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Hey everybody, my name is Tasha and welcome to Heart of Tarts.
March 14th is just around the corner, which is Pi Day for all you non-geeks out there.
It is a day to celebrate Pie, of course that is what I'm concerned about, and the maths.
Since it is Pi day, I have a confession. I, Tasha, failed college statistics.
It is not my brightest shining moment but the more you tell the truth and talk about it,
the less people can hold it over your head.
So let's get started on our Apple Pi Day Pie Recipe.
We are going to start by adding two cups of raw pecans to a food processor
along with 1/2 teaspoon of salt.
Process that all together until your pecans have become crumbly, but not fine.
Next you want to add to the food processor 2 tablespoons of coconut oil, 1/4 cup soft pitted dates,
and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract.
Pulse that together. You may want to process it just a little bit until it is well well combined.
I let mine go a little bit longer to make sure my dates were nice and chopped up,
but as long as it is sticky, you can stop it. You still want the crust to have a lot of texture.
This nut crust smells just like the Bavarian Nut cart in the mall.
You know with all the sugar and gooey goodness. Oh it smell so good and it roast them.
And these are raw nut with just a little bit of date sugar and aw they smell just like the cart.
I just wanted to dive right into the pan as I was spreading it out, but I controlled myself.
Press the crust around the sides and bottom of a 9 inch tart pan.
I have lined mine with parchment paper to make it easy to transfer.
And then, stick it in the freezer until we need it a little bit later.
Next to the food processor, I am going to add in two apples. Two small red apples that have been cored and peeled.
1/2 cup soft pitted dates, along with 2 teaspoons coconut oil, 2 teaspoons vanilla extract,
2 teaspoons cinnamon, and 2 teaspoons ground flaxseed.
I kind of got carried away with the two teaspoons, but it was rhythm. It was a rhyme.
It was flowing, it was going, and I am rapping.
Puree that all together. This food processor is new and it is a little out of control.
I had to put the brakes on it, just to make sure it did not fly off my counter top.
But it is doing pretty good. It is a Black and Decker like my other one.
Once you get this nice mush of apply goodness, set it aside in a separate bowl.
You can use your food processor to chop up four additional apples,
you want to peel and core them first of course, but I used a knife to make sure that I got the dice and size that I wanted.
Because if you put them in the food processor, you can go from apple whole slices to mush very quickly.
I didn't want applesauce. I wanted these dices.
Add the apple dices to the apple puree in the second bowl from earlier and fold it together very well.
Take you crust out of the freezer and add your apple mixture to that in an evenly spread out manner.
When I was doing this, I was thinking, " I am so happy. This is so great."
"This smells so good. I am so happy with this."
For the topping, cut the outer layer from each of your two medium size green apples.
Almost like peeling, but leave enough of the flesh so that the peel of the apple doesn't curl.
You want it to be a nice thick slice of peel and flesh so that it is nice and sturdy.
Cut out your mathematical symbols from the apple skins.
I am going to use one big Pi sign and I did this free hand because I am such an artist.
Just playing, anybody can do it. I did it free hand and I did an addition symbol, sub . . .. , subscarption?
I did an addition symbol, subscraptiomtiom?
I did an addition symbol, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
You can go and do higher level signs for algebra or calculus, etc. if you wish.
If you are a teacher making this and you teach trigonometry or geometry, you know you can use
whatever symbolism you would like to.
And for all you math teachers out there teaching math from PowerPoint, screw yourself, really really hard.
Who learns math from PowerPoint. I don't know any learning style in which they
say yes, seeing computation and abstract sciences flat on a computer screen without any
work through is the best way for me to learn.
No, no it is not. Stop doing that. Stop teaching math off PowerPoint. It is just not the right medium.
Decorate the top of the pie with your math symbols and you are done.
I did a nice little set up with some notebook paper and some pencils, pens, and teacher red apples.
If you want to do that to set the scene for your Pi Day celebration, you can do that too.
You can find the written and printable recipe for this pie/tart at Parade.com.
I will include the link below. Thanks for watching. Bye.