yesterday Janelle and I went to a Relief Society pie making class. :) Since we have the week off, and can do awesome things like that. :)
We LOVED being there. There were about six ladies from our branch, all absolutely wonderful! While we mingled and exchanged stories of how we ended up in Moscow, our President Sister. Lockehead (one of the most beautiful women on this earth, i'm not kidding.) Taught as all we needed to know about pies. It was such fun!
After we made pie crusts, of all sorts, we headed off to the American Embassy school, where they were holding a mini Russian market. Okay, how cool would it be to attend an English school with kids from all over the world attending?! Talk about getting culturally educated!
At the market I stalked up on some souvenirs, FINALLY!, and then we headed back to Sister. Titus's house. She was so nice to offer us some mac & cheese, and a place to warm up while we waited for our bus. It was sooooo nice to be in a home again. I know understand why they call the home, our second temple. It was wonderful :)
Pies, greetings, shopping, mac & cheese, and the day still wasn't over with! We hopped on to our little bus, and headed off to find H&M. Mission completed! & I even bought myself a cute new birthday hat, ( that ended up being cheaper than I though! score!) I love the new hat. It makes me feel like a world traveler, AND now maybe my roommates won't be so embarrassed walking around Moscow with me... ;)
pretty good day I'll say, and look! I even accumulated 10 pie tips for you. and..right in time for Thanksgiving :)
1. Don't touch your pie too much, the less handling, the better.
2. use COLD water and butter. Ours was so cold, the water had ice in it, and the butter was sliced off using a knife.
3. Wrap tinfoil around your crust until the last ten minutes to ensure no burnage.
4. If you crust calls for butter, don't mix it TOO much. you should be able to see chunks of butter in various places. Where the butter lies, is where your flakes will lie. :)
5. When making pies, make sure your kitchen in nice & cool, temp is everything in the pie world.
6. Half butter, and half shortening is the easy way of pie. and its still yummy!
7.when you roll out your crust, rotate you dough every three to four rolls. This is because you always push harder on one side.
8. When rolling go hard in the middle, and ease up at the edges.
9. Nobody likes a soggy bottom crust, so brush a little egg white before you pour in your filling, and WALA! no soggy bottom. :)
10. Sharing a pie is the best way to eat a pie. :)
also, for the absolute BEST recipes & tips visit her blog.
She is amazing, and I promise you will not make one thing you don't like. :) AND ITS ON A BUDGET! :D
