I notice the spacings between the letters of "DIEGO" are uneven, and that makes me very, very nervous...

I believe what you meant to say is that "makeS me" ...

Hmmm...Monk Diego?

I like it!!! :)

Getting back to the original question...

Pie is not for beginners. Pie crust depends not only on ingredients, but also on technique. In fact, it depends much more on technique than on ingredients--there are thousands of different pie crust recipes, but they all use the same cutting-in technique. And this technique requires patience, a word not generally associated with teenagers. Use bad technique and you get concrete instead of flakes. I know this, I've had to try to eat a first-time pie crust from someone who thought it needed to be well beaten. Nothing in the kitchen short of the electric turkey-carving knife would make a dent in it. Unless you know how to make good pie crust and are going to be there to demonstrate, you are asking for disaster.

Have them bake a frozen pie.

What an opportunity!

Get a cookbook, take the family to the kitchen, throw flour on each other, and bake a DG and Family pie. While it cools, go for a ride and bring home some small container of ice cream. You will have a day to remember always.

I teach cooking. The girls will love it. Even if it does not turn out professional, it will be the DG Family pie. Have fun, this would probably eclipse all other pie rides.

"Posting heart rate". I love it.