Pinterest & Such

Let's just take a moment and let it sink in that when we all awoke from slumber this morning, we found that Mother Nature dropped a sweet bomb on the mountains. 20 INCHES. Obvi, we went skiing. It was amazing. 

Just one more thing to distract me from completing homework., or to distract me from wanting to slit my wrists because of homework? 

The other day I decided it was probably time to try one of the many food pins I pin on Pinterest. I chose the Strawberry Heart Pie.

I did attempt a simple pie crust from scratch and it was pretty flaking delish.

Pie Crust: 

• 1 1/4 cups flour                                      Mix salt & flour together. Then cut the butter into 
• 1/4 tsp salt                                             mixture to create a crumb like form. Add water one 
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter (chilled/cubed)      tablespoon at a time to create a ball.                         
• 1/4 cup ice water                                    Wrap with plastic and set in fridge for 4 hours or                                                                    overnight. 

This had been a process through out my day between class and running errands. Once it was ready I rolled out the dough on a surface with flour.

 The next step to the Pinterest speacial was to cut hearts out for the top part of the crust.

Slice, dice, and prepare the strawberry center...

Layer the hearts according to the recipe...Mine were a little skiwampus. Then add an egg wash and sugar atop to make it shiny and golden brown. 

It would seem that this Pinterest recipe turned out splendid for me...

Until... The girlies came over for little Valentine treats and a sappy movie. I went to cut the pie, my rookie mistake: I didn't cook it right and had a saggy bottom crust that was uncooked. My heart sank.

Good thing we had cream cheese frosting and sugar cookies to decorate and eat. Not to mention it was a festive pink frosting with many different bottles of pretty sprinkles!

There may be times when we get saggy bottoms but in the end it doesn't ruin a good rest of the time because there is plenty more in life to make up for it, like pink frosting and sprinkles.