Strawberry Stew Pie

It was gorgeous and sunny here all weekend (though cold), but I had to endure working in the cold, dark shop both days. Now of course on my day off, it's dark and rainy again. Just in time for me to enjoy day! So instead of my planned trail walk, I'm spending my morning with piping hot coffee, some BBC shows, and a new knitting project-guess I can't complain about that!! In my downtime, I figured I'd share my fabulous flop of an Easter dessert!

I was scheduled to work this Easter, and was going to miss my extended family's dinner get together. Luckily, though, my bosses decided we could close that day, and I was called upon to bring dessert for our family get-together.

I instantly thought of making cupcakes with Cadbury eggs baked inside, and a vanilla buttercream and caramel drizzle to mimic the Cadbury flavors. It just sounds like a toothache in the making! However when I went to buy the eggs, I was not prepared to pay $6 just for the candy needed to make a dozen cupcakes. So I was forced to wrack my brain for something I could make, and know the ingredients off hand while I stood in the grocery store.

Nothing....nothing...mmm those strawberries on sale sure look fantastic. Still nothing...and then! I remembered seeing a picture of the most delicious looking strawberry pie on another blog, and I knew that was the way to go!

Ready to go, housewife style with my skirt apron over my Easter dress!

The next day I got home from church an hour and a half before I had to leave to drive North, so I was forced to use roll out pre-made pie crust from the grocery store. The pie itself was a cinch to put together, and I used a recipe that didn't add extra sugar (by using sugar-free preserves), and I was out the door in no time!

I have proof that it looked normal and delicious at one point!

 And then...disaster...

An ill-timed metered freeway ramp forced me to slam on my brakes and the pie was propelled right off the seat of my car, and a third of it sslid right off the edge of the pan and onto my floor. Strawberries everywhere!!

At these point in my life, I'm so used to the Murphy's Law being the story of all that I do, that most of the time (okay maybe 50/50), I'm able to just laugh it off and keep going.

I had to get a photo-op in with my masterpiece!

The intact 2/3 of the pie still went proudly into dinner with me, and people literally took spoons to it, and I was left with nothing to take home that night!

By the end of the night, my pie plate was wiped clean. Disaster or not, this pie is a hit!