I don’t know about you, but I absolutely LOVE Easter! Easter=Spring. For me, it is one of the most meaningful, joyful, and humbling of holidays. One of the activities I most look forward to is getting together with my family and extended family. We have TONS of food, a massive Easter egg hunt, and time to visit and catch up. It is so much fun! To celebrate this year, I decided to take my Easter pies to the next level by adding some fun, festive, touches. I’m looking forward to the time with family and enjoying slices of these Easter pies! 🙂

How to Decorate Your Easter Pies…

I used an easy egg wash of 1 T. heavy whipping cream to one egg for the base of all the Easter decorations. The fat in the cream helps to add a really pretty shine on each pie. Just beat the two together and you’re ready to start the painting fun! (A pastry brush works great!)

Two of my decoration ideas were completely successful and one method of decorating was a learning experience. I struggled with whether I should include the third, but in the end, I decided it might help someone learn from my mistakes. 🙂

Decorating Tip #1: Use Festive Sprinkles!!!

After using an egg-shaped cookie cutter, I spread egg wash over the top of the upbaked pie shell and sprinkled with fun Easter egg sprinkles. The pastel colors were so pretty! Below is the result after baking my Peach Melba pie. The egg wash made a nice, shiny, topping and helped add color to the finished crust. It also served as a “glue” for the sprinkles. I really liked how this turned out!

Decorating Tip #2: Use Pastel Colored Sugar!!!

I was especially pleased with how the colored sugar topping turned out! It reminded me of coloring Easter eggs. I used three types of colored sugar: a white thicker, sparkling sanding sugar and light blue and pink colored sugar (finer grain). The pastels “melted” during baking and the larger white crystals left a pretty sparkle. This strawberry-rhubarb pie looked like a giant Easter egg! 🙂

Decorating Tip #3: Use a Colored Egg Wash

This technique I struggled with sharing because it was only a partial success. However, I wanted to be totally transparent, and I think had I used lighter colors, the finished product would have been much more attractive. 🙂

Prior to adding the egg wash to my final pie, I chose to mix paste food coloring into the egg wash. I do a lot of cake/cookie decorating, and I LOVE the color paste food coloring provides to food products. The colors of the egg wash was beautiful with just a toothpick-full of coloring. (I divided one egg/1 T. cream into three smaller custard cups and then colored each.)

I used a spoon to spread the egg wash on the top of my cherry pie, swirling to give a marbled effect. However, I found after baking that the purple did not stay nice and vibrant. Instead, it looked much more brown. 🙁 See below…

The blue and pink looked nice, and I think I could easily add a yellow to the mix without compromising the end product. Lesson learned: colored egg wash works best with lighter colors! 🙂

All-in-all, I’m very pleased with my egg wash experiment. My Easter pies looked festive and I loved how shiny it made the tops of the pies! I’d love to hear ideas for how you decorate the tops of your Easter pies! Or, let me know how the egg wash worked for you. 🙂

I pray you all enjoy the Easter holiday, yet please remember the reason why we celebrate: the resurrection of our Lord and Savior, who died on the cross to save us from our sins. Because of his sacrifice, we are able to go to heaven. We only need to believe in him.

Happy Easter!!!