Wondering what you're going to do with your pie dough scraps?
Do you even have pie dough scraps?
Sometimes I do. Usually, I just throw them away, but if there's a ton left over, I'll make hand pies. After my pie dough comparison, I had a lot of extra dough and had already made hand pies, so I decided to try something new.
Pie fries are just little strips of pie dough brushed with egg or butter (you can use whatever you brushed on your pie crust) and sprinkled with cinnamon sugar. They're sweet, flaky, crunchy little treats that can easily become an addiction. Just warning you.
They would probably be extra tasty dipped in jam or chocolate sauce and would make perfect garnishes for ice cream sundaes. Simple and sweet. The instructions below are pretty loose- you can't really mess these up.
Pie Fries
by Oven Love
- any amount of pie dough
- melted butter or one beaten egg, for brushing
- sugar
- cinnamon
Preheat your oven to 375 degrees (or whatever temperature your pie is baking at- feel free to bake them at the same time as your pie). Roll out your dough and cut into thin strips. Place the strips on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet. Brush the dough with melted butter or the egg. Sprinkle sugar and cinnamon on top (1 tablespoon sugar to 1 teaspoon cinnamon is a good ratio). Bake for 10-15 minutes or until golden brown. Let cool on a wire rack.
Growing up we would make Rollie Pollies where you roll out the leftover dough, fill with your choice of filling (usually cinnamon sugar) and roll up then bake at the same time the pie is. They were also highly addictive...maybe that will be a project for the weekend...I think I have some pie dough in my freezer.
ReplyDeletePie Fries? What a beautiful concept; the combination of the two words makes me very excited.
ReplyDeleteThis has me insanely starving, Nat!
ReplyDeleteWhat an awesome idea! My husband loves eating some of the scraps, but I bet he'd be happy with these as well!
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