Pretty Apple Pie

When I want a fancy top on my apple pie I use theoe large cookie cutters for pie tops. After I have rolled out the top layer dough, I press the round cutter down and roll over the cutter with the rolling pin . Then remove the cutter and gently lift the dough onto the top of the pie. The dough will stretch. I place the cut outs around the top of the pie for more decorative charm.
You can find those pie top cutters at Amazon.

Not so Sweet Cherry Pie

I don't like my cherry pie too sweet. The canned cherry pie is just too sugary for me. I discovered if I make a pie with a can of regular cherry pie filling and add a can of red tart cherries in water ( draining the water first ) it makes a pie that is a nice balance of sweet but not too sweet. I save the cherry juice from the cherries on water. It is a wonderful drink with lemon lime soda.
Here the pie is open
How do like my pie bird?
I've got one I bought when I visited my sister in Menominee,WI? We each bought a pie bird at the Red Wing Potttery outlet. Mine has a crack now so I bought the black one for every day.