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A Dozen Apple Pies to Pick From For Thanksgiving
Apple pies are synonymous with Thanksgiving for me. My mom has made an apple pie every year for Thanksgiving for as long as I can remember. It’s top heavy on the apples and has an amazingly buttery flaky crust. You can smell it a mile away when it’s baking and I look forward to that first bite every year. We’ve put together a dozen of the tastiest apple pies we could find so that you could pick the one that best suits your taste buds. You can find them all after the jump! Continue reading »
Our 20 Best Thanksgiving Pies
We make a lot of pie at the The Family Kitchen. Pies of all types are churning out of our ovens year-round. I compiled 20 of our most delicious recipes for your reading pleasure. They range from fruity to creamy to chocolatey to vegan. Have you ever thought about serving individual pies baked into mason jars? Why not? It would be so much fun! They are all totally amazing and easy for any home cook to make. You don’t need to have any special skills to make these, just the interest in making a truly delicious dessert pie for your guests. Have a happy Thanksgiving!
Pumpkin Pie Apple Crisp
Can’t decide on dessert? My Pumpkin Pie Apple Crisp should satisfy your fall dessert cravings – all in one cozy crisp dish. Creamy spiced pumpkin butter meets fresh sliced apples layered on top of a cinnamon graham crust – all mingling with a crisp oat, brown sugar, buttery top crust. If you simply can’t decide to make pumpkin pie or apple pie this weekend – try making both! Vegan recipe.. Continue reading »
7 Dessert Cream Pies – Vegan!
There is something so alluring about a cream pie for dessert. Those silky layers mingling with a crisp graham, chocolate or cookie crust – a velvety swirl of something creamy on top. Peanut butter, mint, banana cream or straight up chocolate. Cream pies make a delicious finish to dinnertime. Here are my 7 Dessert Cream Pie recipes that are all amazingly vegan, dairy-free. You won’t be disappointed by these totally decadent desserts. Browse the slideshow and give the creamy pie recipes a try. Continue reading »
Fall Apple Pie from Family Feedbag
I’m a huge fan of apple pie at this time of year – when not only are apples at their peak, but far more varieties are available in grocery stores and at farmers markets. As the days grow cooler and shorter, there’s no better way to warm the house than with a baking pie. I recently came across this stunning apple pie at Family Feedbag, a Canadian food blog based in Victoria, BC; can you think of a more beautiful way to top an apple pie?
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Mexican Chocolate Pecan Pie
When I was flipping through Marcela Valladolid’s cookbook “Mexican Made Easy,” this recipe and the photo above stopped me in my tracks. Chocolate. Pecan. Pie. Three words that evoke an avalanche of taste memories.Yes, there are so many recipes in Marcela’s cookbook that I can’t wait to try but this is the one that I will be making first. It was her mother’s favorite and I’m sure it’s going to be a favorite at our house and many of yours! Continue reading »
Apple Pie Pops
Cake pops have been all the rage for awhile – why not pie? A small local bakery we used to have at the farmers’ market – Sugar Pie Bakery – baked up an array of wee pies on sticks that were wonderful – she inspired me to do the same at home. Pie pops can be filled with all sorts of fillings – they sold chocolate, lemon, pumpkin and apple among other seasonal offerings. Similar to pop tarts but with real pastry and pie like fillings, pie pops are perfect for parties and other special occasions. To package them individually, snip a hole in the bottom of a flat waxed paper bag (use a hole punch if you want it perfect) and slide the pop in so that the stick goes through the hole and the bag protects the pie. Fold closed and seal with tape or a sticker.
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