Hey guys it’s Ro! Welcome to another Nerdy Nummies!
One of my favorite times of year is right around the corner, it is
Pi Pie day, next week on Monday, so I am so excited! We are gonna be making
a Pi Pie recipe today!
For those of you who aren’t familiar, Pi Pie day is every year on March 14th,
for 3.14, which is the first 3 numbers of Pi. Pi goes for a very long time!
It is the ratio of a circles circumference by the diameter,
and it goes on and on and on!
And I used to memorize the digits, I would memorize the decimal points of Pi,
I can’t do it as good as I used to, I definitely can get out-nerd in this category.
But all I got right now is 3.14159265358….
7-9? 9-7?
Ohhh, see I’m losing it!
So, to celebrate Pi day this year, we are gonna be making cute little fun
sized bite pies! Let’s get started!
To make these yummy pies, we’re gonna be using a lot of ingredients,
we’re gonna be making a homemade crust and a raspberry filling.
So the things you will need, for the crust will be: 2-1/2 cups of all purpose
flour, 1/2 a cup of butter flavored shortening, 1/2 a cup of salted butter,
6 tablespoons of buttermilk, 2 tablespoons of sugar, 1/2 a vanilla bean,
and 1 teaspoon of salt. And then for the raspberry pie filling, my favorite,
yum-yum-yum-yum-yum! 4 Cups of fresh raspberries, 6 tablespoons of sugar,
1-3/4 ounce powdered pectin, 1 tablespoon of lemon juice.
Then the tools that we’re gonna be using, I have a 3-1/4 inch round cookie cutter,
it’s almost, 3.14, it’s just 3.25, aw-aw! It’s similar.
A potato masher, a cute little Pi cookie cutter, this is the Pi symbol,
Last but not least, a mini tart pan, if you don’t have 1 of these at home
you can probably just use a little cupcake tray. That’s OK too!
Alright, now let’s put it all together!
The first thing that we’re gonna do is we’re gonna make our crust, in this mixing
bowl we are gonna combine our dry ingredients, we’ve got our flour, our salt
and sugar! And then, we are gonna add our vanilla bean, right over here.
Over here I’ve got a little cutting mat and I’ve just cut the vanilla bean
down the middle, and you can see all the little, these are little black
seeds right here, that’s the vanilla bean seeds!
So what you’re gonna do you’re just gonna scrape ‘em out.
Oh that smells so good you guys!
Oh yeah! And we’re just gonna put it in our dry ingredients,
get in there little vanilla beans!
Leave no vanilla bean behind! You don’t want to because buying vanilla
beans is a little bit expensive, so what you can do with the leftover pod,
instead of just tossing it, you can save it later to make pudding.
Now you can just use your hands, give your dry ingredients a little toss,
here we go! Alright, now we’re gonna add our butter and the shortening.
We’re gonna mix the butter into the flour together until you can’t see
any more butter chunks.
Lastly we’re gonna add in our buttermilk, and we’re gonna keep mixing until
it’s all combined. It might be a little bit dry, but that’s OK!
Once it’s all mixed in, you’re gonna try to form a big ball with your dough,
here we go!
Now we’ve made our pie crust and it’s time to chill it.
We’re gonna wrap it in plastic wrap. Ooooh, squeaky-squeaky!
I like to pack it down just a little bit, and then wrap it up tight!
Then we’re gonna pop this in the fridge for about 2 hours, or overnight,
whatever you’d like. You just want to make sure that the crust has completely chilled.
While our crust is chilling in the fridge, we are going to make our raspberry pie filling.
Yum-yum-yum-yum-yum-yum-yum-yum!
I have been eating a lot of raspberries lately, I’ve been putting them in
oatmeal, making jams, and now, pies! I’m so excited!
So what you’re gonna do, before we head over to the stove, is in a medium little
saucepan, we’re going to pour in all of our raspberries, dee-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo!
Oh, one escaped! That one’s for me!
And then, we’re gonna add our sugar, and our lemon juice.
Now you’re gonna take your potato masher and we’re gonna mash up some raspberries!
Just gotta mash it, ohp! One more for me! That’s OK!
Now we’re gonna take our pie filling mixture over to the stove, and our pectin.
For those of you who don’t know, pectin helps thicken up more watery fruits.
