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This easy pumpkin pie recipe with graham cracker crust is naturally sweetened with maple syrup. The custard filling is rich and delicious, made with cream, not evaporated milk.
We’ll take you through the recipe step by step (with video) and share some variations for different diet preferences and allergies.
The best pie crusts start with the quality ingredients, handled with care. We share ten tips for a perfect pie crust, plus six different homemade pie crust recipes (including gluten free options).
Pies have always been a part of our family’s holiday meals. We also baked many pies at our family catering business, so over the years I’ve made a lot of pie crusts.
…This easy cranberry-apple pie recipe is perfect for the holidays with bright pops of color and tartness from the cranberries paired with sweet apples.
There was a bumper harvest of apples this year at my favorite local orchard, and fresh cranberries are shining like rubies in the produce section. Wisconsin is the top cranberry producing state in the U.S., producing millions of barrels of cranberries. I also have a nice stash of local maple syrup, so I figured I’d take a shot at combining all three into a tasty cranberry-apple pie. It turned out quite pretty and pairs nicely with some ice cream or whipping cream.
Note – If you don’t want to take the time to make pie crust, you can swap this filling into the apple crisp recipe.
…I had a vision. When I started brainstorming about this post, I thought, “What would make a better Thanksgiving dessert than combining some of my favorite flavors into a cranberry walnut pie?”
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A great use for overgrown zucchini, this zucchini apple pie (zapple pie) is a twist on the classic mock apple pie using sliced zucchini. The first time I made zapple pie, I served it for dessert when the neighbors came to visit. They didn’t believe that the pie was made with zucchini and not apples. It’s a great way to use up those giant club-sized zucchini. One zucchini about a foot long should be enough for one nine inch pie. Don’t use young zucchini – they taste too much like veggies.
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