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I wanted to make something besides the usual pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving and saw a recipe for pumpkin cheesecake in a Better Homes & Gardens Pumpkin Recipes magazine. When I was reading the recipe, I was a little skeptical on
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I had a bunch of blueberries to use up in my freezer and was seeing company today, so decided a blueberry pie was in order. I’ve made berry cream pies before, but not a traditional blueberry pie. The secret to
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I went on a bit of cooking and baking bender this weekend. I start pulling out cookbooks and get in a mood where I want to try everything. Today’s experiment was a chocolate pecan pie from The Ghiradelli Chocolate Cookbook.
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I love lemon meringue pie! It’s a fine balance between the tart lemony filling and the slightly sweetened meringue. And lemon meringue pie with shortbread crust is even better! I like to use a shortbread crust that has a sprinkling
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I came across a photo of haupia pie and knew immediately I wanted to make it, on looks alone. Haupia pie is a fairly simple pie to make and reminds me of chocolate silk pie, but with a coconut kick.
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Going to add pie / square crusts to this post so they are all in one spot. 🙂 Elsie was my mother-in-law, and she loved to bake. She was constantly making pies and squares. Needless to say her pie crust
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The original recipe for this pie was a rhubarb cream pie of my mother-in-laws. Rhubarb or strawberry rhubarb were the only flavours she made. She thought I was totally thinking outside the box and it was crazy wild when I
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I’m not sure what to call this dish. Its not quite a French meat pie with pastry, its not quite shepherds pie as it lacks potatoes. I guess its more of a low carb shepherds pie with a crust instead
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Tourtière is a French meat pie and is hearty and savoury, making more than enough for a family meal. Tourtière can be looked at as a variation of Shepherd’s Pie, but surrounded with flakey crust instead of topped with whipped
Read moreI came up with idea to make a steak and potato pie while we were eating lunch today. I always find it hard to think of a meal that is hours away, specially before or while eating lunch. I go
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