Pie Unit

For the pie unit, we made two types of pies: an apple pie and pumpkin pie. These were two different types of pies that are made. The apple pie was a free-form pie that had apple slices in it while the pumpkin pie filling was a purée. To make the pie crust, we were introduced to a new ingredient which is Crisco - which is a vegetable shortening. It is similar to butter, but it makes the pie crust flakier than using just butter. We had to cut in the Crisco just like the butter before adding in the other ingredients. We also learned a new way to roll out dough using two sheets of saran wrap. We would place the dough inside the saran wrap and then roll the dough in between the two sheets of saran. This prevented the dough from sticking to the rolling pin and it decreased the amount of excess flour that we needed to roll out the dough. Aside from making pies, we used the pie crust to make poptarts. We used the same pie crust recipe, but we rolled out the dough into two rectangles and put the filling in between the two pieces of dough. Making poptarts allowed us to be able to use the pie crust in different ways besidesusing it just for pies.

~Maryyam A.