Pie

My last pie for Project Recipe was a horrible mess. This pie fared somewhat better. I had some aesthetic qualms with the crumble aspect of the topping but the crust turned out pretty well! And the filling was downright delicious.

My children were unusually enthusiastic about the idea of a cinnamon-apple crumble-topped pie. However, when we scanned the ingredients, our eagerness suffered a blow: the recipe calls for raisins. Not just raisins, but a whole cup of raisins.

This recipe is like a pumpkin spice latte, given a creamy-smoky butterscotch kick, and poured into a flaky pie crust.

So you didn't make enough dough and, as you (hilariously) said, it sat on the pie filling like a yarmulke. But I think the real problem was cutting the fat into the flour for the crust. This step is the trickiest part of pie.

My long history of pie-failure fell off me as I lifted this golden beauty from the oven. The crust was perfection. I think I've found my standard pie dough recipe.

I have never made pie crust from scratch. My "pie" was, without a doubt, a disastrophe. A train wreck. A horrible mess. A disaster and a catastrophe. Although it tastes pretty good.