Well, it's been a year now since I've been out of the baking industry and I did something tonight that I haven't done since I left -- I baked a pie! And what do you know, I didn't forget how to bake.
We are having our Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow night so I baked a pumpkin pie (Mom will be so happy). It's in the oven right now. Soon the wonderful smell of spices will fill our house. It was fun; nice not to have to bake a hundred at a time, over and over.
I made the crust from scratch which is the only way to do it. So many people don't know the secret to a good pie crust, which is to touch it as little as possible - over mixing makes it tough. I also made the filling from scratch. It was so easy and so much fun. I cheated last Thanksgiving and Christmas with store bought pies, but I'm glad I baked this one.
The other thing which is very good about baking a pumpkin pie is the evaporated milk which goes into the filling. There is always some left over and it is the best thing to put into my coffee. I wouldn't want to have it all of the time but it's good for a treat.
Mmm, I can smell it now! Can't wait to have some tomorrow.
"Everything has been thought of before, but the problem is to think of it again." -Goethe
"All that we are is the result of what we have thought." -Dhammapada
"How soon not now becomes never." -Martin Luther
"Even the longest journey begins with a single step." -Chinese Proverb
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