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by Howie Hart » Wed Nov 21, 2012 2:18 pm

My Mom used to make these. After making a pie, she would roll out any leftover pie crust, sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon, roll it up, cut into 1/2 inch thick pin wheels, lay them on their side on a cookie sheet and bake them. I've been doing it the past few times I've made pies. Tasty treat. Anyone else do anything similar?
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Re: Pin Wheels

by Redwinger » Wed Nov 21, 2012 2:51 pm

Yup, NJ does that all the time.
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Re: Pin Wheels

by Lou Kessler » Wed Nov 21, 2012 5:42 pm

Thanks Howie, I had forgot that my mother did the same thing after baking a pie or pies. Remember now , what a treat! :D
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Re: Pin Wheels

by Karen/NoCA » Wed Nov 21, 2012 5:51 pm

Mom did that all the time....I was not fond of pies but I readily ate the cinnamon sugar treats! :D
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by JuliaB » Wed Nov 21, 2012 6:43 pm

Haven't thought of that in years, Howie. My Mom did exactly the same thing. I don't think she basted them with butter, so they always looked and smelled better than they actually tasted..a tad on the dry side, but I never refused them!

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by Christina Georgina » Wed Nov 21, 2012 9:39 pm

Tootsie Rolls!!!! That's what my mother called them and I do as well. My son always asks for them when I make pie. We spread the rolled dough with butter, sugar and cinnamon then roll it into a a log, make 1/2 " thick slices and bake. Nothing better if the crust is short and rich!
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Re: Pin Wheels

by Matilda L » Wed Nov 21, 2012 10:09 pm

My mother made these too.
Is that what a tootsie roll is?
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Re: Pin Wheels

by Christina Georgina » Wed Nov 21, 2012 11:50 pm

No Matilda. Just what my family calls those delectable things made from left over pie crust. They bear absolutely NO resemblance to the candy, Tootsie Roll.
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Re: Pin Wheels

by Mike Filigenzi » Wed Nov 21, 2012 11:58 pm

My mom used to just roll out the dough in strips and add sugar and cinnamon. They were a real treat.
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by Rahsaan » Thu Nov 22, 2012 12:19 am

My mother did the same thing, although not in shapes, just a cinammon sugar treat from leftover pie dough. When I got older I asked why she had stopped doing it at a certain point and she said that she mastered her recipes and no longer had extra dough!
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Re: Me too

by Mike Filigenzi » Thu Nov 22, 2012 12:25 am

Rahsaan wrote:My mother did the same thing, although not in shapes, just a cinammon sugar treat from leftover pie dough. When I got older I asked why she had stopped doing it at a certain point and she said that she mastered her recipes and no longer had extra dough!


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Re: Pin Wheels

by Jenise » Mon Nov 26, 2012 8:30 pm

Christina Georgina wrote:Tootsie Rolls!!!! That's what my mother called them and I do as well. My son always asks for them when I make pie. We spread the rolled dough with butter, sugar and cinnamon then roll it into a a log, make 1/2 " thick slices and bake. Nothing better if the crust is short and rich!


I do the same!

I received some free apple pie spice in one of my Penzey's shipments and have used that in place of cinnamon the last few times--it's mostly cinnamon anyway. I've also been known to put some finely chopped pecans in there--baby pecan wheels!
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