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Bourbon Pecan Pie with Dark Chocolate
I have two superhero skills. Two! So good, really… that I’m tempted to call them skillzzzz. My two superhero skills are: catching things that are falling (anything really, it’s cat-like agility) and...
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Strawberry Raspberry Crostata
I’m on a mission to make new friends. I’m in a new city, I don’t know many people, and I work from home on the Internet…. so, I’m really good friends with my cat, but at some point that’s just going...
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Apricot Buttermilk Pie
It would probably be best to enjoy this sweet Apricot Buttermilk Pie with a big floppy hat, a Scarlett O’Hara inspired dress, some sort of lavish front porch, a glass of iced tea, and a slow-drawl...
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Five Tips For The Best All-Butter Pie Crust From Scratch
You know what breaks my heart? Store-bough pie crust. It’s a tragedy. It’s a crime against good pie. It’s illegal in at least eight states. It’s not cool and I just can’t let you do it to...
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Apple Cranberry Crumble Pie
I’ve set out on the very serious task of brainstorming ALL of the Thanksgiving pies. Good reason. I’m preparing the welcome most ALL of my family to New Orleans for Thanksgiving. There will be no...
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Strawberry Lattice Pie
It’s Summer Pie Practice Season. Isn’t that what you call Spring? Beautiful strawberries are starting to hit the markets, and they’re a bit early for super sweetness, but not too early to start...
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Gluten-free Peach and Blueberry Pie
Just in case you’re looking for an excuse to consumer obscene amounts of whipped cream or French Vanilla Ice Cream… just in case. Here we are! The days are long and warming and I’m pretty sure I can...
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Brown Butter Chess Pie
I watched the movie Steel Magnolias the other day. The full picture (if you’re curious) was me, my cat Tron, a rousing Thursday night, a shamefully large bowl of cheese grits and peas, and a paper...
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Flaky Apple Dumplings with Salted Maple Caramel
There’s no denying it, we’re heading straight for the holidays. Just about the time I bust out my Fall scarves, I find myself wanting to scent my house with cinnamon and spice. It’s also when the...
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Bourbon Pear Crumble Pie
The apples on my kitchen counter are looking at me in utter confusion. They don’t understand how I could make a beautiful pie crust, make a sweet, pecan-studded crumble, bring out the bourbon, and...
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Roasted Vegetable Winter Crumble
It’s that time of year when we need to draw deeply upon our super powers. It’s the holidays, there’s no denying it… and all of us are supposed to know how to bake a turkey. I don’t. Also I don’t...
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Internet Speak Strawberry Pies
There’s a thing that happens on the Internet and it happens quickly. Things change. The way we communicate morphs from snappy phrases, to simple words, to straight-up clever acronyms. We’re so busy...
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Very Easy Cornmeal and Rosemary Jam Tart
I recently took a bread baking class in New Orleans and left with all sorts of lessons learned (and bread smells in my hair and dough under my fingernails). I’m very often on the teaching end of a...
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Summer Tomato Pie
There’s a spectrum to Tomato Pies. There are the Tomato Pies that think themselves Apple Pies: double crusted, savory but spiced, and very very wet…. There are the Tomato Pies that should really...
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Steak and Stout Pot Pies
You know how some people have therapy dogs that they put charming little vests on and cart around to make their world, and really all of the world a better and more peaceful place? I have therapy...
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Simple Jam Hand Pies
I grew up in a family of tremendous home bakers, but I’ll tell you what- there’s nothing you could tell 8 year old Joy to sway her from the indisputable fact that the best pies came dangerously hot,...
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The Fearless Baker’s Brownie Pie
Sometimes the question is…. what can’t I put in a pie crust. Prompted by Erin McDowell’s new book The Fearless Baker (GET IT!) the answer is definitely not brownie batter because BROWNIE BATTER IN...
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Deb’s Chocolate Pecan Slab Pie
It’s not that I don’t like a traditional Southern Pecan Pie. I’m pretty sure the distinction is that I’ve just never had the right Southern Pecan Pie. It’s always a problem of proportions. It’s a...
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Fried Blueberry Hand Pies
It’s early in these warm weather months and I’ve already jumped from a dock into a lake. And, to be honest, it was more of a reluctant fall into a lake than a confident jump because, well… everyone...
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Roasted Vegetable Winter Crumble
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