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My Favorite Pie Crust Recipe… with tips
Pie season is about to be upon us. I have a standard pie crust recipe I use for all my seasonal pies. I can make them up ahead of time and fill them as I need a pie or two. I have shared the recipe for you on my old blog but thought it was…
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Rustic Plum Pie
I have been offline for the month of June and am still plugging away until the middle of July, except for blog reading and writing. I have taken several breaks from social media this year. I have deleted my Facebook and Twitter accounts completely and am toying with the idea of walking away from Instagram…
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Pumpkin Pie
This is a must every year at our house. First, I will give you the basic recipe that I use… this particular photo is one I took from our family reunion cookbook I put together a few years ago. We self published it through a local printing company and sold them to raise money to…
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S’more Pie
I know I make a lot of chocolate pies. My family really likes them. This was inspired by the classic marshmallow roasting tradition we share when we go camping with our family or scouts. The fact that I found out how to make Marshmallow Cream Meringue made this one a must. It has all the…
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A Pumpkin Pie Breakfast Smoothie
All this talk of pie has me in the kitchen exploring a different kind of smoothie recently. What if you could get the taste of pumpkin pie in your healthy breakfast beverage? Here is what I came up with. Load your blender with… 2-3 frozen peeled bananas 1/4 to 1/3 cup pumpkin puree (the more…
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Pie Crust 101
Let’s start with the recipe… This recipe was shared by my Pie, Cakes, Pastry class culinary instructor and is the simplest and most flavorful I have used. Chef New’s Recipe 1 cup flour (AP flour) 1/3 cup shortening or ( I used 3 Tbsp butter and 3 Tbsp shortening) 2-3 Tbsp ice water or just…