Sooooo, yesterday was Chase's birthday and I decided that I was going to be even more domestic and bake him a pie :) He has told me in the past that he's a big fan of Rhubarb, so (despite the fact that Rhubarb isn't in season!) I chose that for the filling. I ended up driving around to 4 different stores looking for fresh Rhubarb: Safeway, Trader Joes, PCC, and finally QFC where they had it frozen, but not fresh :-( I decided to take my chances because I didn't have a whole lot time to bake the pie before I had to leave to teach, then off to lunch with Chase during his break. I bought pre-made pie shells, mixed 1 cup of sugar & 6 tablespoons of flour, dusted it on the bottom shell, added the thawed Rhubarb, then put the rest of the sugar/flour mixture in with the Rhubarb, covered & folded the top pie shell. (See below)
It baked while I got ready, & the timer went off right 5 minutes before I was supposed to walk out the door. Since the pie was extremely hot, I grabbed the IA HAWKEYE hot potato bag Chase's mom gave us for Christmas to put it in. I taught my class & then met Chase at his work & presented him with the pie :) I was honestly really worried that it was going to taste not as great because of the frozen Rhubarb, but according to both of our taste buds (& keep in mind, I'm NOT a Rhubarb fan) it tasted GREAT!!!!!!
I can now add "Pie Baker" to my life job description ;)
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