Today, July 22nd, is PI APPROXIMATION DAY! [Clicking those words will take you to Wiki for the full explanation.]
And I promised you a pie to celebrate. 
Even though it was forecasted to be one of the hottest days of the year, I still went ahead and turned on the oven to BAKE. I made you this PLUMCOT Pie with Oatmeal-Walnut Crumb Topping per the Deep-Dish Pluot Pie recipe from Ken Haedrich’s PIE book.
The plumcots were on sale at my favorite grocery store; I bought a few apricots,too, because I don’t recall the last time I ate a fresh apricot. It was sweeter than I expected.
Photo Essay of the Process:
For Chris: I made a single pie crust of 1.25 flour, 3/4 stick unsalted butter, 1/4 salt pulsed in the food processor. Then mixed while slowly adding 3 Tblsp water, chilled 15 min, next rolled round to my pie plate, and chilled again. Filling was 2 apricots, 6 or 7 plumcots, sugar, lemon juice and zest, nutmeg (let sit for 15 min) and then a sugar + cornstarch mix with all of this filling the pie crust. I baked that for 30 minutes at 400 while I assembled the oatmeal-walnut crumb topping (which also had sugar and cinnamon and salt) to tamp onto the fruit of the pie, baked for 30 minutes more at 375. It dripped a lot! But I had a pan to catch it. Page 120 of Haedrich’s awesome book. I recommend.
I have vanilla ice cream to accompany. I made a Banana Cream Pie, as well.
Happy Pi Approximation Day!
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Mmmm… it looks delicious. Happy Pi Approximation Day, dear Care
The sacrifices you make for us! It looks yummy!
This looks amazing. You are one talented cook.
You have made me so happy with the idea of a Pi Approximation Day. Particularly because it has to be written the British way to make sense! Serious pie efforts there – I’m in awe.
You made Banana Cream Pie!! You rock!!!