Yes, I did....I made a pie.

This is newsworthy because, as anyone who knows me can tell you, I have horrible pastry making skills.  My pasty has always resembled concrete, and hasn't tasted much better.  No-one would eat it - and I don't blame them.

I bought an Amish recipe book when we were in Indiana recently, and decided I'd have another go at pastry making using a recipe I found in it for pie dough.

It worked!!!  I made a blackberry pie today that has a pastry crust like my mother makes.  Crumbly, flaky...wonderful.  The secret is ice water and chilling the dough before you use it. 

A whole new world has opened up to me now....a world filled with pies and turnovers and pastry delicacies of all shapes and sizes and flavors.  As a matter of fact, I have a quiche in the oven right now...with a pastry crust made by my own fair hand.

I'll let you know how it turns out.