My daughter’s apple pie. I had planned to make this apple pie myself but had to go run some (unplanned) errands so I asked Aisa if she felt like making it. Aisa’s our resident baker here. She got the baking bug as a little kid of 3 when we started making Christmas cookies. At one point we even tried to start our/her own business — I proposed the name “Aisa’s Cookie House”. There was one year we gathered half-gallon milk cartons, washed and dried them, and painted them to look like houses. We gave them as gifts, hoping to drum up some business, but though the people who received them raved about how good the cookies were, we didn’t get a single order. I think it’s that we didn’t really market ourselves enough or let them know in no uncertain terms that this was a BUSINESS we were promoting. LOL. We may not have made any money, but holiday baking became a tradition that year, and Aisa has been honing her skills ever since.
Now, at 14, she has quite the repertoire of baked goodies, cream cheese brownies being her specialty, though she continues to try and learn new things. This pie became another baking lesson for her. When I came home, I could see the frustration on her face as she was finishing off the lattice on the pie. Apparently, she got a bit scared of rolling out the pastry too thin, so she rolled it a bit more thickly than necessary, and as a result didn’t have enough dough on the edges to flute. When she gets to this state, Mom has to take over. The problem, we figured out, was that the pastry hadn’t been allowed to chill enough, so it was starting to fall apart, and that’s what scared her. I quickly whipped out half a batch more of pastry so we could seal the edges. No harm done. The crust baked really nice and golden; though a tad thick, it had just the right ratio of crunch to buttery melt-in-your-mouth goodness. The apple filling featured another of Aisa’s favorites, dried cranberries.
Very impressive! And the lattice-work is excellent.
Wonderful. I’m slowly teaching my son too. He loves baking cookies 🙂
hi dexie, haven’t met yet a kid who hates cooking; everyone wants a chance at “playing” in the kitchen! wonderful experience for the kids.
hi nic, she says “thanks”. yes, she does beautiful work. you should see her empanadas sometime. very professionally done. she’s considering culinary school as an option, though she has TONS of other interests LOL.
Hi Stef,
Aisa has definitely got a talent for this… i’m very impressed (no wonder where she gets this from). Well done Aisa!
I’m ashamed to say, i’m 30 and can’t even make a pastry… but i’m working on it. LOL
cooooool.—-melanie
Now that is impressive and from a 14 yo at that! She must have taken after the dad? LOL! 😉
It is great to see a young person have the drive to do things like this.
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hi mae, yes she does.
celia, LOL — let’s just say the LOVE of apple pie she takes from dad:)
jane, yup. she’s really gifted with her hands, i’m just glad she puts it to good use.
hi anP, 😀
hey melanie, i’ll tell aisa you stopped by.