The author shares her journey of learning to bake pie dough from scratch in her thirties, despite her long-standing passion for baking. Initially intimidated by the process, she took a summer job as a pie baker in a picturesque location in the Hamptons. Under the guidance of a supportive German matriarch, she learned the essential techniques for pie making and realized that baking is about love and creativity, rather than achieving perfection. Each baker's personal touch is unique, making pie baking an individual expression of oneself.
If you don't have a German grandmother to teach you how to make pie dough, you should seriously consider finding one. By the end of my first week, I was practically a pro.
I learned that when it comes to pie crust, butter isn't necessarily king. That flour can give a filling that cloudy look. That a white, raw bottom crust was pie 911.
...the way a person crimped the edges of their pie dough was like their signature; no two are the same.
We were going for homemade with - I hate to sound cliché here - love. And that, for even the novice pie baker, is an attainable goal.
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