Strawberry pie and a Promo Code

So last weekend was Super Pi (3.1415blahblah) day, did you make a pie? I always mean to but forget every year. (Well, okay, I really just don’t want to mess with pie crust but…..)  This year the kids asked me a week or so before if I would make a pie on Pi day. Instead of cringing like usual, I said yes with a big cheery smile. Why?

Because I have the DoughEZ!! So why not make a pie and keep my counter tops clean too?!  So I did. You would have thought my family has never had sweets before as that pie was gone the next day!

So here I go. Pie dough on the DoughEZ all ready for rolling out.


Roll out the pie dough to match one of the circles the best you can that fits your pie pan with some room to spare.


Look at that!! I almost got a perfect circle!! woo hoo


I laid the pie pan on top of the dough, closed up the DoughEZ and flipped it over so the pie dough would fall right into the pie pan.


Look how the DoughEZ just peels right off the pie crust dough! No mess at all!


Flute the edges of the pie crust and then baked it before filling it.


Before baking it. I wasn’t fast enough to get a picture after it was baked and topped with Whipped Cream.

So are you wanting your own DoughEZ now? Well I have a Promo code (good for only the month of March)  for you to get $10.00 off your order. Promo code has been extended till after Mother’s Day, 5/11/15!!

Just enter "ambersantics" all lower case for $10.00 off your order. And to help you even more, I have placed a button (Precision Dough Rolling System) that will take you straight to their order page on the side of my blog.

And now for the recipes that had my family asking me to make another Strawberry Pie soon (like the next day!)

I got the Strawberry Pie recipe from With a Grateful Prayer and a Thankful Heart. She has a link to print the recipe.

Strawberry Pie

3 Tablespoons cornstarch
1 1/2 cups sugar (It is a SWEET dessert, you might want to reduce the sugar.  We like it sweet)
1 1/2 cups water
3 oz box strawberry Jell-O
2 cups sliced strawberries

Pre-bake a 10" pie shell.

Line bottom with the sliced strawberries
Combine cornstarch, sugar and water in small saucepan.  Bring to a boil and simmer, stirring constantly, until thickened.  Add the Jell-O and stir until dissolved.  Pour over the strawberries and refrigerate until set.
Serve with whipped cream

I used The Gracious Wife recipe for my pie crust.

No Fail Pie Crust

3/4 cup shortening
2 1/14 cups flour
1/2 cup cold water

In a large mixing bowl, cut shortening and flour together. A pastry blender is preferred but a fork works with success too.

Then add water and stir with a fork until it forms a ball. If there’s still flour at the end, add water, a teaspoon at a time. You want the dough to be stiff, not sticky, so be careful not to add too much water.

Divide in half. If you’re only using half, you can freeze the other half now. Let the dough chill* in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes before rolling out.

Poke dough with fork to prevent air pockets and bake for 10 mins at 350* or until the crust is golden.

*Oops! I just realized I never let my dough chill but it still rolled out great and tasted awesome!

      Thanks for stopping by!
                   Amber

DoughEZ, Baby Girl Cookies and a Promo Code!

Ever want to make cutout cookies but drag your feet because you know there will be a big mess to clean up afterwards? I’m that way at Christmas time but with orders, I’ll make them but still go ugh, what a mess to clean up.

Well enter Facebook and a post from one of my friends talking about this product she had just bought for making her cookies. To say I was intrigued was an understatement. So off to the site I went and 20 minutes later I had ordered the DoughEZ! 

It came just in time for an order I had so I took step by step pictures to share with you after I had cut out a few batches as the DoughEz is just too much fun and I was impressed beyond impressed.  (keep reading as Promo code is at the end of post)

The DoughEZ pastry mat is made of a silicone fiber mesh and the guide sticks are made of food safe ABS plastic. The six guide sticks come in two different depths of 1/8” (2 sticks) and 1/4” (4 sticks) in thickness. They can be stacked for various thickness and the 4 – 1/4” sticks with notches, snap together to create a 9”x13”x1” pastry frame.


I wanted my cookies to be 1/4” thick so I used the 1/4” sticks. Slide them under the mat and place the dough on the mat in between the guide sticks.



Now bring the other side over and on top of the dough and get ready for some fun.


Using your rolling pin, start rolling your dough. What??!! No sticky dough on the rolling pin?!! Amazing!!  Roll dough till it is to thickness of the sticks you are using. (your rolling pin stays right on top of the sticks when rolling and the mat never moved. Loved that!)  

Once dough is to thickness, open the DoughEZ and place parchment paper or in my case, wax paper, on to the dough.

Now close the DoughEZ and flip it over so the wax paper and dough end up on the other side.
Start cutting out the cookie shapes!

All the cookies I cut out were all the same thickness!! Finally I can get them the same without eyeballing it or ending up with different thicknesses!

And here are the cookies all decorated and all same thickness! woo-hoo!!


Wait! What about clean up? It is so simple now. For one your counters are still clean and so is your rolling pin! All you have to do is wipe down the DoughEZ mat with a wet washcloth and a little bit of soap, dry it off with a towel and roll it up. So simple!

All components of the DoughEZ are FDA approved food safe materials. Perfect for making biscuits, donuts, or non baked confections like rice krispy treats or molding cake pop dough and so much more. Did you see the rings on the one side? Perfect for shaping your pie crusts and pizzas!  I just got a new bread machine that makes pasta dough, can’t wait to cut those out on this!

So I was so excited on how well this worked that I gushed on DoughEZ’s Facebook page and they gave me a PROMO code to share with my readers! Just enter "ambersantics" all lower case for $10.00 off your order. Promo code is good for the month of March only. Promo code has been extended till after Mother’s Day, 5/11/15!! And to help you even more, I have placed a button (Precision Dough Rolling System) that will take you straight to their order page on the side of my blog.

You will not be disappointed, believe me. I am so excited to make cutout cookies now and fondant for my cakes! I even have everything but marshmallows to make rice krispie treats for my kids. Which when I do, I will share how that works with you.

  Thanks for stopping by  
     and happy baking!!

               Amber