We Need To Find Better Gifts

Remember that post my sister made about my mom's birthday?  It was really funny- you can read it here.  Anyway, here is the next "dud" gift my mom received.  This time from me.  Here's the story:

Last summer, my mom was looking through the Williams Sonoma catalog and loved these:

 

They are little pie molds that are in the shape of a star or heart. So cute.  She loves things like this, so I bought them for her for Christmas.  I was proud I had remembered these for at least 6 months.  And even more excited they still had them (I found out why later).  I also thought it would be a plus for me, because I knew she would be whipping these up and we would get to eat them.

So, true to my prediction, she decided that since it was real close to Valentine's Day, it was time to break out the cute little pie molds.  Mmmmmm.

Well after a few hours in the kitchen and a lot of frustration, she brought us the finished product:

I thought it looked pretty good. If pies are supposed to be about as thick as a pancake.

She was upset about the so-called "heart" cutout.  Take a closer look:

The heart is pretty much a blob.  She wasn't so upset about that.  She was upset that the molds were difficult to use- only allowing about 1/2 Tablespoon of filling in each.  So we called them cookies. 

Needless to say, she won't be using the molds anymore.  I don't think she is even going to try the star. Although she might forget her experience by the Fourth of July.

-posted by Lisa  

Comments

[sharin]

well, here's my 2¢...

The cookie/itty bitty pie is cute. definitely handmade and full of love.

The shapes are cute.

The filling looks delicious.

The only bad thing about this post? We didn't hear about how they tasted! I need another recap. LOL Are they as yummy as they look?

btw, in European countries they called filled cookies like these, pies. I think there are some Mexican cookies that are tiny little "pies" too.

All that counts is taste, right? ;-))

hugs,
Sharon

[robin(rsislandcrafts)]

Maybe your Mom can use them to make little cakes?

[Audrie]

Ooh yeah I'd be a little upset too if it came out like that. Perhaps a less runny filling would work? A friend of mine got me the snowflakes with the cut outs but I haven't used them yet.

[pam]

I hate to say it, but that heart kind of looks like it's been shot!

[Sandy (Strlady)]

Thank you SOOOO much for telling me about these! I found the little molds so darn cute and since my daughter loves baking I thought they would be a perfect present. I resisted getting them over the holidays and now I can resist the temptation FOREVER!!! Thanks for the review.