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this is a follow up to an earlier post about gram's pie. my husband's aunt and uncle forwarded this email. it would not surprise me in the least bit that this is how gram puts the finishing touch on her pie...

grandma's pie

grannie made such beautiful pies! one day i asked her, 'how do you get such beautiful pies with crimps around the edges so even?'

'it's a family secret,' she said. 'so promise not to tell.'

'i roll out the dough, then cut a bottom layer and carefully put it in the pie plate. then i slowly pour in the filling, making sure it's not too full. next i cut the top layer and put it over the filling. finally i take out my teeth and just run them around the edge of the pie crust and they make the nicest even impressions you ever did see.'

i never saw how she did it but i wouldn't put this past gram. now my gramma made the best pies in the entire world as well. but her perfect pie crust will remain a mystery. she still had all of her real teeth when she passed. she was 97.