{"id":867,"date":"2016-01-09T00:24:29","date_gmt":"2016-01-09T05:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/lifeofpie13\/?p=867"},"modified":"2016-01-23T12:02:21","modified_gmt":"2016-01-23T17:02:21","slug":"sweet-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/lifeofpie13\/sweet-pies\/sweet-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweet Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

After a productive first day of pastry-making with my partner, Moiz, it took me a while to decide which pie to make. When I looked back at my experience with pies, I realized that I am more of a crust person and tend to neglect the\u00a0pie fillings. Regardless,\u00a0I narrowed it down to a peach vanilla cardamom pie and a German chocolate pecan pie. It wasn’t until I took a trip to the grocery store that I finally decided to go with the latter (mainly because peaches aren’t in season).<\/p>\n

I chose\u00a0this recipe<\/a>, but I also stumbled upon\u00a0this highly-rated one<\/a>\u00a0so I decided to do a mash up!I followed the Gimme Some Oven’s\u00a0<\/em>instructions on the filling:<\/p>\n

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And followed\u00a0Melanie Makes’s<\/em>\u00a0instructions regarding the German chocolate and coconut. I used the all-butter pie pastry that I made with Moiz.<\/p>\n

As is the case with everything I make, I wanted to make it look appealing. I realized that pastry dough has a similar consistency to gum paste and fondant, both of which I occasionally use when I decorate cakes. I used my gum paste equipment to decorate my pie:<\/p>\n

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I didn’t have enough time to finish decorating my pie at the First Congo kitchen, so I had to pack everything up and I relocated to the Zilkha Center’s kitchen. Lugging everything around was a serious workout, but I was having a wonderful time decorating my baby!<\/p>\n

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Finally, I put it in the oven! Unfortunately, I got distracted while it was baking and it…browned quite a bit. Regardless, I was satisfied with the final appearance and taste!<\/p>\n

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