Article: PREPARED PIE CRUST CAN BE TASTY BY ALICIA ROSS, WITH BEVERLY MILLS UNITED FEATURE SYNDICATE.(LIFE & LEISURE)(Recipe)

I used to pride myself on making my own pie pastry. I simply wouldn't bake pies if I didn't have time to studiously mix and roll out the wonderful crusts just like my mother and grandmother taught me.

The result was that I never served pie.

Then one day at the supermarket, I caved in and bought a refrigerated pie crust. I snuck it in the house and quickly baked an apple pie, discarding the package before anyone had a chance to see the bright red box. My family was delighted.

``Are we starting to have pies again?'' my youngest asked expectantly. You'd have thought I was the dessert Gestapo and was now lifting the ban.

Could my family ...

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