This article brought memories to my heart and tears to my eyes, thinking of my grandmother who taught me most of my cooking and baking skills. My wonderful mom although a good cook quite hated the task of cooking and baking. The only thing missing was what to do with the pie crust scraps that you cut away......You Make Pie Crust "Cookies" ! Cut the scraps into approximately 2" irregular shapes, no need to reroll them, the shape does not matter. Place them on an ungreased cookie sheet, brush with melted butter, sprinkle generously to taste with sugar, then dust with cinnamon (again to your own taste). I prefer the layered taste effect of the sugar and cinnamon rather than mixing the sugar and cinnamon together, but that works too. Bake at 375 F for about 7 to 10 minutes until lightly golden brown and puffy. Watch carefully as they will burn easily. Yummy warm from the oven or if they make it to the next morning, served cold with your morning coffee. This is such a delicious memory, that I am guilty of making a pie crust dough just to make the cookies to munch on. You can even get adventurous and use apple pie spice mix or pumpkin pie spice mix dusted over the melted butter and sugar. Both are tasty. I have also cut out pie crust leaves from these scraps, baked them as above, and used them as a garnish for the whipped cream dollop on top of a piece of pumpkin pie. One thing I never do is though out a single piece of pie dough. Grandma would not have approved of that :)

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