Every year, the same old' pie and same old' recipe gets a little old. Why not try beautifying your tried and true pie recipes with some easy pie decorations? By saving a small amount of dough, you can create one of a kind pie masterpieces. These simple options provide awe-inspiring additions to your traditional pies.
1. Using the cookie cutter approach allows you to make clever themed designs with the dough.
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Great ideas for easy pie decorations:
- Christmas cookie cutter for the holidays
- letters for a message or
- apples on an apple pie.
- cover an apple pie in stars and stripes for the Fourth of July
After rolling out your pie dough, take the extra overhanging pieces of dough and roll them into a ball . These are the pieces that are often to large for your lower pie crust and place them in the freezer. Follow the subsequent steps of your recipe and just before you add the pie to the oven, grab your extraneous dough.
Roll the extra dough out at the same consistency of your pie crust and take your themed cookie cutter and stamp away. Be sure to flour the surface frequently, as this will prevent your pieces from sticking. If you don't have a cookie cutter, take a small knife and cut stars, leaves or candy canes. Place your dough pieces around the edge of the pie in a decorative fashion. On fruit pies, I prefer to place the shapes overlapping to form a decorative faux lattice work.
2. Braiding is a perfect easy pie design. Like before, take your leftover dough and roll it into a rectangle. Cut the dough into half inch strips (I prefer using a pizza cutter). Take the long strips and braid them gently. If the pie crust gets to warm and starts to break, put it back in the freezer for 15 minutes.
When you get to the end of a section, grab three more strips and incorporate into the original three by smooching them in. Keep braiding until you have a braid long enough to go around the edge of the pie. Press firmly on the edge of your pie.
3. The fold around method gives you a geometric design centered around an open hole in the middle and is ideal for fruit pies. Most easy pie dough recipes will give you enough for a top and bottom crust, so when it tells you to divide them into two discs, just keep them as one.
Roll out the full dough recipe and cut it into a circle 3 inches longer than your pie plate. Add the large dough circle to your pie plate and fill. Fold one side of the dough in and keep folding along to the left of the first fold. The dough will over lap on itself and create a hole in the center.
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