that we made pumpkin pies, and then we made pinwheel cookies using pie crust. In all of these recipes we had to make pie crust and roll it out. We needed to learn the techniques of rolling out the dough so that it was the correct thickness and the shape was right. For the apple galette we rolled the pie crust into a circle by rolling from the center, out, and then making quarter turns after each roll. This created a nearly perfect circle. We then put our sliced apples coated in cinnamon in the center of the dough, and wrapped the dough up around it. For the pumpkin pie, we made a more traditional looking pie. We rolled out the dough into a circle the same way, and then put it into a pie tin. We fluted the edges for aesthetic appeal, and then poured the pumpkin filling in. For the pinwheel cookies, we rolled the pie crust into more of an oval shape and then cut it into strips. We coated each strip in egg and sprinkled them with cinnamon and sugar. We then rolled them up into little pinwheels and baked them. All of our recipes this unit turned out pretty well.

-Veronica E.