Buttermilk Crusted Apple Pie


Apple, Holiday, Pie, Recipes

Last year for Christmas, or was it the year before? yikes, I made an apple pie by a um, quite famous blogger and I was so disappointed in it.  I think everyone else was too.  Ugh, just ugh, super embarrassing.  Kinda wish I could go back in time and make this Buttermilk Crusted Apple Pie […]

November 14, 2020

Fudge Bottom Pie Perfected


Chocolate, Pie, Puddings, Recipes

Guys.  Guys.  Ok.  Guys.  I have tortured myself; myself and Mike; myself, Mike and my parents at one point in a quest, making this over and over again in order to bring you a truly perfected Fudge Bottom Pie.  Oh, the torture. Over a year’s worth of trial and error sheer torture.  (cough, not)  Welcome […]

October 3, 2020

Pot Pie


Dairy Free, Dinner, Gluten Free, Pie, Recipes, Savory, Vegan

When the weather starts to change at the end of summer, I start hankering for soul-satisfying, hearty, warm, fill-all-your-corners meals like thick soups, stews, and pot pie (which, let’s be honest here, is essentially soup inside a pie shell and to whoever the genius was who created pot pies…THANK YOU). Soups are a staple dinner […]

September 1, 2019

Blueberry Cheesecake Pie


Berries, Cheesecakes, Fruit, Pie, Recipes

Squeaking in oooonnnne more blueberry treat before the season is up!  Boo, don’t go, summer! Mostly because it’s Michigan blueberry season in these parts and that’s like a national holiday, that’s uh, limited to uh, the Midwest?  Ok, so it’s a national holiday season for folks I’m related to.   Hey, it’s summer, it’s hot, […]

August 7, 2019

Toasted Marshmallow Ice Cream (Three Ways)


Dessert Sauce, Ice Cream, Pie, Recipes

I interrupt my previously scheduled baked good programming today to bring you this recipe:  Toasted Marshmallow Ice Cream.   Three ways, too.   No, I am not kidding.  I curtsey before you. Just like I’m dropping everything in order to share this outrageous deliciousness, you’ll need to drop everything and get this made.  Like right […]

June 13, 2019

Easy Quiche


Breakfast, Dinner, Gluten Free, Pastry, Pie, Recipes, Savory

Quiche is one of my absolute FAVORITE things, and as far as I’m concerned, it’s the perfect food—chock full of protein, fully customizable to your particular tastes, and ridiculously easy. Like why-don’t-I-just-make-this-every-week easy. I mean, you make a pie crust (or buy one, that’s totally okay), prebake it, mix together eggs, milk, cheese, and what-have-you, […]

March 17, 2019

Pumpkin Pie


Holiday, Pie, Recipes

Ah.  Ah ha.  The obligatory Pumpkin Pie.  But in this case, this pie, this pie is anything but obligatory.   Aaaand I know.  Alllllll the other folks out there claiming to have the best recipe, so many….this is the one you should be making though. I am, ahem, not a pumpkin fan. “So wait,” you […]

November 13, 2018

Peach Pie


Fruit, Pie, Recipes

Ok so pies are not my jam. Well wait.  I like pies.  I like to eat pies.  I like to make pies.   Pies stress me out though.  I get Dough Anxiety.  It’s a registered thing in the uh DSM-5.  For real.  (Ok, don’t dig too deep.) No doubt many of us have Dough Anxiety.  […]

July 30, 2018

Everyday Flaky Pie Crust


Pastry, Pie, Recipes

The first time I made my own pie crust I didn’t have a clue what I was doing. Fresh out of college, I looked up a recipe in my trusty Pillsbury Cookbook and made it. The following day at work, I mentioned that I’d made a pie with a homemade crust, and one of the […]

March 12, 2018