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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…
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Snicker Bar Pie
The first time I made this pie it won first place in an ACF baking competition. I actually used a basic pie crust and made everything from scratch. One of the rules for entering this is that it SHOULD be your own recipe. I definitely followed the rules on this and the whole thing was…
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Savory Pies – Quiche Lorraine
I really enjoy French cooking. Julia Child’s master work, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, has proven over and over to be a delicious treat. Nothing I have tried from her book has failed outside of having to adjust some baking times but that is expected with each oven. I have written times down in…
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Grasshopper Pie
NO GRASSHOPPERS WERE HARMED IN THE MAKING OF THIS PIE… From what I have read this pie was inspired by a drink called the Grasshopper… here is the background on that. It has inspired many desserts since it’s invention. Here is a vintage inspiration post on the traditional Grasshopper Pie and it’s history. It was…
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Savory Pies – Tomato Pie
This is a reworked post from the old blog… practicing my editing skills today. LOL Just in case you still have any tomatoes still coming from that garden before the cold hits this is a really great savory pie. The inspiration for this tomato pie started with a Paula Deen recipe and then got tweaked to fit…