Pies & Tarts
Apple squares, peach cream pie, and orange cream pie offer different fillings within the pie and tart collection. Pastry and crumb bases provide structure while fruit, cream, or other ingredients shape the finished slice.
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Pastry Crusts
A pastry or crumb crust sets the foundation for its filling. Butter dough, chocolate crumb crust, and rough puff preparations offer different textures for pies and other baked dishes.
In this collection
Ritz Pecan Pie
20 Ritz Crackers; crushed 1 teaspoon baking powder 3 egg whites 1 cup granulated sugar 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract ½ cup pecan halves 3 ounces milk chocolate;…
Texas Pecan Pie
1 9-inch pie shell; unbaked ½ cup unsalted butter or oleo ½ cup granulated sugar ¼ cup maple flavored syrup ¾ cups white corn syrup 3 eggs; beaten…
Apple-Pecan Upside-Down Pie
1 9-inch pie shell; unbaked 1 9-inch pastry crust; unbaked ¼ cup brown sugar; firmly packed 2 tablespoons unsalted butter; melted ½ cup pecan pieces 4 cups pared…
Canadian Maple Pecan Pie
1 9-inch pie shell; unbaked 3 eggs 1½ cups pecan halves 1 cup maple syrup ¼ cup unsalted butter or margarine 1 cup whipping cream 1 teaspoon vanilla…
Chocolate Pecan Fudge Pie
1 9-inch pie shell; unbaked 1 cup Chipits Semi-Sweet Chocolate-Chips, melted ⅔ cups corn syrup ⅓ cup granulated sugar 3 eggs, slightly beaten ¾ cups pecan halves; chopped…
Clifton Mill’s Chocolate Pecan Pie
1 9-inch pie shell; unbaked 2 ounces unsweetened chocolate ¼ cup unsalted butter; melted 3 eggs ¾ cups granulated sugar 1 cup dark corn syrup ½ tablespoon vanilla1…
East Texas Sweet Potato Pecan Pie
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, 1 cup sweet potato; cooked and mashed 2 egg; slightly beaten ¾ cups brown sugar; firmly packed ½ teaspoon ground ginger 1 pint whipping…
Fudge Pie with Texas Pecans
1 9-inch pie shell; unbaked ⅓ cup Hershey’s Cocoa ¼ teaspoon sea salt ¾ cups light corn syrup 1 cup pecan halves ⅓ cup unsalted butter or margarine…
Impossible Pecan Pie from the Heart of Texas
1½ cups pecan pieces ¾ cups milk ¾ cups corn syrup; light or dark ¼ cup margarine or unsalted butter; softened 1½ teaspoons vanilla 4 eggs ¾ cups…
Maple Pecan Mincemeat Pie
4 ounces tempeh 2 apples, peeled, cored and diced ½ cup raisins ½ cup currants ½ cup dates; chopped ⅓ cup pecan pieces ½ cup maple syrup ½…
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