Pi Pie

Happy Pi Day! A Cinnamon Caramel Apple Pie for 3.14.  I wish I could have gotten a picture of the bottom, because I have cinnamon swirled into the crust from a recipe I found via http://www.ohnuts.com/blog/2012/11/cinnamon_bun_pecan_pie_recipe_1.html , but I didn't want to cut into the pie since I'm taking it into work (I realize now that's what glass pie pans are for...).  

The crust is refrigerated Pillsbury pie crust, and for the top, I cut the slits and baked it for 15 minutes as per box instructions.  After baking for 15 minutes, I took the pie out of the oven, covered the top with an egg wash, covered the edges with tin foil so they didn't burn, and stenciled the pi symbol with cinnamon. The recipe from ohnuts.com is for a pecan pie, but I added my own filling, so I only baked it for another 30 minutes. 

But it turned out so cute! Everyone does St. Patrick's Day treats, so I thought I'd change things up a bit and do something for Pi Day. 

Cucumber Flowers

My take on cucumber flowers. I thought I'd found the instructions on how to do the flower on the right through a post on Facebook, I managed to save a picture, but can't remember where the original came from.   But here it is:

To me, it looks like they used only an English Cucumber, but for mine, I used 1 English cucumber and 1 regular cucumber. You just very carefully cut slits into the side of a halved cucumber, and then arrange the pieces to make the flower.  It's simple, but a little time consuming.
For the cucumber on the left, I found a video on Youtube.  Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-68EjDOPTU.
All in all, it took me about 1.5 hours to do the whole plate, but I was happy with the results.  My coworkers loved it.