Tiny Pies!

Fishing is not my sport. In fact, I'm not really sure I have a sport, but whatever. When my family decided night fishing was a pleasant way to spend the evening, I sat and watched from the air conditioned house. I wasn't about to get on a very rocky boat with a brother who acts like a toddler/class clown/pest only to catch slimy animals with weird buggy eyes. Sick, sick, sick.

As I sat on our extremely comfortable couch, I wondered what I could do to pass the time. Maybe a good show was on TV.. Or I could color code my closet.. I really should organize my jewelry that got tangled from the flight. Hmmm.. So many options...

And then it hit me. Here I was, staring out at the most nature I'd ever witnessed in one place in my life, watching my family putt around on a fishin' boat, catchin' some dinner. I should make dessert!


I am so domestic :)

Anyways, deciding what to make wasn't difficult at all. My step mom has made the yummiest treats lately, and I wanted to follow in her footsteps. Her cool trick? Using muffin tins. From frozen fruit salad (cute and pink and individual portions!) to gluten free blueberry muffins, I can't get the idea of miniature deliciousness out of my head. So of course I decided to make something along the lines of itty bitty treats, and pie was the winner.

My fruits of choice included blueberries, peaches, and apples. Instead of following a recipe (because I'm that cool and Sandra Lee could do it without a recipe) I decided to throw in a little sugar, some cinnamon, flour, and a few special touches here and there. I greased my muffin tins and spread out crust dough in a few of the cups. By the time I started spooning pie fillings into the crust, Kelly had come home and wanted to help! Don't worry, though, I made her wash her slimy creature hands first. We practiced some lattice tops and some cutout crusts that all turned out very cute. We put our tops on with a little egg wash and in the oven our mini pies went!

Apparently my trophy wife skills (or at least my ability to wing it on a recipe) failed because the blueberry pies bubbled over and ruined my heart and my spade cutouts.. Sad day. But the lattices turned out so pretty and Kelly and I found a use for a seemingly pointless tool we found in the kitchen!


Maybe.. just maybe.. baking is my sport :)