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‘Twas the Night Before Christmas

Happy Christmas Eve! We celebrated with a feast of mussels, shrimp and salmon. I made a lovely pear pie with a crumb crust in my cast iron skillet. The bottom crust was a butter pie crust. Skillet Pear PiePreheat oven to 425 f. Filling:6 large pears, peeled, cored and sliced thinly1 c granulated sugar plusContinue reading “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas”

Housewarming Gift

My friends moved houses across town. I wanted to make them something special. When I found large cookie cutters set with both a house and a holiday tree, I envisioned this pie. This pie consists of peaches and mulberries that I froze this summer. I made this using my typical mixed fruit pie recipe. PeachContinue reading “Housewarming Gift”

Pie Differences

I tend to vary my pies to cobbles, buckles, and crisps during various seasons. I’ve even dabbled making a pandowdy. This graphic illustrates the differences perfectly. For Thanksgiving a pie is traditional but vary it bit to include other varieties. Personally this is inspiring me to make a pear cobbler.

Oil Crust Pie

I made two attempts at using oil instead of butter or crisco. This morning I made a tart but could only press in the crust. In the afternoon, I tried again using another recipe when I made this gorgeous mixed fruit pie. I’ll post the recipes soon as I’m too bust eating now!

Neighbor Galette

I’m getting new neighbors! Hopefully I’m this excited in a few months, LOL. Also another neighbor had a baby! I was busy! I used my standard recipe of 4 cups of mixed fruit, 2 to 4 tablespoons of flour. Some nutmeg cardamom and cinnamon. I added 1 cup of sugar to the fruit right beforeContinue reading “Neighbor Galette”

Another Mulberry Pie!

Last week when I made a mulberry pie, I made another pie for the freezer. This pie went into the oven on Friday night for our appetizer and dessert dinner to kickstart the holiday weekend. Again, this pie contained 4 cups of fruit, 1 cup of sugar, 2-4 Tablespoons of flour, some nutmeg and cinnamon.Continue reading “Another Mulberry Pie!”