What To Do With Scraps of Dough After You've Made Your Pie

After making that Strawberry Rhubarb Pie last week, I had some dough left over, so I made these.  I just pressed the scraps into a ball of dough, rolled it out into a rectangle (or something like a rectangle), brushed with some of the remaining egg wash (melted butter would work, too), and sprinkled a mixture of cinnamon and sugar over the dough. 

Then I rolled the dough up, jelly-roll style, and sliced it into thin disks - about a quarter of an inch thick.  I put them all out on a parchment-lined cookie sheet, brushed with more egg wash, and sprinkled with some sparkling sugar before popping them in the oven with the pie.

They puffed up a bit and were not TOO sweet - perfect with some coffee or tea - if your children don't inhale them before you get time to MAKE that coffee or tea!

Comments

[jomamma]

Good idea! My mom used to use the scrap pie crust to make little strips for us, she'd roll it all out and cut them into strips with a little zig-zag cutter/roller/thingy. Sprinkle them with cinnamon and sugar the same as you did. We'd clean the kitchen for those.

[Rina]

Fabulous idea! I hate throwing away those little scraps.

[Terry]

I know for a fact that these tasted great!!! When I was young, my Mom used to use the leftover pie crust and do a similar thing with it.

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Really REally smart idea... Thanks for the tip

[Di]

Ooh, I love those, but I haven't made them in forever. Last night I did take some of my puff pastry scraps, cut them into pieces, sprinkle cinnamon sugar on them and bake them. Brianna and I sat in front of the oven window and watched them puff--so cool! =)

[Henrietta]

Yum! My mom used to let me make mini pies in those little aluminum foil tins out of the scraps :) pie dough, brushed with a bit of butter and sprinkled with cinnamon sugar, I think I need to make so me pie this week so I can make your scraps :)