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Baking Workshop 7/31, Monday Morning

Piper smiles as the students arrive. "Good morning. You're going to be making apple pie today. I was kind of sick this weekend so I didn't get a chance to make one for you. There are muffins from J,GOB, though. Feel free to take some."

She hands them a list of instructions. "Once again, there are a lot of instructions here, so feel free to work with a partner if you'd like. One of you can make the crust while the other makes the filling. And then you both can work together to assemble the pie. Ask questions if you have any."

Equipment Needed

Mixing Bowl

Rolling Pin

Knife

Measuring Spoons

Measuring Cups

Dough Blender

Cutting Board

Pie Pan

Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour

I teaspoon salt

1 tablespoon sugar

6 tablespoons butter

6 tablespoons shortening

6 to 8 tablespoons ice water

Instructions

Warm butter in microwave until soft, but not melted.

Mix flour, salt and sugar in bowl.

Add butter, shortening and ice water.

Wrap pie crust in plastic wrap then place in refrigerator for 20 minutes.

Ingredients

5 peeled apples

1 cup sugar

2 tablespoons flour

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 tablespoon vinegar

2 tablespoons butter

Instructions

Peel and slice apples.

Soak them in water with a tablespoon of lemon juice. This will help prevent them from turning brown.

Mix flour, cinnamon, salt and vinegar in large mixing bowl.

Mix apples into the pie flavoring.

Instructions

Assembling the Pie

Now that your pie crust has had time to cool divide it into two equal halves.

Roll one of the balls of pie crust out until it is around 1/8 of an inch thick.

Wrap the dough around the rolling pin and unroll it onto your pie pan.

Take a fork and poke holes in the bottom of the crust to let steam out as it cooks.

Place the apples in the pie in a pattern so that they all fit in the pie.

Pour the leftover coating over them.

Place about 4 chunks of butter on top of apple filling. This will give the filling and crust a more buttery flavor.

Roll out the remaining pie dough and place it on top.

Create a pattern around the edge of the pie by using the back of a knife.

Baking the Pie

Cut long strips of tinfoil and place them around the edge of the pie.

Bake pie at 400 degrees for 50-60 minutes.

Take tinfoil off about ten minutes before the pie is baked to have a golden brown edge.

[ooc: ingredients and instructions from here]

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"Want to work together?" Bel asked, approaching Cally as she made the crust. "I can do the ~~creamy~~ filling."

[having computer issues at work but hopefully I will be able to keep up with comments.]

"Sure," Cally said with a smile. "I see the bite wore off," she added.

[ooc: Taking off for work in a mo. Reply will have to wait until actually having arrive there.]

Bel made a face. "Yeah, don't remind me," he said. "And here I thought I would get through school gremlin-bite free." He picked up some apples and started to peel them.

"It was severely disturbing," Cally said. "But at least you can blame your behavior on the gremlin. Mine that day, not so much." Cally started mixing the ingredients for the crust.

"What did you do?" Bel asked, slicing the apples. This part he was good at, at least, due to his skills with a knife.

"You know how Walter was hitting on everything? I kinda, erm, let him get away with it," she said, still mixing. "Until I figured out he wasn't acting like himself, and I put a stop to it, but still. . ."

"Ouch," Bel said. "That can't make your whole situation with him and Nadia any easier."

"Nadia was really understanding," Cally said. "Haven't really gotten the chance to talk to Walter about it yet." She finished mixing the crust stuff and set down her bowl.

"Was Walter bit by Nadia, too?" Bel asked. "He was kinda acting creepy when I saw him."

"I'd be flattering myself to say Walter'd make out with me in his right mind," Cally said. "Yeah, he was bit."

Bel shook his head at Cally. "Uh, he has done that in his right mind, remember? You told me about that."

"There was a lot of alcohol involved that time," Cally said simply, putting the crust dough in the fridge.

Bel put the apples in water and stared dubiously at the flour, remembering his other encounters with the white powder. "You're awfully hard on yourself," he commented to Cally.

"Yeah, I guess I am," Cally said. "Guess I figure nothing comes easy, so why should I be easy on myself? Or something."

"I know that feeling," Bel murmured. He tried to change the subject to something lighter. "You wanna mix the flour and stuff for the filling? Me and flour don't get along very well."

"Okay," Cally said, measuring the ingredients. "You don't get along with flour, huh? Funny, I'd think you'd know all about self-rising." She chuckled.

[ooc: You saw nothing...]

Bel smirked. "True, but it requires skilled preparation and handling."

"I've been told I have magic hands," Cally said, mixing the ingredients for the filling.

"You have that gentle but firm touch necessary for kneading the dough and making it rise?" Bel said, almost snickering like a 12-year-old.

"Absolutely," Cally said, the innuendo totally not lost on her. "It's all in how you move the fingers."

"Applying just the right pressure in the right places," Bel said.

"A little spit and elbow grease goes a long way," Cally said.

"It's all in the wrist," Bel noted.

At that point, Cally broke down into giggles.

"It's a good thing we're not making banana cream pie or something," Bel snickered.

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