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Easy Pie Dough Roses {Pastry Roses}

August 18 By Renée 8 Comments

Easy Pie Dough Roses

These lovely little pie dough roses are ridiculously easy to make, and will immediately up your pie-making game! 

pie dough roses on unbaked blueberry pie

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These sweet little pie dough roses are so easy to make that, until an eleventh hour change of heart, this entire post was just another paragraph in my Sweet & Easy Pie Crust recipe.

Made from leftover dough, you can make two of these easy pastry roses in less than a minute. (Really!) 

unbaked pie dough roses on hand pies

I’ve always been a little intimidated by people who can make fancy, ornate pies; the kind most of us see only in the front windows of fine European-style bakeries.

One pie artist whom I particularly admire, Helen Nugent, elevates pie decorating to fine art; festooning her pastries with delicate, carefully braided strands of pastry dough, interwoven and laced with intricate, winding organic details. If you’re looking for some next-level pie-decorating inspiration, you definitely need to check out her amazing work @batterednbaked. (I can hardly wait for the September release of her new book, Pie Style!) 

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While I don’t think I’ll ever even walk in the same pie-decorating neighborhood as Helen, I did recently pick up one simple trick that has measurably upped my pastry embellishment game.

How to Make a 4-Circle Pastry Rose 

Four-circle pie dough roses are so easy to make; it’s almost embarrassing. They each take just seconds to form, and immediately raise your pastry aesthetic to a whole new level!

I did not invent this wheel: the “4-circle rose” technique one employed by bakers around the world. Fast and easy, bakers use this method to shape and adorn all types of doughs; from beautiful rose-shaped soft rolls (like these drool-worthy Cinnamon Roses!) to the simple pastry decorations shared here.

pie dough rose, rolled and ready to cut

Every successful pie starts with great pie dough: be sure to check out my Sweet & Easy Pie Crust recipe! 

Easy Pie Dough Roses

pie dough roses on unbaked blueberry pie
Prep Time 1 minute
Total Time 1 minute

Materials

  • Fresh pie dough

Tools

  • Biscuit cutter or other round cutting tool

Instructions

  1. For each pair of pastry roses, roll pastry to about 1/8-inch thick, and cut four pie dough circles of the same size. cut pie dough circles
  2. Line four pie dough circles up, overlapping each one about 1/3. Gently press the overlap together with your fingertip as shown. four pastry dough circles in a line You can add a drop of water between the layers to help them adhere better if you want to, but it isn't necessary.
  3. Beginning with the circle on the bottom, begin carefully rolling up the line of dough circles. rolling dough circles
  4. Pinch the center together slightly as you roll the circles together.rolling dough circles
  5. This will result in a barbell-shape that is slightly fanned on the ends. dough rose barbell
  6. Using a sharp knife, cut the barbell in half. cut pie dough roses in half Now you have two roses!
  7. To complete, gently fan out the rose petals. completed pie dough rose

Notes

You can cut out the pastry circles with just about anything. Bottle caps or a melon baller work particularly well.

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Project Type: Baking / Category: Sweets

See – I told you they were super easy!

LEAVES: To decorate the pastries shown here, I used a one of the cutters from my Mini Autumn Leaf Cookie Cutter Set. (I’ve had this little set of pastry cutters for over 15 years, and find that it comes in handy for all kinds of projects.) Pastry leaves can also easily be cut freehand, using a sharp paring knife. 

SIZE: Sizing pastry roses is as easy as changing the size of the dough circles you use: which is to say, smaller circles will yield smaller roses. (I used a biscuit cutter to make the larger circles below, and a melon baller for the smaller ones.)  

pie dough roses in various sizes

If you’re looking for more ideas, here are a few more easy ways to decorate pies [BBC Good Food]. 

roses on baked hand pies

Recipe for Blueberry Handpies (with precooked blueberry filling) coming soon!

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About Renée

Renée is writer, music maker, artist, and storyteller. In her spare time, you can find her writing love songs about cowboys, exploring the moss-covered nooks and crannies of the Pacific Northwest, and making music with her talented singer-husband.

Comments

  1. blankBintu | Recipes From A Pantry says

    August 18 at

    These look like so much fun to make and make any pie look so beautiful! I’m definitely going to try making them!

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  2. blankCookilicious says

    August 18 at

    Thanks for teaching this technique..will try

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  3. blankPris says

    August 18 at

    These roses are beyond cute! You are really very skilled. I will try someday, for sure! Thanks for the idea.

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    • blankRenée says

      August 18 at

      Thank you for the kind words!

      Reply
  4. blankJennifer West says

    August 18 at

    You have seriously just ROCKED MY WORLD with this! Who knew that was so simple!? Thank you for sharing!

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    • blankRenée says

      August 18 at

      Thank you, Jennifer! I felt the same way the when I first learned how to make them!

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  5. blankJeannette says

    August 18 at

    Oh, my. That was the BEST set of instructions I have ever seen for making pie dough roses. Anyone who hasn’t made it before can definitely visualise how to before doing so! Thanks for such a wonderful technique!

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  6. blankScarlet says

    August 19 at

    You are a real food artist! Those pie dough roses came out so beautifully! I hope to one day be able to do them as nicley! Thanks for the tutorial.

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