Pie is NOT easy....but...

Easy as pie! Yes, there are few baked items as easy as pie. But like most things there is a trick to doing it the easy way. First you have to go shopping. Look in the frozen food section and find a frozen pie shell already in the aluminum pan. Then in the refrigerated section find the rolled unfrozen pie pie crust. Now, in the canned fruit section buy a can of Pie filling. When you are ready for a pie, (and who isn't?) dump the can of pie filling into the pie shell,roll the top pie crust over the pan containing the filling and bottom crust. Crimp the edges of the pie crust, make steam holes in the top crust, and bake in a 400F oven for 40 minutes. What could be easier?

I am not a big fan of pie, I really don't like any kind of pie. I have not tried to bake one by myself yet, as I don't like it I don't feel the urge to make it on my own. Fro parties I buy from store.

hi karen madam, i does not know what is pie, i think that i have seen in the stores of those who sell imported chocolates and cakes,pizzas,actually i does not like all these type of food,these foods are called as junk foods,am i correct or not?when i came to your home if i visit your country in my life time,i eat the preparations made by you,but only vegetarian ,have a nice day

I don't like pies a bit,coz i like pure salty food.But i do like American Pies, from 1~6, you get me, karen?lol

Hi Karen, pastry is my culinary failure. Luckily I could live forever without pies but sometimes I like to do eccles cakes, but anything which involves a floury surface and a rolling pin seems to defeat me. I get bored when it sticks to the rolling pin and breaks and does things its not supposed to. So the only tip I have is the bin is over there.

It is "easy as pie" to go to the local bakery and buy a pie , it makes me feel as if I am contributing to our local businesses! Seriously though, I am a terrible baker and would never even attempt to make any type of pie from scratch. I do appreciate those who have the talent to make it happen, but alas, I am not one of them. Should you ever require a pie taster - count me in, that I am very good at.

Fortunately or unfortunately as the case may be I neither like pies or able to cook them! I find them too stodgy for my palatte. I must be strange because even a home made apple pie wouldn't tempt me or have my mouth watering. The nearest to pie I would get is humble pie mind you eating humble pie is far from easy, in fact it can prove impossible especially if you have a stubborn streak like yours truly. Do you know I didn't have one single mince pie over the Christmas or New Year period!

I am no cook, I've done a countable number of pies in my life - but let me explain WHY the phrase is "as easy as pie." Well, let me tell you a story. My mother and father lived for a year in Denver in the late 1940's and the place they lived in had a wood burning stove/oven. There was NO way to set a temp on that thing, it was whatever it was and sometimes it'd heat up or cool off while cooking. The thing is that you can't cook a cake that way. Cakes in the old days were tricky things... But pies you could put in and it didn't matter if the temp changed, you just cooked it until you were done - and THIS is where the term comes from. Not the thickening, not the crust, but the actual cooking of the pie itself.

I bet your apple pies were good. Have to have [i think] ice cream on fruit pies,how about u. I do make pies but not as much as i use to because i sure don't need them, When my sons were at home i kept something baked all the time. Since they brought friends in all the time they enjoyed them to. Happy tuesday, Karen.

Good for you! I wish I could make a decent pie crust, the only one I've been able to make is that one you 'mix' with vineagar, lol! Better than nothing, I guess. Maybe I'll pick up some good tips here!

Hello my friend PeacefulWmn9 Ji, Well, mostly, I am limited to bake Bringals and make it stuff with lot of masalas. Other vegetables like biiter-gourd/ lady-fingers/etc. are fried on Fire plate and made crisp for good taste. I am restricted with all vegetarian dishes only. May God bless You and have a great time.

i make savoury pies sometimes. i can't make puff pastry just flat (well i haven't tried) so if i want that i usually buy it in ready made. as for tricks - well i have been told to leave the pastry for a while before rolling it out and brush egg on top. i am afraid that is it. now another saying is 'a piece of cake' - i don't know how easy it is to make cakes because as i am not a huge sweet thing fan i have never actually attempted to make one. some kinds must be difficult though.

I love baking and sometimes I do make pies. I am thinking about making a peanut butter chocolate pie this weekend for my husband. I usually buy the premade pie crusts because they are easier to use. I have not made a fruit pie in a while, but am thinking about making one sometime next week when we go over to my friend's house. Every month we take turns having a little get together.

i like pies. but chinese uaually don't bake food. so i havn't bake even one itme. our foreigner teacher baked some for us and i like them evry much. my favorite pie is pumpkin pie. it tastes so delicious and soft and if you have one, you'll be unable to bear having more. so i want to buy a oven and try to do pies by myself!

I do not know if my last response got through as I am on Mobile Dial up and it is rubbish lol But no I do not bake and I have watched People bake Pies and I have to say it looked complicated to me lol so I will not even attempt it

I have to beg out of this one, I have not baked a pie for many years and it is one thing I am happy not to try again, there is just to much chance of something going wrong, and I would bet that anything that can go wrong has happened to my pies. Good for you you are very brave.

I have tried to make so many pies in the past from scratch and failed every time. I wish I could make an Apple pie or even a Blueberry one yummy! I just can't seem to get it right. Any tips? So I just started buying tose ones that are frozen in Wal-Mart. Not as good as homemade but maybe one day I will learn I won't give up! So pie is not easy for me.

Hello, Karen. Agree with you wholeheartedly - pastry can be a b*tch. My son used to work in a bakery in Cornwall, England, making Cornish Pasties and other bakery products. I make a mean Cornish Pasty, which in case you don't know is a sort of turnover savoury pie with meat, potatoes, onions and swede. However, you're supposed to be able to pick it up and eat it, and my pastry was always too crumbly. My son passed on these tips: use strong bread making flour for savoury pies, as it holds together better and you can roll it out thinner than pastry made with regular flour, thus avoiding a soggy bottom! Always use margarine rather than butter or lard for shortening. Butter and lard are too rich and make for crumbly pastry. Make the pastry at least an hour ahead of when you need it, if not the night before, and store it in the fridge. It rolls out better and is easier to handle. Since I adopted these methods, I've never had a failure with my pastry.

You are so right! I've been trying to put together a recipe for a mile high rhubarb pie with the correct type and amount of thickening, and I've been having trouble with it. I have had them come out too juicy and too thick and gooey. If anyone has some good ideas or a recipe, I would really appreciate it.

I admire people that have to make pies. I have tried to make pies from scratch too. It really takes a long time to peel the apples and slice them and to add the right amount of flavoring to it. The crust is pretty tough for me because I can't make them into perfect circles, they look like squares. My pies still turned out okay too. I don't bake them that often.