Alabama Pecan Pie adapted by Susan Nuyt from The Southern Heritage Pies and Pastry Cookbook This is an excellent cookbook from long ago. And it's symbolic to the Americana way. You know, civilization and culture during a time in our Country when values mattered a lot more than they seemingly matter, now, and have in the past ten years. American history, even … [Read more...]
2020 Pandemic Thanksgiving Apple Pie
Great Northern White Bean Pie w/Cornmeal Crust
Surprisingly, this is a wonderful pie. You'll want to hush your mouth just so you can eat more than one slice of this outlandish pie! And, by all means, "lettuce" (let us) put some whipped cream on the very top! Homemade, of course. No other way to have it! Outlandish, because it is! It's ridiculous! Made of beans! But here's proof something so bizarre can turn out … [Read more...]
Apple Chocolate-Chip Lilac Pie
It's an apple chocolate-chip lilac pie for Spring... From a pesticide-free lilac bush, blooms are edible for pastries and delicious pie. The lilac represents wisdom and remembrance; promotes harmony. It resides in the olive family. I made the standard Crisco pie crust recipe; all shortening, no butter. I baked outdoors, so I pressed the dough into the pie plate … [Read more...]
Fireball Cranberry Pie
There should be no rules to pie making. It should be enjoyable, carefree... any way you want your crust to be. Personally, I like a messy pie. I like a rustic crust that looks lived and breathed in, not a stiff pie that resembles a stress-filled moment of perfection. Hands and fingers ought to be relaxed, played in the dough with flour in the air. Then it's fun, creatively … [Read more...]
Green Concord Pie
In spite of it all, this turned out to be a good experience--seeds and everything. I had to hurriedly learn so much more than I thought I'd have to know about raising grapes if I wanted to keep them or successfully ever have them--and I still have much to learn. I found a way to put a small (tiny) vineyard some place, hopefully multiplying my crop greater than I will have … [Read more...]
Fireball Banana Jam Pie
Fireball Banana Jam Pie, exclusively Skirt in the Kitchen I'm "playing with the curtains" again. I can't help it! I enjoy taking something and turning it 360º in the opposite direction, making it into something that had no derivative. I love it when something comes to mind, seemingly from nowhere, something that I'm meant to do. What sets you ablaze? What's your … [Read more...]
Fireball Applesauce Pie
Fireball Applesauce Pie, exclusively Skirt in the Kitchen Let's make pie. It's dreary and rainy today so... why not?! … [Read more...]
Golden Grimes Apple Bake
Golden Grimes Apple Bake, exclusively Skirt in the Kitchen These are Golden Grimes, the 'Grimes Golden Apple' that originates in Wellsburg, Virginia, precisely known as West Virginia. Historically, its very tree root was from a farm in 1832 owned by Thomas Grimes. … [Read more...]
Peach Cobbler Pie
Peach Cobbler Pie, exclusively Skirt in the Kitchen This is my mother's Peach Cobbler Pie recipe. It's two desserts baked into one. … [Read more...]