Crack Pie!

I did it! It's good. It should have cooked more but that's okay. Not too hard. Got to pull out food processor. Would have benefited from the addition of some rum or something else fun. Imperfect rhyme?

Thank you L.A. Times, where you slump in theatre reviews, you make up for it in providing me recipes.

This fits .



-Amanda

Because we couldn't find frozen cranberries, but mango is better anyway.

So I visited my friend Noa last week and we decided to go on a mini baking spree that ended in some good things like this and some weird thing like the challah dough that got cooked when it was rising in a too hot oven (that's where baby yeast goes to die). But first we made this pie, yum! And very easy too, maybe use a bit more mango than we did and listen to this song. while eating it (chilled of course).



Honey Mango Pie from this site roughly

Graham Cracker Crust
About 1 1/2 c. of crushed graham cracker crumbs (if you're buying that graham cracker brand that I can't remember the name of right now this is about one of those three plastic containers of crackers in the box crushed up)
6 TBL butter or margarine, melted

1. Mix crumbs and butter together and push into a 9 or 10 inch round pie pan, then bake at 325 degrees Fahrenheit for about 15 minutes.

In the meantime, you can make your filling:

3 c. frozen mango chunks (and then some I would say)
1/2 c. honey (I would actually lower this to 1/3 c., there is such thing as too much honey)
14 oz. can of sweetened condensed milk (sickeningly good)
3 eggs
1 TBS vanilla extract
1/4 tsp. cardamom (we didn't have any on hand so we left this out, I'm usually a big fan of cardamom, but for some reason I think this recipe would be better kept simple, I don't know though, try it out, see how it goes)

1. Noa put all the mango chunks in a bowl and microwaved them for a little and took this strange pulverize thing and mushed them. I would have just thawed them and put them in a blender, I guess since I was scared of the pulverizer or whatever it was.
2.Pour everything together in a bowl and mix. Pour into pre-baked graham cracker crust. Then bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for about an hour.



-Amanda

Loving You Is Cherry Pie

Cherry nectarine pie*

So I found this recipe: http://goodeggseattle.blogspot.com/2009/07/summer-starts-with-vacation.html

And I made it for some friends on valentine's day. But I couldn't find apricots, so I used nectarines. Which is a shame, I love apricots with all my heart. Oh how symbolic, valentine's day without the deepest love. Haha. I like nectarines a bunch though, and am very pleased with the result. I used my trusty pie crust recipe (http://www.cooksrecipes.com/diabetic/reduced-fat-pie-pastry-diabetic-recipe.html , but with butter). I'd add a touch of sugar to it next time.

So, I know I made more changes, but honestly I am writing this post in late March, and I have no clue what I did. Look at the pictures, play a little "spot the difference" with yourself. You can also rearrange the photos til you align them in the appropriate order. So many hidden games in this post! Good times abound.















-Anna