Happy Pi Day!  

Yes, I am a geek by nature.  Gary is a High School Math Teacher and I have always loved numbers and math, so I love the marriage of  math and cooking on this homophonic day!

In honor of Pi Day, I got creative in the kitchen and decided to make some personal pies for the math teachers at my school.  I had a pie crust leftover from a homemade quiche in the freezer and I even used my frozen whipped cream I blogged about to create this simple pie that Simple Simon would have been proud of!

First, I defrosted the pie crust.

Then, I used a biscuit cutter to serrate the crust into circles.  Each circle
was gently placed in a mini-muffin pan.  I just pinched the extra edges to make it fit.  NOTE - You can make this even SIMPLER by purchasing a pre-made graham cracker crust! I just didn't have any and I was home on a SNOW DAY with 3 kids, so running out to the store QUICKLY was out of the question!

I baked the mini pie crusts at 425 degrees for about 8 minutes.

While it was baking, I had my frozen whipped cream defrosting in a bowl.  I had about 5 heaping tablespoons of whipped cream defrosting.  Again, make this SIMPLER and Low Fat by using NON-FAT COOL WHIP, but see above why I didn't run out to the store...

I added about 1/4 cup of Tastefully Simple's Oh My Chai Mix to the defrosted whipped cream.  This is the perfect flavor of cardamon and black tea.  Sweet, but not too sweet, either!  Stir until well combined.

To make it easier to scoop into my mini pies, I placed the Chai Mixture into a small baggie and snipped a corner to create a piping bag.  KISS (Keep it Simple, Silly!)

To top them off, I had mini chocolate chips that added just the perfect garnish!  You could also use pecans, walnuts, M&M's, or coconut!

All the math teachers seemed to appreciate their Oh My Chai Pi!  Happy Pi Day!