I love to bake. My daughter asked me the other day if we could bake cookies, "it's been a long time." I think that it's time. However, I haven't baked any lately. What I have been baking is pies. I'd like a better pie crust. It's time to experiment again. I made an apple pie the other day. It's great now that I have the concept of the thinly sliced apples down to a science. Who knew that following directions was all it took.
I like pecan pie but am too cheap to buy pecans. Why not use walnuts. So I guess it's walnut pie. Maybe I'll find a new pie crust recipe and try it.
Just as a follow-up. The apple pie was very well received AND I found some pecans in the freezer, so don't worry the south will not fall again in shame of my walnut pie.
I like my mother's recipe, but it's not rich enough. I like the butter recipe that I have but it generally falls apart and I find myself patching it (and, frankly, I often get a bit sick it's sooooo rich--who knew butter could be a negative?!!!!)
Well, I ended up buying refrigerator pie crust and everyone loved it. My grandmother may have had a point about not making home made anything. My mother tells this story of how my grandmother (her mother-in-law) would make home made noodles every Sunday for the family. I forget what she made them to go with, but my mother would rave about these noodles. One Sunday my grandmother didn't have the time and used a bag of store bought noodles. Mom said that you could tell right away that they were just from the store but no one else noticed. As a matter-of-fact all of grandma's kids went on and on about how fantastic the noodles were that week. She never made home made noodles again.
Of course, I cook for myself. If you don't like it I care, in the sense that I would like to be a good hostess, but I'm not losing sleep over it. Really. I know what I like and I know it's good. And all the more for me. Can I find any other cliché? So I will continue my quest for the perfect pie crust.
So, if you have a pie crust recipe that you're willing to share, please drop it into the comments. I could really use some help.
Happy Baking! Time for more cookies.
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I had luck recently with Trader Joe's frozen pie crust. I usually make a homemade crust, which means I make a pie maybe once every two years. But after apple picking last weekend, I just had to make an apple pie, but without all the fuss. Very pleasantly surprised with the results! Who knows, I may even make another pie this year and completely throw off my average!
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