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Dutch Apple and Pear Pie

Maris Callahan — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 19:00:00 +0000

For some people Labor Day is a festive weekend, full of cookouts and pool parties and friends and sun and summer fun and blah blah blah blah. Well, I did the cookouts and parties and friends and blah blah blah on Memorial Day and subsequently, on the Fourth of July, so this weekend is going to be a little different. This weekend, most of my friends are hightailing it out of town to weddings, to lake houses and to see the US Open in New York City (oh no, I’m not jealous, not one bit). The plans that I do have involve eating at restaurants, so I’m not going to be sitting alone in the dark over here or anything, which probably seems un-American…or something. To channel a patriotic American on this unofficial last summer weekend, I baked apple pie. Three of them to be exact. Though I made the pies for a freelance assignment, I’m going to pretend I baked them because I love our country and wanted to honor our nation…you know…not because I’ll take any excuse to bake multiple pies. My favorite type of apple pie is Dutch apple, sweet and tangy apple filling underneath a pile […]

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Pate Brisee (Homemade Pie Crust)

Maris Callahan — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 19:15:41 +0000

I am going to come right out here and say that I swiped this recipe from Martha Stewart and I don’t feel bad about it. You know what? If you go to just about any other food blog out there, you’ll probably see this exact same recipe because there are only so many ways to make a pie crust and even further, there are only so many ways to make a pie crust as good as this one. Trust Martha. Trust her Pate Brisee. The reason I’m sharing a pie crust with no filling, which is potentially the most boring thing I’ve posted here since I started my blog and the first entry said “Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua,” is because, well, sometimes you want to experiment with your own pie filling. It took me four minutes with the Goog before I found what I was looking for – a plain, simple pie crust that I could adapt and stuff with whatever I darn well wanted. And here you have it. Save Print Pate Brisee Author: Martha Stewart Recipe type: Sweet Treats Prep time: 10 mins Total time: […]

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