Let's Cook Pies with Penny and Ellie

Penny and Ellie assembled a dozen pie-makers at Let's Cook on Hennepin Avenue. Scott Rosenbaum, a delightful Nebraskan chef, started out the evening's work with an apple galette.



Dried Fruit Pie Team 1: Penny and Lynn. Where's Ellie?

Here she is working with Lynn and Penny to make the dried fruit pie.

Cranberry Walnut Pie Team 2: Margaret, Kyle, and Janella

Apple Pie Team 3: Suzanne and Mimi. Where's Peggy? Taking pictures.

Thoroughbred Pie (aka Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Pie) Team 4: Gracy, Ruth Ann, and Jane

Pie makers hard at work in the Let's Cook kitchen.

Scott demonstrates the leak-proof crimp and then makes it pretty too.

Ramon checks the pies.

Team 1's Dried Fruit Pie
The "V" shaped vent celebrates victory over the vegetable shortening crust!

A slice of Dried Fruit Pie

Team 2's Cranberry Walnut Pie
This just says "holiday" all over it. It is the taste of the holidays too.

A slice of Cranberry Walnut Pie.

Team 3's Apple Pie
The butter crust was so tasty.

A slice of Apple Pie
Bob and I added Sebastian Joe's vanilla ice cream to this--it was divine.

Team 4's Thoroughbred Pie or Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Pie
Isn't this gorgeous?

A slice of Thoroughbred Pie
Can you imagine how we waddled out of the kitchen after sampling each of these pies AND Scott's galette starter?

The Let's Cook pie makers: Ramon, Scott, Christa, and Karen. They are great cheerleaders.

Peggy, Susan, and Penny
You'll find more photos at Peggy's Flickr site.