In my family, the pie is the most important part of Thanksgiving. We love our pie, often substituting it for birthday cake and giving it a gifts to each other. Of course 3 pies weren't enough, mom, my brother and I made 3 more pies today. There are now 7 pies for tomorrow and 9 of us.
My mother, my brother, my grandma and I all use the same recipe for pie crust. I learned today that we do not make it the same way. I do not mix it as much as my counterparts because for a good deal of my life, I have been making pies in a muffin tin because it was the only thing I had to bake in. I didn't roll out my dough, I just pressed it into the cups. It makes it light and crispy because the flour fries in the fat when you bake it.
However, when you make a big, normal sized pie this way with thick crust around the edges to keep the mincemeat from boiling out like my mom did, the way I make pie dough causes it to melt off the edge. Slightly different then how my mom makes it.
I could tell she was disappointed about her pie so I grabbed my brother and we got whipping cream. Which, when you come from a pie loving family, makes everything better.
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