Products on the farm

All About Apple Pie Demo

Welcome fall with a big slice of apple pie! In this 2-hour demo, the Pie Bird Pies team will walk through making an apple pie from start to finish: demonstrating how to make the perfect pie dough, which apples we love to bake with, how to spice your filling, and how to assemble and bake two of our favorite apple pies: classic apple and whiskey apple crumble. Guests will get to enjoy a slice of pie during class and leave with recipes for both pies, plus our favorite pie topping: vanilla bean mascarpone whipped cream.

September 15: 1:00-3:00 PM

By purchasing this product I agree to the Rose Farm Workshoppe Agreement and Liability Waiver.

About

Kristen Daily

Kristen Daily (she/her) is the owner and baker of Pie Bird Pies, a home-based bakery in the Drake neighborhood of Des Moines, which she co-owns with her wife, Andrea. Kristen loves to make (and eat!) pie, and she's passionate about using local and seasonal ingredients. Food has always been about connection and community for Kristen, so opening her home bakery has been the perfect way to express that care and joy. When she isn't up to her elbows in flour, you can find her in the garden or walking her beloved rescue chihuahuas, Frida and Norman.

Prior to baking full-time, Kristen worked in the nonprofit sector and taught introductory creative writing and communications courses at Iowa State University, where she received her MFA in poetry. But the pull of the kitchen was too strong to resist, and she opened Pie Bird Pies in May 2020.

Pie Bird Pies received statewide LGBTQ advocacy nonprofit, One Iowa's, inaugural Community Partnership Award in 2021. That year, Pie Bird Pies was also named one of the 33 Essential Restaurants in Des Moines by Eater. And in 2022, Kristen was inducted into Les Des d'Escoffier International, a philanthropic group of women in food, beverage and hospitality. That year, she was also named one of the Iowa Restaurant Association's 40 Women to Watch.