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In reply to the discussion: Name a better pie [View all]jmowreader
(51,144 posts)Some of my better pies:
A pudding pie made as follows:
Bottom layer: Chocolate pudding with chopped walnuts stirred in
Middle layer: Vanilla pudding with pumpkin pie spice added. Last year the only way I could get any pumpkin pie spice was to buy a half-pound of it; I've got to do SOMETHING with this shit. (It works absolutely awesome in my chocolate-chip snickerdoodles, though. Way better than just cinnamon.)
Top layer: Chocolate pudding with coconut stirred in
It needs to be homemade pudding, not that stuff in the boxes.
Meringue pie using bottled key lime juice instead of lemon juice.
Huckleberry pie, preferably with huckleberries I picked myself. I'm a little reticent to go huckleberry picking these days though; not only are the forests here full of MAGAts with guns, there have been enough bear attacks on huckleberry pickers to scare anyone out of the woods.
Let me give you my pie crust recipe.
2 cups flour
1 stick of butter
1 egg
If you used unsalted butter, add a little bit of salt, not much though - I use less than 1/8 teaspoon
Soften the butter by letting it sit on the counter for an hour before cutting it into the flour, then add the egg to form dough. I started using butter instead of shortening or lard because I hate measuring shortening.