Is pie really all that easy?

[mysteryowl]

"Easy as pie"

Hmmmm.....

[Skittles]

1. eating it sure is

[Buckeye_Democrat]

2. My mother threw some of her dough balls in the trash...

... before she deemed one of them proper for later baking as one of her pie crusts, so it apparently wasn't so easy for her.

Although her pie crusts were always excellent.

[elleng]

3. Hell no, never 'touch' the stuff,

just eat it!

[CottonBear]

4. I spent most of the 2020 lockdown perfecting my pie crust. Not easy...

but delicious! 😋

Like President Obama, I love pie. 🥧

[QED]

5. Here's a super easy apple pie recipe

Slab Apple Pie

The apple part:

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/19460/apple-slab-pie/

The crust:

I double this if making the slab pie. People I work with say it's as good as a rolled crust.

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/12344/no-roll-pie-crust-i/

[Trailrider1951]

6. Not for me

I make a decent whole wheat crust, but I cannot roll it out properly to save my life....it always ends up looking like a map of Australia.

[Grasswire2]

11. roll it between sheets of wax paper, dust with tiny bit of flour. nt

[Trailrider1951]

13. Thanks! I'll try that next time

[Grasswire2]

14. roll it out to the right size, between the wax paper....

.....then remove one paper and you can lift the crust with the bottom paper and turn it right over into the pan.

[Cracklin Charlie]

7. My son in law has spent the past year...

Learning how to make pie crust from his grandma.

He is a good boy, and the results have been delicious.

[mysteryowl]

16. "he is a good boy"

I don't mean any offense. It just struck as funny. What does that comment have to do with anything?
I'm laughing. I think I have eaten too many sweets.

[Cracklin Charlie]

21. He has spent a year of weekends with his grandma.

Grandma is not unhappy about that. And, she’s adorable. Plus, I get to eat delicious pie.

[Grasswire2]

9. Mmm mmm mmm

I've been making my Aunt Dorothy's pie crust for thirty years. It has earned me fair ribbons and three proposals of marriage (which I did not accept.) And I was the pie baker for my son's espresso cafe for a few years.

Right now I have a rhubarb pie in the oven. I love to make pie. My favorite -- Gravenstein apple. The most requested when I baked for the coffee house was peach, which I make with a wee splash of bourbon. I was surprised that peach was the most asked for here in the PNW.

I wish it was easier to post a photo on DU than it is. I'd love to see lots of pie pictures.

[dem4decades]

10. My wife just finished baking an apple pie for a friend's Christmas. It was really hard not cutting

into it.

Granny Smiths, Golden Delicious and Ida reds all blended together into a sweet treat.

[sl8]

12. Judging by the scene in "American Pie?"

I don't think he bought it dinner or anything.

[Delmette2.0]

15. I love making pies!

My sister told me 40 years ago to just make sure the shortening is mixed with the flour until there are pea sized
Or smaller. And the water is ice cold!
Your current weather matters. How much water you need. High humidity and low humidity make a difference.

I can do a great crust but not so good on the filling unless it's rhubarb.

[mysteryowl]

17. Yumm, rhubarb

My favorite is strawberry rhubarb.

[Delmette2.0]

19. .....

Not many rhubarb lovers around. I usually have the whole pie to myself.

[KT2000]

20. Rhubarb is the best

and it usually the first in Spring! People always want me to make them a rhubarb pie but I haven't been very successful growing it. Last year it was $4 lb!

[yellowdogintexas]

18. it is if you cheat on the crust.

I am a very good baker, cake being my specialty. However I am not that good with pie crust. My mother was the master. My crust tastes fine but looks like it was hit by a train.

I make a very good buttermilk pie, pecan pie, chess pie and German Chocolate Pie. Those are all easy fillings.

Coconut Cream is my favorite,

Love cobbler! Cobbler crust doesn't stress me as much because it is not really supposed to look pretty and you just can't beat those nice corners! (I double crust my cobbler)

[DFW]

22. Only if it are squared.....

My math teacher used to tell us that, anyway.