" Chicken Pot Pie"

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 6 (4 1/2 inch) aluminum foil, potpie tin
• 1 refrigerated pie crust (most 15-ounce packages contain 2 crusts, enough for 6 pies)
• 1 egg (makes enough for 6 pies)
• 2 tablespoons water
• 2 (3 1/2 ounce) boxes vanilla instant pudding mix (1 box makes enough for 3 pies, or use canned pudding) or 2 (3 1/2 ounce) boxes chocolate pudding mix (1 box makes enough for 3 pies, or use canned pudding)
• 4 cups cold milk (to make pudding)
• 4 -6 starburst decorative candies (yellow)
• 10 -12 starburst decorative candies (orange)
• 3 -5 chewy jolly rancher candies (green, or tootsie roll candy)
• 1 banana (makes enough for 6 pies)
• 2 -3 dried apple rings

Recipe

• 1 heat the oven to 450°.
• 2 unroll or unfold a piecrust on work surface.
• 3 using the upside-down potpie tin as a guide, cut a circle of dough about 1/2 inch larger than the tin.
• 4 if you're making more than one potpie, simply cut another circle from the dough. reroll the scraps to cut out a third and repeat witht the other crust.
• 5 crumple a piece of aluminum foil into a 1 1/2-inch ball and set it in a potpie tin. cover it with a layer of foil to create a smooth mound, then lay a circle of dough on top.
• 6 press the tines of a fork around the edge of the dough to crimp it, then use the fork to gently poke a few holes in the crust.
• 7 beat the egg with the water, then brush the mixture over the dough.
• 8 set the pie tin on a baking sheet a nd repeat for the other crusts.
• 9 bake the crusts for about 10 minutes.
• 10 let cool completely.
• 11 prepare the pudding and milk according to the package directions.
• 12 refrigerate until serving time.
• 13 place the starburst or tootsie roll candies unwrapped on a paper plate and warm them in the microwave just until they're slightly softened, about 12 to 15 seconds, (the jolly rancher candies will soften from the warmth of your hands.)
• 14 once you've shaped them, lay the candies on waxed paper or a paper plate, set apart from each other so they won't stick together.
• 15 corn kernels: roll the yellow candy between your hands or on a clean work surface to create a 4-inch-long rope, then use kitchen shears or a sharp knife to cut the rope into 1/4-inch pieces.
• 16 with your fingers, form each piece into a kernel by flattening one end and pinching the other.
• 17 chicken: use kitchen shears or a knife to cut the apple rings into 1/2-inch-wide pieces.
• 18 peas: roll the green candy into a 5-inch-long rope. cut the rope into 1/4-inch pieces, then roll each piece into a ball.
• 19 potatoes: peel the banana, slice off three 1/4-inch-thick pieces, then cut each piece into small cubes.
• 20 cubed carrots: cut each orange candy into 4 squares.
• 21 to assemble the pie just before serving time, spoon about 2/3 cup of the pudding into the each pie tin.
• 22 add the candies and the fruit to the pudding, then set the piecrust on top.