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Mini Fruit Pies ? Simple Organized Living. I love pie. I love eating pie, I love making pie, I love nearly all vartities of pie! The only problem with pie is that the crust always seems to get soggy before we can eat it all — there are just 2 of us you know. So today — as I was contemplating whether or not I should make a pie (and knowing that my husband would definitly want me to make a pie) — I decided to try something new… … mini pies! I figured that if I made mini pies, I could make as many as we needed and I could customize the filling so everyone got their favorite pie.

Not sure why I didn’t think of this sooner? Anyway, mini pies are extremely easy and take less than 20 minutes to bake (half that of most full pies) Ingredients: Pie Crust Dough — I used store bought refrigerated crust but feel free to use homemadeFilling — choose your favorite pie fillings and make mini batches of each one (or use canned filling) Directions: Use a biscuit cutter to create mini pie crusts — cut as many or as few as you want What is your favorite pie? Pecan Pie V Recipe. Grandma's Lemon Meringue Pie Recipe. Baked Apple Dumplings. For me, settling into Fall is generally triggered by three things…leaves changing color, brisk cool air, and an inexplicable craving for apples. So, naturally, I have yet another yummy recipe for apple goodness. As my husband states here there is an “unmistakable briskness that now ever-so-subtly hangs in the air.” Sigh…I don’t even want to imagine what that “briskness” is threatening in the next few months.

But, as long as beautiful Fall weather is here to stay for a little while, I am going to enjoy it while it lasts. This weekend we are planning on doing some pumpkin carving. Partially for the sheer joy of creativity and pumpkin treats and partially because our complex is competing for $50 gift card for the best carved pumpkin. Baked Apple Dumplings Ingredients: 2 small apples – cored and paired1 ready made pie crust3/4 cup sugar3/4 cup water3-4 drops red food coloring1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg3 tablespoons unsalted butter Preparation: Brownie Pie | The Family Kitchen. The first time I had brownie pie was about ten years ago. One of my friend’s had brought it to a gathering, and everyone loved it.

It was a very simple recipe though. For her pie, she just used brownie mix in a store-bought pie shell. It was good, but I knew I could improve on it. For my version, I created a really moist rich brownie, that wasn’t chewy. Brownie Pie Recipe Ingredients pre-made roll out or homemade pie crust 1/2 cup flour 1 stick butter, or 1/2 cup, melted 1/2 cup cocoa powder 3 eggs 1/2 cup white sugar 1/2 cup dark brown sugar 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon vanilla Topping 1/2 cup chopped pecans, roasted 1/3 cup chocolate chips (milk or dark chocolate) pre-made jarred caramel sauce, warmed Method 1. 2. 3. 4.

More decadent desserts you might like: Inside Out Apple Pies. This dessert is part of a larger meal "A Taste of Autumn" where every single dish was made using "edible" or natural "bowls. " That post is my entry for Project Food Blog Round 6. You can check out the post and vote for me here. I'm not a baker. Bakers are precise, careful, planned, and detail-oriented people.

They have to be this way, for baking is such a precise art. Change the ratios of something, and the whole thing could totally fail. I'm more of a throw-it-all-together-without-measuring type cook, which can often lead to failures if you're trying to get cake to be a certain texture, a crust to be flaky, or dough to rise properly. This was my first time ever making any pie from scratch. This recipe is a twist on the traditional apple pie because it's sort of an inverted apple pie. The Crust Your goal in a pie crust is to make a flaky crust.

The key is to use really cold butter - like frozen butter. At this point you use your hands and try to form a ball with the mixture. The Outer Apple. French Silk Chocolate Pie | recipes | feasting.in. Lua Los Angeles: pie x 3 . chocolate cream, old-fashioned pumpkin, and coconut cream. One pie is good.

Three is even better. After missing my golden opportunity to enter my pies into the Malibu pie contest last week, which I fervently declared I would challenge earlier this year, I was feeling up to a challenge. These pies are my ammo and yes, I'm coming for you next year pie contest. Being the over-achiever that I am, one pie was not going to cut it. I had to make three. Last, I chose pumpkin because one it goes with the season and I knew it would be a nice alternative to the other sweet and rich cream pies.

Now, while I love pie, I have decided that I don't like: 1: Toasting coconut in the oven to a perfect golden brown, not burning the coconut (which happens easily, fyi), while holding a wire whisk and whisking cream constantly (which means don't stop- you don't want to scald the cream) in a pan over medium heat until i have lost all feeling in my arm 5: Shortening (but ok, I admitted the crust was flaky) In the end, it was all worth it. Coconut Cream Pie:::::: 1 cup cream. Lemon Bar Recipe.