Cherry Pie

Hey Everyone!   I made a pie!  

I don't know if you know this, but I hate cooking.  Like really REALLY hate it!  But I actually love baking.  I don't know why, but it's just so much easier.  I mean you can't really go wrong with sugar, butter, and sprinkles.  And if all else fails, then just add more frosting!  That's what I say.  

I really have only made cookies, cakes, brownies, and a few types of breads.  So I thought baking a pie would be a fun challenge.  And a challenge it was!

I started off by asking the roommate what kind of pie she would eat, because that is who will be eating most of it, and she said cherry.  So off I went pinteresting recipes and I came across this one

(just in case you are interested)

The most stressful part about baking or cooking is the grocery shopping.  So I was happy that this recipe was fairly straight forward.  The only thing I needed to google was what butter pats were...it's just cut up butter.  HAHA!

And since I am really bad at math, I bought way too many bags of frozen cherries.  I only needed 3, not a gazillion.  Oops!  Oh well, another pie for another day. 

Long story short....this was an all night thing.  Not just like a quick, "Oh, hmmm, I think I feel like making a pie."  I started the crust at 4:00pm and pulled the pie out at 9:30pm.   There was a lot of waiting for things to chill, and mixing it by hand took FOREVER and now I have to wait for another 3 hours before I can even cut into it!  

Since we all have google, I feel like there are no excuses for failure, so I did a little bit of research on pie crusts and found out that there are so many different ways to make and to decorate them.  I got really excited and decided that if I was going to do this, then I was going to go ALL OUT and make it the yummiest and most beautiful cherry pie ever by doing a braided lattice crust.  

I didn't even know what that was, but I was gonna do it.  

But by 8:30, when I am trying to cut thin strips of dough and the heat from my hands is making it sticky and I just want a piece of flippin' pie already, I settled for a basic weave...which still didn't turn out that pretty and was kinda hard, so it's probably better that I didn't try to braid tiny pieces.  #goals

And after all that work, it leaked on the bottom edge!  I don't even know why or how!  

But I'm sure it still tastes good.  I know, cuz I took a bite!  But I will let it cool overnight and we will enjoy all that hard work tomorrow, with a big scoop of ice cream!

That's all I have to say about that!