Pies so Easy Kids can Help

Easy Pies to Make with your Children: At Little Sunshine’s Playhouse & Preschool, National Pie Day one of our most favorite holidays to celebrate. There are pies for all kinds and every occasion– apple, chocolate, no-bake, creamy, ones with topping, sugar-free, birthdays, holidays, and just-because-it’s-Tuesday pies. We hope you get to celebrate by eating your favorite pie. Here are a few recipes that are so easy your children can help you make them. This is a great way to spend time together and share a learning opportunity. Cooking can help children with reading and math by reading and measuring ingredients. Enjoy!

Easy Apple Pie

70 mins: Prep 20 mins, Cook 50 mins
Yield: 8 servings
By Stephanie Gallagher, posted on The Spruce

SG: “This apple pie recipe is easy because it starts with pre-made refrigerated pie crusts. I like Golden Delicious apples for this recipe, but you can certainly use Rome Beauties, Granny Smiths or Jonagolds. Since the pie crust is already taken care of, your kids will enjoy preparing the filling and mixing ingredients together. Start with refrigerating the pie crusts and by peeling the apples. Once apples are peeled, aim for moon-shaped slices with a thickness of about 1/2 inch. Smaller pieces of fruit tend to cook more quickly, but also lose more liquid, so don’t cut them too thin or too small.

Next, get to separating the yolk from the egg and use a silicone pastry brush to brush the unfolded pie crusts with egg whites — this will help keep the crust dry and flaky. Once the pie has baked, allow ample time to cool so that the filling can “set”. The rule of thumb is that fruit pies should cool at least four hours before slicing, since hot pie filling straight from the oven is usually runny. As your pie cools, the pectin molecules of the apples interact with one another, resulting in a delicious gel-like filling.”

White Chocolate No-Bake Cheesecake Pie

Ready in 10 mins
Yields 8 servings
By MizzNezz, posted at Genius Kitchen