Sweet Cherry Pie

This weeks pie is a Cherry pie.  I made it special for my friends dad who is helping Lucas with his basketball skills. 

Now I have never been a fan of cherry pie but this one is fantastic.  I used a recipe I found from Allrecipes.com. 

I did use a different cherry because the only ones I could find at my store were frozen sweet dark cherries.  I decided since they were sweet I would lighten the sugar.  I only used 3/4 cup of sugar instead of 1 cup.

I love using tapioca in my fruit pies because it gives them a jellied consistency.  We had a piece after dinner and it was the perfect end for Sunday dinner.  Jason said he has never been a fan of cherry pie either but he also really liked it.

The first one is for Rich.  I hope he likes it.  The second is the one I kept for me and my friends.  

On a side note I also purchased some new toys.  First I decided the marble rolling pin was way too heavy and I think it was making me mess up on my crust so I got a new wood one.

I also decided I was getting tired of having the flour all over my counters so I got a mat to use.  It has measurements and sizes too so now my pie crust is not too small for the pan!

Next week I will be making a Cream Cheese-Pineapple Pie!  Can't wait!

Peanut Butter Apple Crumb Pie

Wow that is a mouthful to say!  This weeks pie is the Peanut Butter Apple Crumb Pie from my Taste of Home Book. 

This was a very easy pie to make.  The hardest part was the crust.  I used my regular recipe to make the crust.  I think this pie would also be great in a graham cracker crust.

I believe I may have used too much peanut butter when making the crumb for the top because when I made it the topping really did not crumble it was more like a cookie texture.  The first picture is before baking and the second is after.

As you can see from the before picture there was no crumbles and in the after it looks kinda like cookie peices on top.  But the most important thing is does it taste good?  Yes it was wonderful, especially since I ate a piece warm and the peanut butter was all warm and melty.

Next week I will be making a Cherry Pie.  I am actually going to make two; one for me and my friends and one for a wonderful person who is helping Lucas with his basketball, thanks Rich!

Decadent Peanut Butter Pie

This week I made a Peanut Butter Pie which combines two of my favorite flavors, chocolate and peanut butter!  And I must say it is decadent just like the title says.  I got the recipe from http://allrecipes.com/recipe/decadent-peanut-butter-pie/detail.aspx.  Just click the link to get a copy for yourself!

I am most definately not the best at piping but it really does not matter because the taste outshines the look of the pie.  This pie has peanut butter, hot fudge and cool whip all combined in a chocolate cookie crust.  The crust I got is the oreo crust, but regular chocolate would be just as good. 

I must confess when I made the pie I totally forgot to put the sugar in.  I decided to take a chance and try it anyway and it tastes good even without the sugar.  I think the sugar would make it much sweeter.  The hot fudge gives the pie just the right sweetness.  Next time I will have to try it with the sugar!

Next week I will be using one of my favorite snacks to make a Peanut Butter Crumb Apple Pie!

Star Studded Blueberry Pie - with Snowflakes!

So this weeks pie is again from my Taste of Home Best-Loved Pies, page 31.  This is the Star Studded Blueberry Pie, but I do not have a star cookie cutter so I used my snowflake cookie cutter.  I am hoping the snowflakes will entice Mother Nature to bring us some snow!  I wan't a snow day!!!

Again if you would like the full recipe please email me.

This pie was pretty simple to make, I did use frozen blueberries because I did not find any in the produce isle that looked good to me.  This is my pie crust recipe from before.  The only thing I am unsure of is why the tapioca shows in mine but not in the picture in the book.  Well I will let the pie cool, have a sample and then let you all know how it tastes.

By the way the tart from last week was a huge success.  Everyone loved it!  Next weeks pie is

Decadent Peanut Butter Pie - from Allrepipes.com