Cherry pie

The pies all over show lattice for some reason. Cherries do not grow on lattices. Lattices are interesting to do, I suppose. Some show an American flag. Others show a cluster of cherries. Others show cut out stars. The things people do with dough. Just incredible.

None show what the gardener sees; a pile of rubbish branches and leaves.

There won't be any cherries in the gardener's pile of cherry tree rubbish. He does that a different time of year.

This pie crust is actually cookie. Each branch is a cookie. Each leaf is a cookie. That's why there is so much of it. The crust is actually a bag of cookies. The entire bottom is the same cookie pie dough laminated. That has the pie filling on top of it.

The last pie-crust-cookies weren't sweet enough and they didn't have enough body, their flavor profile too flat. They were too much like pie dough. This time the pie-crust-cookies have egg and vanilla extract more like cookies and vodka more like your mom. Kidding! They have cinnamon, nutmeg and clove. They also have lemon rind and lemon juice. How's that for a dunkable cookie?

* all purpose flour
* brown sugar
* white sugar
* salt
* loads of butter.
* cinnamon
* nutmeg
* clove (teeny-tiny itty-bitty amount)
* lemon rind
* vanilla extract
* vodka
* egg

See, it's all done up like cookies so the pieces can be broken off and dipped into coffee, tea, milk, or whatever. That's the idea. I really like nibbling on pieces of pie crust. But I always wish they taste just a little bit better.

Needs more butter.

Okay, let's bake it like this. Spray some whipped cream on top.

Okay, let's bake it like this. Finished. We can pick off the branches and eat them separately.

See? You're in the yard. It's a pile of trim-rubbish. Someone has to deal with this stuff.