Wednesday, February 29, 2012

"Top Of The Morning To Ya" Peach Pies


Okay, so these are really a variation of a theme, but I really enjoyed the stenciled Conversation Heart Cherry Pies and thought it would be cute to make a St. Patrick's Day version.  The fundraiser on St. Patrick's Day I'm donating  sweets to is coming up and these will be a fun addition to cupcakes, cookies, and brownies I'm planning to bake. Since I already had the Celtic Stencils on hand from sugar cookies I made a few months ago, all I needed was:
  •  pie crust dough
  •  a cookie cutter 
  •  peach filling 
  • edible food powder 
  • a food paintbrush.
Stenciling is pretty simple.  You just need to be very careful when lifting the stencil in such a way you prevent the colored powder from spreading itself outside of the design.  While I had no problems while stenciling cookies, for some reason the pie crust was more challenging.  I don't have an explanation for this, I'm just making note of it.  Some of them got really messy with spatters of green powder and I couldn't use them.  To see the step-by-step process of putting together these pies, please click here for the details.  

In keeping with St. Patrick's Day, I wanted to use the colors found in the flag of Ireland: green, white, and orange.  Green would be represented by the stencil color, white by the crust, and orange by the peach filling.  I experimented with two colors of powder, dark green and light pearl green:



Sealed them up and placed them in the oven:


They cooked up nicely, but I thought the light green (top pie) was too light and the dark green (2 middle pies) were too dark, so I mixed the two and came up with a dark-ish sparkly green (bottom 2 pies) that I was happy with:


Did I mention I love peach pie?  Well, I love all fruit pies, actually:


I love how quickly these little pies bake up.  The prep time is minimal, especially if you don't stencil and, instead, sprinkle powdered sugar on them after they've cooled.  Also, they are wonderfully portable.  My friend Amy was visiting me from Buffalo this past weekend and I gave her a few for the plane ride home.  She suggested adding some coarse to the top crust before baking.  I think that's a fantastic idea and I'll definitely do that for the bake sale!


10 comments:

  1. Those are so pretty and unique. I love peach pie too!

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    1. Thank you, Mindie! Peach pie is so great, but I don't find myself making it too often. This was a great opportunity! Thanks for your sweet comment...hope to see you again on Life Is Sweets!

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  2. My kids and I love eating peach pie. The designs were quite appealing, cute and palatable I guess.

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    1. Thanks! I know the design is a little unusual, but thought it would be fun for St. Patrick's Day. Thank you for stopping by Life Is Sweets!

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  3. How pretty! What a great idea for St. Patrick's Day! :)

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    1. Thank you, Michelle! I had fun making them. Stenciling is kind of relaxing. :) Thank you for visiting Life Is Sweets - come back soon!

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  4. These look so neat! They are being featured today at Mrs. Fox's Sweet Party :) Have a sweet day :)

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    1. Thank you VERY much for the feature! You are SO talented I am thrilled you like something I've made!! Thanks for all of the inspiration on your blog. Have a GREAT weekend!

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  5. These are so awesome!! I'm seriously amazed. And I also want pie, now. Mmmmm. Pie.

    Thanks for linking up at our St. Patrick's Day linky ~ your project is among tomorrow morning's highlights! Feel free to add anything more you may have done recently, the party is still open through tomorrow night!

    Adrianne
    www.happyhourprojects.com

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    1. Wow! Thank you so much!! I'm thrilled to be featured and I will enter my cheesecake brownies. Thanks for a wonderful start to my weekend!! Have a great one yourself!

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