Posts tagged pie
Pumpkin Mousse Pie with Milk Chocolate Phyllo Dough Crust & Bourbon Chocolate Sauce

This twist on pumpkin pie is a wonderful addition to your Thanksgiving table but is also light enough to serve anytime. Crisp Phyllo dough is layered with luscious milk chocolate. Then it is topped with a silky spiced pumpkin mousse with a hint of orange zest. Its all pulled together with lightly sweetened whipped cream and bourbon chocolate sauce.

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Hot Fudge Ice Cream Pie with Salted Peanut Butter Caramel

One of my favorite summer treats is a Drumstick ice cream cone, the salty peanuts, the chocolate shell, the caramel middle surprise checks all the boxes for me. This ice cream pie is inspired by all of those flavors. The pie starts with a crunchy waffle cone crust, then a layer of vanilla ice cream swirled with a decedent salted peanut butter caramel, then, it is all topped with hot fudge and salted peanuts. Finish it off with a few swirls of whipped cream and a healthy drizzle of the caramel and you have one show-stopping no bake dessert.

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Blueberry Peach Fried Hand Pies with Lavender Sugar

I tried several recipes and tweaks before getting these hand pies right. You need lavender but not too much that things taste like soap. You also need sweetness but not too sweet that you can only taste sugar. The filling needs to be thick enough that it does leak and the dough has to be thin enough that to cooks all the way through when fried. I landed on a crisp pie with a delicately sweetened filling. It has a wonderful floral aroma but is not too overpowering. If lavender isn’t your thing you can just dip in granulated sugar or even add some lemon zest to your sugar before dipping.

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Spiced Caramel Pear Galette with Walnuts and Cranberries

This galette combines fall flavors with a presentation that is perfect for company. The best part is how easy it is to make. Ripe pears, walnuts and cranberries are drizzled in a luscious spiced caramel sauce. All wrapped in buttery pie dough. Then, baked until golden brown.

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