I have come to surface! I have been cheating on this calorie filled blog with hot glue, scissors, yarn and more hot glue. Crafting has taken over and it isn't making my butt bigger - so that's a plus.
But we all know where my alliance really lies - butter. Butter for President!!
A few weeks ago I joined three of my favorites for a dinner in and brought a Apple Crumb Pie. We got to meet new baby Josie - who is stunning and sweeter than pie. I bribe people with food so I can cuddle their babies. haha Look how beautiful she is!Did I mention that my super awesome (non-dessert eating) Hubs got me an iPhone 4? It is so cool, I hardly know how it works but I love it and it has a great camera on it! The bad news is that I didn't have this sweet new phone/camera while making the previously mentioned pie. So - I have no photos of the pie...but here is a link to the recipe from BHG.com.
Wha-wha.
That recipe post was super lame - Josey made up for most of that but moving on!
On November 12 there is a great par-tay happening with some friends - Rock My Plymouth Party that is. Now I can't make this party because I'll be having slumber party with the Little People (baking, fort building, hide and seeking, movie watching, ice cream eating and so on) but I couldn't miss an opp to make a traditional Pumpkin Pie for the event.
I had attempted a fancy pants pumpkin pie last Christmas. Pumpkin Pie is my mom's favorite so for my first Christmas dinner hostessing experience I thought, "What better than to make this fancy pants pumpkin pie?" Well turns out it was a bit advance and more fancy than just pants...more like ruffled tuxedo fancy. Oy. It was pumpkin/carmel soup in a burnt crust.
I will not be defeated - I am smarter, wiser, and not as fancy pants. Traditional. Six ingredients and I'm not making the crust. BAM!
So here are the ingredients:
- 1 16oz can pumpkin
- 1 14oz condensed milk
- 1/2 cup milk (as I typed this...I just realized I forgot to add this. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA Damn it. Strike one.)
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 eggs
- Pie crust (Schnucks does a nice crust)
Wow. I cannot believe I forgot the milk. Crap. I even bought milk at the store because of this. Eff.
Ummm. Okay. Moving on. Guess I haven't graduated from fancy pants.
Directions:
Preheat oven to 450. Dump everything, except the dough, in a bowl and blend (gently) together.Wow. That was tough. It would have been tougher to add the milk...but I'm not dwelling!
Roll/spread the dough across the pie pan (sending this pie in a disposable plate because I have a feeling I will never see the pan again if I send it to the party haha). I read in a blog once about stabbing the bottom of the dough with a fork a bunch helps it cook through and through. Okay. Sure. I'll buy that.
Our in pumpkin mix into crust. Using a fork make the cute little lines on the edge. You know what's even cuter than rippled edges? MILK IN A PIE. Frig.
Bake for 15 minutes. At this point, your house will smell heavenly.
It took way longer than 40 mins. in my opinion. The article said to stick a knife in it to see when it is done.
Pie is great...tricky and fancy pants...but great. I don't know how the pumpkin pie tastes...luckily it will be consumed by very drunk adults dressed up as Pilgrims and Indians on Saturday...so they probably won't notice there wasn't any milk in the pie.
I'M OVER IT!
Yum,
Laura
