Surviving Pie

Mess it up a few hundred times and then one day...it's easy.

This is the Ginger Rye Cookie Pie from last year’s holiday pie sale. I love it, and it qualifies as one of the chess-style pies that are great for beginner bakers.

Haul out the holly. Jingle some bells. Deck your halls. Roll out a pie crust. Let the panic commence!

The biggest baking season of the year is upon us, and after having made a multitude of posi…