Easy Pie Crust Pt. 2

     Hey everybody, This week will be a part 2 of sorts to the pie crust blog last week.  Apparently wrapping the dough in plastic wrap, in a ball isn't how my mom does here crust.  She rolls hers out on a sheet of wax paper, covers it with another sheet, folds it in quarters, then freezes it.  However!  After she told me this, mine was in the freezer so  we decided that we would experiment with it.  What do you know!  It actually worked.  Here is the part 2 it that recipe.

          First.. take 1 ball dough out of the freezer, let it thaw until soft and pliable. Unwrap the dough, set on a floured surface.  Knead a few times.

      Roll out your dough bigger around than your pie dish,( I roll mine a little big and had left over pieces).  Now, to get the dough in the dish. 

     It's really not that hard and I will try to explain how I did it.  Pick up one side of the dough and lay over your rolling pin, suspended in the air.  The spot where your dough was laying is where you want to put your pie dish so as to just roll the dough over the dish.   Once centered in the dish get a knife and cut a finger to two lengths away from the edge of the dish. 

      Once you've got the crust cut all the way around, you can make some kind of design on the edges or just leave it like it is.  I, however, put my thumbs and index fingers on either side of the dough (as showed in picture), and squish together to make kind of a pucker in the dough.

      When you are done puckering the dough, cut about 4 to 5 slices in the bottom of the dough.  This will prevent the shell from pulling away from the pan.  Lastly, put your filling of choice in the shell.

Hope this helped you! God Bless!

Easy Pie Crust Pt. 1

     Hello again,  how goes it with everyone this week?  This week I will be doing my mom's famous Pie Crust.  So, until recently I haven't been able to master this super easy, and really tasty pie crust.  You know what she did?  She let me in on her secret.  All these years of fouling up, she finally let me know what I was doing wrong.  The ingredient are the following.

1 1/2 cups Flour

1/2 cup Butter ( 1 stick)

1/2 tsp Salt

Ice water

     One thing I want to talk about is the water, all these years I was using cold water.  Well, I was wrong.  (Mom's always right!) What do you know, using Ice water works wonders!  Apparently it sticks better with the ice cold temp. 

     Alrighty, now we an get started.  First whisk together the flour and salt.  Once that is done work butter in the flour mixture.  ( I use my hands, you can use a pastry cutter, whatever floats your boat).  

     After the butter is all blended in, add the water (Ice water) starting at 2 Tbsp, then add more as needed.  The end result should be a smooth dough.

     It looks small from the picture (Picture taking..... not my forte), but it makes 2 shells.  I'm not making a pie today (sadly), I was so excited about finally being able to make the crust that I'm going to just put them in the freezer for now for later.  After dividing the dough wrap it securely in plastic wrap.  I put mine in a ziplock with a date so I didn't forget when I made it. (leave it up to me for that tho happen) :)

      *Note* If you are making a pie, then you will want to divide the dough and roll it bigger that your pie pan.
2.  If you like a sweet crust you can add 1 to 2 Tbsp of sugar into the flour mixture.
Have a wonderful late valentine and God Bless!

Pumpkin Pie

     Dessert.  My Family's favorite part of meal time.  My brother would rather just skip the meal altogether and eat the dessert.  Every Monday we have a get together of sorts, we invite some family and friends to visit for fun.  This week I'm in charge of the dessert what I am doing is.... (Drum roll please).  Pumpkin Pie.  I know, I know not in the right season but, my family is a bit abnormal though, hehe.

Ingredients 

 1 9x9 unbaked deep dish pie crust (Pie crust coming soon!)

3/4 C. Honey

*When using honey you will want to decrease the amount of liquid in the recipe*

2 tsp Ground Cinnamon

1 tsp Salt

1 tsp ground Ginger

1/2 tsp ground Cloves

2 Eggs

1 (15 ounce) can100% pure pumpkin

1 (12 ounce) C. Evaporated milk

* I used a 13.5 ounce can of coconut milk because my sister has a dairy allergy*

     1.  Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.

     2.  Combine honey, salt, cinnamon, ginger, and cloves in a small bowl.  Beat eggs lightly in a large bowl.  Stir in pumpkin and honey-spice mixture.  Gradually stir in evaporated milk.  Pour into pre-made pie shell.

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     3.  Bake for 15 minutes.  Reduce temperature to 350 degrees F.  Bake for1 hour or until knife inserted near center comes out clean.  Cool on wire rack.

     Mine went just a little to long in the oven (my bad:( ) So Sorry!  Pie crust coming soon!  I will try to perfect it by next week.  Please leave your comments, let me know how yours turned out! God bless.

Free of the wheat oatmeal peanut butter cookies

      This week I am staying at my aunt and uncle's house so, I had to be creative.   I'v never done a dessert post on here before so that is what I will do today.  On the menu is....Gluten free, Oatmeal Peanut butter cookies.

 Here are the ingredients you will need.

 1 C. Honey
1/2 C. Butter (room temp.)
1/2 C. Peanut Butter
1 Egg
1 1/4 C. Bob's Red mill wheat, Gluten, Dairy free, all purpose baking flour
3/4 tsp Baking soda
1/2 tsp Baking powder
 1/4 tsp Salt 
1 C. Oats
1/2 to 3/4 C. Dark Chocolate Chips ( I like a lot in mine)

   
       On the flour, you can usually get it at a health food store, or a big Wal-mart.  I've occasionally found it at a Brookshires Bros.  This recipe when I found it was pretty bland if you know what I mean.  I added the chocolate, oats, and the vanilla.  My uncle (The Connoisseur of sweets) said that the were good (for gluten free cookies)

       So first you'll want to cream the butter, then mix in the honey, vanilla, peanut butter and egg.

     Once creamed, mix dry ingredients together, then mix into the wet mixture.  Once creamed fold in the chocolate chips.

      Cover bowl with plastic wrap and put in fridge for 3 hrs at least if you have that long to wait.  After the time is up preheat the oven to 375 Degrees F.  Bake them until light brown, It shouldn't take more than 10 minutes.  I had the first batch of mine in the oven to long and they were great coffee dunkers! Please share you comments, I would like to know how yours turned out! Stay warm and God bless!