Turn your stove to medium-high heat, once the raspberry mixture comes to a boil
add the pectin and continue to boil. Make sure to stir frequently, and allow to
cook for 10-15 minutes. Then, remove the jam from the heat and bring it back over
to your baking station.
We just took the pot off the stove, be careful, because it is still super hot!
And now, we’re gonna strain it, to get out all of the seeds.
So pick up your pot and be very careful, slowly pour it!
Slow and steady!
Oh it smells so good!
Now I’m just gonna take a spoon, or you can use a spatula, to help push the
liquid through! Now we’re gonna take our raspberry pie filling and we’re gonna pop
it in the fridge for a few hours until it gets cold.
Now that that’s in the fridge, we took our pie dough out, and now we’re gonna
roll it out! I’m so excited!
You guys want to use a lot of flour, so, put down a lot of flour onto your surface,
whatever you’re working on. Unwrap this little guy. I feel like it’s like it’s my birthday
or something!
Oh my gosh!
I got pie crust!
Molly you shouldn’t have!
Now I’m gonna put a little flour on my rolling pin so it won’t stick, and
here’s where you gotta use those muscles. Gotta use those shoulders!
We’ve got our dough rolled out and now we’re gonna cut out our circles first.
I’m gonna try to get 12 of these, but you can always take the excess pie crust,
re-roll it, to do it again!
And I’m gonna cut out some Pi symbols now, and then I’m gonna re-roll the scraps
to cut out some more.
You want just as many Pi symbols as circles.
We’ve got all of our circles and Pi symbols cut out, and now we’re gonna
put them in the pan. But first we’re gonna take a little pastry brush,
and we’re just gonna brush off all of the excess flour.
Then you’re gonna get your tart tray, and you’re gonna pick up a circle,
place it right in the middle, and press it down.
Make sure its touching all of the sides, and you can use your fingers to make
a little crust edging, look at that!
Then you’re gonna do this to the rest of your circles.
Alright, our pie crusts are ready, and now we’re going to get our little Pi
symbols ready. So over here I have a baking sheet which I’ve lined with a big
piece of parchment paper, then you’re gonna transfer all your little Pi
symbols to the baking sheet. Just make sure the little swoosh is on the right!
Got all of our little Pi symbols on the tray and now we are gonna put
a little bit of egg wash over each of them. The ratio that I’m using
is 1 egg yolk to 2 egg whites, little bit of salt.
And again, just using a little baking brush, just get a little bit on there.
Then we just pain them!
This gives them a nice shiny gold color when they bake.
I’m gonna put these to the side, and now, ooooh! We’re gonna fill our pies
with the raspberry filling. I’ve got the raspberry pie filling out of the fridge,
we’re just gonna scoop in a nice big spoonful in there!
You don’t want to over-fill them, but do fill them to the line!
Now our pies are ready to bake, you’re gonna heat your oven to 350 and
we’re gonna bake these both for about 15-18 minutes.
And it’s totally fine to bake them at the same time.
Our pies are out of the oven, they’ve had plenty of time to cool.
I’ve popped them out onto a little plate. And now we are going to assemble them!
This is the fun and easy part, ready for this?
Little Pi symbol, and then we’re just gonna place it on the top!
Boom! Just like that!
Now you’re gonna do this to the rest of your pies!
Ta-da! Here are the Mini Raspberry Pi Pies that we made today!
Look at ‘em, they’re so cute! They’re perfect for Pi Day!
And, we made so many of them, that they’re the perfect treat to share with friends,
family, or, classmates? You could bring these to math class! That’s what I would
do if I was still in school.
I’ll be taking lots of pictures of these yummy little pies and posting pictures
on Facebook, Tumblr, Instagram and Twitter, and if you guys make these or any
other Pi Pie themed treat, please take a picture and send it to me, I love
seeing your baking creations. It just makes my day!
And, if you have any other ideas for any other Nerdy Nummies, please let me know,
leave me a comment down below
and I will do my best to make it happen!
Alright, thanks again you guys, bye-bye!
And Happy Pi Day!
And I will have one for me!
Ooop!
Mmmmmm!
You guys….
This crust is perfect! This Pi Crust is just the perfect flaky yummy-ness!
Let me tell you!
I might have to make another batch…
For friends because I think these are gonna be for me!
Yes please! Mmmmm!