The fun of Pi day is eating pie (and lots of other circular foods as well)!
Of course, there are other fun things too (Pi-day parody of Rebecca Black's "Friday"? Go for a 3.14 mile run?)
Anyway, in our house we always make a pizza "pie" for dinner, and some other pie(s) for dessert, and this year Pi Day happened to be the same day as our community group, so we decided to make mini-pies with our community group friends. I had the idea, then checked online for advice on cooking time, etc. (Here's the most helpful site I found: Tiny Pies @ NotMartha). We also had circle-shaped breakfast and lunch too!
Unfortunately, I accidentally deleted my breakfast and lunch pics (except for one), but breakfast was Ezekiel Bread English Muffins with egg, cheese, bacon, and garlicky sauteed kale. MMM! Now that's how to start your day!
For lunch we had leftover fish taco ingredients in a wrap (tortilla = round!). I had taken "aerial view" shots of these, to get the full circular effect, but accidentally deleted them...)
And on Pi Day you can have pie as much as you want, so we had this yummy fruit crisp pie (thanks to our lovely friend Kimberly!) with our lunch as well. =)
For dinner, we made Pi-neapple Pizza with bacon and fresh tomatoes....mmm =)
And then came the fun part-making the mini pies!
Here's what we used:
- Pre-made crust (from my favorite refrigerated baked-goods brand: Immaculate Baking Co.)
- 2 apples, peeled & chopped
- 2 nectarines, peeled & chopped
- frozen berries
- flour
- brown sugar
- cinnamon
- lemon juice
- Oat crumble topping: oats, cinnamon, coconut oil
- muffin tins
- individual bowls for mixing your fillings
First, we preheated the oven to 375.
Then, cut circles out of the dough using metal egg-rings (I don't have biscuit cutters), and pressed the circles into the muffin tins to make little crusts.
We each mixed up our own combinations of fruits and such, and topped our mini pies however we wanted!
We tried lattice tops, we did crumble toppings, second crusts, etc.
Finally, we baked the pies for 15 minutes, and when they were done, they popped out of the tins pretty easily using a spoon to nudge them out.
So yummy, and so cute!
Ready to eat!
Hope you had a happy Pi Day too!
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