Fallen Souffle

Yes, I know it is shocking, but I have never been able to make pie crust from scratch. It has always intimidated me, I think because I have always worked with bread dough which isn’t as delicate and fragile as a tender pie dough, I never knew how to handle it. However after a trip to the farmer’s market and a 3 quart bucket of very ripe strawberries and a pound of butter in the fridge I figured I might as well try now.

This also gives me a chance to try a recipe from the Sweet Melissa Baking Book which I was sent a while ago and have been flipping through for some time now trying to figure out what to make first. Melissa’s recipe is rather basic, not unlike other pie recipes I have read but I figured this chick has a successful bakery so she should know how it’s done.

The pie was ok, not terrible not fantastic, and certainly not due to the recipe used. I used a regular pie filling of berries, sugar, lemon juice and cornstarch. The crust should have been rolled a bit thinner, especially for the top crust. Also, I learned not to leave the butter chunks in the freezer and then proceed to talk to your Mom on the phone on Mother’s Day…yea…the butter was rock solid and took forever to incorporate. So next time I will chill it for much shorter and the butter bits should be smaller.

Overall, I think I have moved past my fear of pie crust. I may make more this weekend and instead make little hand pies instead of one big one.

I would highly recommend the Sweet Melissa Baking Book as she has a wide variety of baking essentials, many with a special twist

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