Contributed by: Kathy Knapp, New Mexico (aka The Pie Lady) Unbaked pie shell 2 eggs, beaten 3/4 cup brown sugar (light or dark, or both) 1 tsp vanilla 1/2 cup butter (1 stick) 2 squares Baker’s Semi-Sweet Chocolate Optional: Toasted Nuts of your choosing & Red Chile Powder Preheat oven to 325. Melt butter and
Contributed by: Bruce Gartner, Michigan Growing up in the Detroit Michigan suburb of Dearborn, I will always remember my first experience eating “Thumb Pie.” In the late 50′s and early 60′s my father played old country music with a few of his Greyhound Bus driver buddies. One of those guys, Burgess Broyles, was a really
Jane Rosemont, New Mexico Because I grew up in Michigan, where tart cherries grew in abundance, cherry pie was a staple. Like macaroni and cheese, or toast with peanut butter, it was comfort food. Cherry pie meant “home.” Once a year in June, when my dad’s birthday rolled around, mom would pull out all the
Contributed by: Sally Charette, California My mom and I sat on the wooden bench swing in Cousin Audrey’s back yard and watched little white butterflies tip toe across the Queen Anne’s lace while Audrey fixed us a snack. I was seven or eight years old and if I’d met this elderly twice-removed relative of my dad’s
Contributed by: Melinda, Michigan When my mom was first married, she wanted to make an apple pie for my dad and went to buy the kind of ready-made dough that her mother always used. She couldn’t find it at the grocers, so she made her own from scratch with a recipe she found in a
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