{Apple Pie}
To make my apple pie I bought Pillsbury Pie Crust from the refrigerator section and had a can of Lucky Leaf Apple Pie Filling at home.
I unrolled my Pillsbury pre-made pie crust and used my cute little apple pocket pie maker to cut out the apple shapes. I then put it into my apple pie maker and filled with the Lucky Leaf Apple Pie Filling. Closed the apple and pressed tightly.15 minutes later I had this adorable little apple pie. You can make a big pie as well I just thought that these mini ones were way too cute for Thanksgiving.
{Pumpkin Pie from 2009}Ingredients
- 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons granulated sugar
- 3/4 teaspoon table salt
- 6 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, diced small
- 1/4 cup shortening
- 7 to 8 tablespoons ice water
In a large bowl, mix together flour, salt, and sugar until well combined. Using clean hands, add butter and toss until just coated Rub butter between thumb and forefingers to incorporate into flour mixture until butter is in bean-sized pieces and comes together in quarter-sized clumps when squeezed in palm, approximately two minutes. Add shortening, toss until just coated in flour, then rub into flour mixture until mixture forms pea size pieces (Note* you want some big chunks to remain) and comes together in fist-sized clumps when squeezed, about one minute. Drizzle half ice water and rake through mixture with fingers until just moistened. Drizzle in remaining water 1 tablespoon at a time and comb through mixture with fingers to moisten up. It will go from being a "shaggy" mess to coming together. Dough is moist enough when it is moistened through but is not wet when pressed. (Do not overwork the dough... overworking will make it become tough and unusable)
While rotating the bowl with 1 hand, push dough between other palm and side of bowl to gather into a ball. Turn dough onto a piece of plastic wrap and press it into a flat disk, then close in wrap. Place in coldest part of refrigerator for at least 30 minutes before rolling out and forming into a crust.
{Pumpkin Roll from 2009}
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{Mashed Potato Cupcake from 2009}Best of luck baking this holiday season!
xo
