
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Banana Cream Pie

Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Toll House Pie

3/4 cup butter
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
2 eggs
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
In a large bowl, beat butter and sugars till creamy. Beat in eggs till fluffy. Gradually add flour and chocolate chips until well combined. Pour batter into unbaked shortbread crust. Bake at 325 for 1 hour. Serve plain or with ice cream or whipped cream.
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Chocolate Cream pie

4 egg yolks, beaten
1 1/2 cups white sugar
4 (heaping) tablespoons cornstarch
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups milk
1 tablespoon butter
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup sweet whipped cream
Pour mixture into a large saucepan and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until boiling. Remove from heat. Stir in butter or margarine and vanilla extract. Cool slightly, then pour mixture into chilled baked pastry shell. Chill before serving. Garnish with whipped cream.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Cherry Pie

Simple Cherry Pie
Ingredients:
1 Betty Crocker Pie Crust Mix
1 can (21oz) cherry pie filling
Whipping Cream, Sweetened
Mix all contents of pie crust mix pkg. with apx. 6 Tablespoons of ice cold water (plus a little flour if needed) to form 2 separate balls of pie dough, one for the base and one for the topping. Roll dough balls out flat to form two wide flat circles. Place one dough circle on base and up sides of pie dish. Fill base with Cherry Pie filling. Cover with second dough circle and then seal all edges. Bake apx. 40 minutes at 350. Serve pie with Sweetened Whipped Cream.
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Pie Dough
1 1/4 cups flour
1 Tablespoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup cold butter or cold crisco
3 Tablespoons very cold water
Combine Flour, sugar, and salt. Cut in pieces of the crisco (or butter) until flour/crisco mixture resembles a coarse meal. Add Cold water and knead dough with hands until mixture comes together. Roll out dough till thin and flat and put into pie dish or roll the dough into a ball and save in your fridge for later use.
(Good for one single-dish pie)
French Silk Pie


Friday, November 6, 2009
Pumpkin Pie


