Father's attempt to make pie crust (6)
I believe the answer is:
pastry
'pie crust' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both things that one consumes for nourishment as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'father's attempt to' is the wordplay.
'father's' becomes 'pa's' (pa can mean dad or father).
'attempt to' becomes 'try' (I've seen this in other clues).
'pas'+'try'='PASTRY'
'make' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pastry that I've seen before include "Dough used in pie-cases" , "'Dough of flour, fat and water (6)'" , "Dough made for pies, etc." , "Dough of flour, water and shortening" , "choux, perhaps" .)