Vanilla Meringue Pie

        First I started by making the crust for the pie after I set the temperature to 350 degrees. Before I placed the pie crust in the oven I rolled the dough into 2 equal sized balls. Then I rolled out one the dough balls
with a rolling pin in all directions to make it evenly spread out. Then I gently folded the dough in half and then in half again. Next I placed the folded dough in the corner of my pie pan. Then slowly unfolded the dough so that it was spread over the pie pan like a blanket. After that I made sure that the dough was touching the bottom of the pie, and then I took a knife and cut off the unneeded dough so that there was about one inch of dough hanging off the pie pan. Then I folded the edge of the dough underneath to make it lay on the edge of the pie pan. Then I used a technique that we were taught in class, by taking my right thumb and and finger to pinch the edges around the entire pie to give it that traditional pie crust looks. I placed it into the oven for about ten minutes.
           While the crust was baking I started to get my vanilla pudding ready. It took a while to get ready cause you had to wait for it to get really thick and continuously stir it while on the oven top. After the pudding started to finally get thick I gradually stirred one cup of the hot mixture into the yolk that I had slightly beat earlier which is called temper. Then I poured that back into the mixture and then poured all the mixture into the finished pie crust I had taken out of the over awhile before. While I was preparing he vanilla mixture I had Meringue being prepared also, it took a while for id to reach its stiff peaks form. After it reached that stage of fluffiness I took a spoon and spread it across the pie.
          Finally I placed the entire pie into the over to bake for about 10-12 minutes. When the pie was finished I had to wait at least 4 hours before i could taste it. So when I got out of practice I finally had the opportunity to taste it and at first I got more of a sweet taste from the meringue and soft feel from the the meringue also, however, when I started to taste the actual vanilla part of the pie I got a creamy feeling from it and also gave me the extra sweetness to satisfy my sweet tooth that I've had since a child. My kitchen partner Chase Bodicker also tasted my pie and he said he enjoyed it a lot. He told me that he tasted the meringue the most, he said it gave him a very moist feeling and also he tasted the sweetness of the vanilla. He also stated that my crust was well made and that he got a flaky texture from it. The taste of the entire pie was very good I thought and so did Chase, I believe everything turned out great.