pies: phases two + three

pies: phases two + three

phase two: pies lined up on the buffet at my aunt's house.

[from l to r ] chocolate pecan tart, pumpkin, pumpkin chiffon [burned - ugh!], pear ginger, apple - chocolate cream pie was still in the fridge.

the pumpkin and apple pies are just traditional recipes from my mom's 1975 betty crocker cookbook [i found a copy at a yard sale]. the pumpkin chiffon is my grandmother's recipe - it's basically regular pumpkin pie but you beat the egg whites separately into a meringue and then mix them into the pumpkin mixture. the recipe for the chocolate cream pie was from the martha stewart baking handbook. i've never made pudding from scratch before - it is so easy!

and of course phase three is the best...breakfast pie on friday morning!

oh and i totally miscounted the number of crusts i needed to make. turns out i only needed 8 single crusts - not 10.