Its officially pie day here, in preparation for an early Thanksgiving with my side of the family this weekend. On the to do list 6 pies (maybe more!) and broccoli for 16.
In our family it isn't Thanksgiving without sweet potatoes with marshmellos and at least 5 kinds of pie.
I'm making a deep dish apple, apple tart, lemon meringue (with this curd), two pumpkins, and a pecan. This is the first time I have broken down and bought canned pumpkin. I'm still feeling a bit like a fraud. Its not that I don't think its good enough, but its just so different than the pumpkin pie we grew up with when its from a can. Fresh pumpkin is so much more solid, and substantial somehow. The crust recipe is all from gluten free girl accept I used the Arrow Head Mills gluten free flour mix. I've never used this so I hope it works out all right. Perhaps we should eat one of those pumpkin pies today to make sure! I've never made a pecan, and am looking for a recipe that doesn't call for corn syrup. Any suggestions?
Its a bit of a scene here (as you can imagine) with five pies in the works, piano practice in the back ground--think Jingle Bells and Mary's Lamb over and over and over..., math and handwriting on the table among electric Legos, laptop, watercolor paints, and 3 children just about starving to death as I'll I'm preparing is pie that they've been forbidden to touch....
Back at it!
I'm making a deep dish apple, apple tart, lemon meringue (with this curd), two pumpkins, and a pecan. This is the first time I have broken down and bought canned pumpkin. I'm still feeling a bit like a fraud. Its not that I don't think its good enough, but its just so different than the pumpkin pie we grew up with when its from a can. Fresh pumpkin is so much more solid, and substantial somehow. The crust recipe is all from gluten free girl accept I used the Arrow Head Mills gluten free flour mix. I've never used this so I hope it works out all right. Perhaps we should eat one of those pumpkin pies today to make sure! I've never made a pecan, and am looking for a recipe that doesn't call for corn syrup. Any suggestions?
Its a bit of a scene here (as you can imagine) with five pies in the works, piano practice in the back ground--think Jingle Bells and Mary's Lamb over and over and over..., math and handwriting on the table among electric Legos, laptop, watercolor paints, and 3 children just about starving to death as I'll I'm preparing is pie that they've been forbidden to touch....
Back at it!
Yum, now I am really sad to be missing Thanksgiving with the family. We used canned pumpkin quite frequently and it really doesn't come close to the real thing. I wonder if you could just melt down some sugar and xylem gum in place of the corn syrup.
ReplyDeleteWoo hoo! Love this season of making and creating, baking and giving.
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