Pies, yum. Pies with crust made from lard, doubly yum. When I was baking a lot of apple pies last year, I found out that I much preferred crusts made with butter and shortening. So much more flavor than an all-butter or all-shortening crust. I saved some of my own rendered lard for pie crusts [...]
Archive of posts filed under the Pies category.
Shepherd’s (Cottage) Pie
So it looks like the item I ordered from CSN Stores is on back order until Feb. 16. I’m a bit annoyed since the site didn’t list the item as back ordered until AFTER I placed my order. This seems to be the norm with CSN Stores with not-so-popular items. It really wouldn’t have been [...]
Apple Pie
I’ve been playing around with apple pie recipes lately. The one I use most often is one from a very old cookbook from a bank that no longer exists. The recipe is okay but I really wanted to find one that’s a wower. I’ve tried other recipes over the years but have always gone back to my [...]
Chocolate Cream Pie
Since I had an extra pie crust leftover, I thought I’d use it up on another pie. I decided to make a Chocolate Cream Pie that uses the basic cream recipe as the Banana Cream Pie with a few changes. Butter is omitted since the chocolate will provide the fat content. The amount of sugar is increased to balance out [...]
Banana Cream Pie
With all of Sawyer’s posts on pies recently (here, here and here), I was definitely in the mood for pie. But which pie? Being a bit lazy lately, I wanted to make something simple. I decided to pull out my old and very used book of pies and cakes (same recipe book as the cheesecake recipe) and [...]
