Nora’s Pie-Crust Secret — Under the pantry shelf, Nora pinched pie dough into bumps: press, pinch, press, pinch. She wanted the edge to look fancy before the sweet pumpkin smell called everyone to supper. Read the full story →
Under the pantry shelf, Nora pinched pie dough into bumps: press, pinch, press, pinch. She wanted the edge to look fancy before the sweet pumpkin smell called everyone to supper. But her thumbs got sticky, and the crust sagged like a sleepy rope.
Then—psst!—a flour-dusted field mouse peeked from behind the nutmeg jar. “Try my acorn cap,” he whispered. Nora traded him one crumb and followed him past cinnamon tins to the cool windowsill, where dry leaves scratched softly at the glass. She pressed an oak leaf and an acorn cap into the dough, making tiny marks all around. Back at supper, the pie wore Nora’s own secret pattern. If you spot the acorns and leaves, you’re in on it too.
