(Pi)neapple Delight Pie

Happy Pi day fellow mathematicians and pie aficionados!  When March 14th approaches in my house this means its time get out the rolling pins and crank up the oven to make a Pi day dessert. We do not settle for any old pie though, there is nothing worse than biting into a beautiful looking pie to find out it tastes just awful.  This pie delivers as it is both beautiful and unbelievably delicious.  This recipe is one my family has been making for years and is very easy as it can be made mostly out of pantry ingredients.  
    Here are my easy to follow step-by-step directions for you to follow to make the perfect pi day masterpiece. 

Step 1 What you will need

Ingredients for the dough:
* 1 cup unsalted butter, very cold
* 3 cups all-purpose flour
* 3 tablespoons white sugar
* 1/3 cup ice water

Ingredients for the filling:
* pie crust
* 3/4 cup white sugar
* 3 tablespoons cornstarch
* 1 (20 ounce) can crushed pineapple with juice
* 1 tablespoon lemon juice
* 2 tablespoons milk
* 1 tablespoon white sugar
* 1 egg (for egg wash)

To construct the pie:
* Rolling pin 
* cookie cutters (numbers, circles)
* 9 in circular glass pie pan

Comments

[DELETED_george8]

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[bluecor]

I retract. Your two crust recipes are not identical. I had to look twice!
Also, I really like the circles on this one. It is very pretty and "mathy" Your apple pie submission for the contest didn't take the beautiful golden brown color that this one did. Was it the crust recipe, or perhaps you photographed them differently?

[stevequag]

The two photos were taken in different lighting situations. The apple pi was done in natural (sun) light and the Pineapple in overhead lighting. Both attained a beautiful golden crust. The secret is in the egg wash!

[bluecor]

What you have done here could be viewed as unsportsmanlike. You've created an account "stevequagjunk" with which to comment up your pi contest submission.

Also, your two entries for the contest have duplicate text for the whole first page intro. The intro and the crust recipes are identical. Only the filling varies, and only by a little bit.

Perhaps you are trying to "stuff the ballot box" by making as many repetitive entries as you can.

My constructive suggestion is that you take the time to make each of your delicious entries unique so that they will each stand out, separately, on their own merits. Then they will earn both comments and votes from other users and you will be a happy instructables contest winner! :-)

[stevequag]

I apologize if this appears to be as so. That account you are referring to is not mine but rather was made by my brother, his intention was to mock my designs as he likes to annoy me. I believe he may be mocking me by using my screen name with the word junk following it. I'm surprised by the comment he has made but fully believe it was done so in a laughing manner.

Thank you for your suggestions. I do realize they are very similar, however i didn't see it necessary to reinvent the wheel when i had already written one description. I am a math/ physics person (just got my BS) and am not very skilled or interested in the field of writing. Perhaps i will re-evaluate my submission. I do hope you try this pie, it is DELICIOUS!

[stevequag]

Update: I asked my brother to delete his account. However he was unable to figure out how to do this so he has changed his account name.