What I'm Searching For: Pie Baking Inspiration

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Martha Stewart featured embellished pie crusts this morning on her show, and I was inspired by several of the options that she showed. More often than not my attempt to flute my pie crust ends up looking quite disastrous, so I really like the idea of using mini (or regular-sized) cookie cutters to cut out pie dough to embellish the pie crust edge. I found a few options online including these piecrust cutter and leaf cookie cutter sets:

1. Willams-Sonoma Fall Piecrust Cutters 2. Leaf Cookie Cutter Set 

In addition to leaves and autumnal shapes, I also found a few snowflake cookie cutters that would make for a gorgeous winter holiday pie. And of course, you can't have a pie without a great-looking pie dish, right? (Okay, yes, you totally don't need a fancy pie dish to bake a pie . . . but it doesn't hurt to look, right?)

1. Emile Henry Artisan Ruffled Pie Dish (Olive) 2. Good Cook Ceramic Pie Plate (Red) 3. Fiesta Deep Dish Pie Baker (Turquoise) 4. Emile Henry Urban Pie Plate (Plum) 5. Le Creuset Stoneware Pie Dish (Cherry) 6. Appolia French Ceramic Tart/Pie Dish (Mint) 

We have a bunch of apples on hand from our last trip to Weavers Orchard, so it looks like my weekend plans will include baking at least one pie. (It doesn't hurt to get in a practice pie or two before the holiday season begins -- though my waistline might disagree!) I'll definitely have to put some of those Martha Stewart pie crust tricks to use; looks like a trip to Kitchen Kapers and/or Williams-Sonoma is in my near future.