The night before the 4th of July, Amy and I had our weekly pie night. We had to happily fulfill an order of two Apricot Pies for her awesome neighbor Ilene! Normally, we would have gone straight into Patriotic Pie, but we are trying to be responsible adults, which is really hard for us! We decided to wait until the next day and each make our own pies at our own houses.
That didn't stop us from busting out the new cherry pitter at 2:30 in the morning, and going to town on 10 cups of those babies : ) I swear we can have fun doing just about anything, because we were laughing hysterically. If you've ever used one of these you would understand why!
Do you happen to remember all those cute little aprons we bought? Well, we found that we both love the idea of an apron, but we can't stand wearing them! Funny, they cramp our style ; )
In no time, we both realized that the second we would go to bake, the aprons would be draped cutely all over the couches.
As it turns out, we never, ever, ever, wore one while we baking! Did I say ever? Because I meant ever! Never once!
So one night, we made the sad decision to go through them and try them all on, and just keep one. In trying to figure out which one, we were honest with ourselves, and knew in our heart of hearts we wouldn't even wear that one.
We thanked them for all of our cute pictures, and then said our final goodbyes. They went back, and will be appreciated by someone who will love them for what they were put on this earth to do.
So, as the cherry pitting session was progressing...I looked down and this was what I saw.
Mental note - if you're not going to wear an apron, at least opt for another color other than white, especially during berry season!
It was a mess, but we got it all done, and fast. If you are in the market for a pitter...my gosh, the one above is the way to go..it's a beast!
Beautifully pitted cherries...
Plus, oh my gosh - I later realized I forgot to de-stem my blueberries : /
Mixed with thickener and sugar, and then divided into flag-like quadrants.
I forgot we added extra for good measure...I pulled them out, and put them in a bowl. They were so pretty I had to add this picture!
Old Glory Patriotic Pie
Next up was the Patriotic Pizza Pie. This was was a huge hit. Oh my gosh it was outrageously good!!
It's hard to see the diamond in the rough. In retrospect, I should have plopped a blueberry atop : )
If you'd like to make these, here are the recipes:
Old Glory Patriotic Pie
I changed this one a little,
I added:
1/4 tsp. ground clove
1/4 tsp. almond
The zest of 1 lemon
I also baked it at 375 vs. 400 until it the juices were thick and bubbling.
Patriotic Pizza Pie
Enjoy!
We sure did : )
