Hello Kirsti: pie

Andrew is a pecan pie connoisseur. A true expert.

In fact a month into our dating was his birthday, and it was then that I my first killer pecan pie. Wrapped up Pie

in his words "It was magic" Andrew Pie

I guess that's why he still likes me over three years later...

tehehe

That first pie was Paula Dean's Mystery Pecan Pie which has a magical layer of cheese cake-ness on the bottom.

Sometimes I go more traditional and make him Pioneer Woman's Classic Pecan Pie

I make it pretty much to spec, sometimes making my own crust, sometimes cheating.

If I use my pie plate I can generally sneak in some extra pecans.

After making a bunch of Dreamy Apple Pies you definitely appreciate how easy pecan pie really is. No wash'in and chopp'in. Pecan Pie 1 Pecan Pie 2 Pecan Pie 3

But still gooey and yummy. Best served with a big scoop of vanilla bean ice cream.

This easy but sooo satisfying dessert comes courtesy of the dream whip box.

What’s awesome is it tastes great when made with low fat ingredients and we all need more that.

100_3944 I use fat free sugar free pudding mix, 2% milk, and generally a reduced fat graham cracker crust.

10 minutes of mixing, a few hours in the fridge and you've got heavenly fluff pie.

Try it you be amazed it's not full fat!

If you haven't tried dream whip instead of whipped cream, you're missing out!

P.S. don't try this by hand, a stand mixer is best since you'll need to spin the bowl to get maximum fluff factor.

I made chocolate, but it tastes great in fudge, vanilla, banana, basically anything you can find in sugar/fat free.

Dream Pie from Kraft

2 env. DREAM WHIP Whipped Topping Mix
2-3/4 cups cold milk, divided
1 tsp. vanilla
2 pkg. (3.9 oz. each) JELL-O Chocolate Instant Pudding
1 baked pastry shell (9 inch), cooled

BEAT whipped topping mix, 1 cup milk and vanilla in large bowl with mixer on high speed 6 min. or until soft peaks form.

ADD 1 and 3/4 cups of remaining milk and dry pudding mixes. Beat on low speed until well blended. Beat on high speed 2 min., stopping occasionally to scrape bottom and side of bowl. Spoon into shell.

REFRIGERATE 4 hours.

This is my rendition of Pioneer Woman's Dreamy Apple Pie, and it is divine.

Ingredients

1 whole Unbaked Pie Crust (I used frozen deep dish, me and pie crust aren't friends yet)
Filling

3 whole Large (4 Or 5 Small) Granny Smith Apples, Peeled, Cored, And Sliced Thin (Go with three unless they are really tiny, I always had enough left over to as a mini bake, or to make a second pie)

½ cups Brown Sugar (Learn to make your own, with this post )

½ cups Sugar

1 Tablespoon All-purpose Flour

1 cup Heavy Cream (If you get the big carton you can make homemade whipped cream too, or Pioneer Woman's Hard Sauce)

2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract

⅛ teaspoons Cinnamon

Topping

7 Tablespoons Butter

¾ cups All-purpose Flour

½ cups Brown Sugar

¼ cups Pecans (more To Taste)

Dash Of Salt

Preparation Instructions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Roll out pie dough and place it in a pie pan. Decorate the edges as desired. (Or just pull it out of the freezer!)
Add apple slices to a large bowl. In a separate bowl, mix together cream, 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1/2 cup sugar, 1 tablespoon flour, vanilla, and cinnamon. Pour over apples. Pour apples into pie shell.
In the bowl of a food processor (or you can mix by hand) combine butter, flour, sugar, pecans (chop if you’re not using a food processor), and salt. Mix until everything comes together in clumps. Pour topping over apples. (I don't have a food processor, the magic bullet was a failure, so I used my pastry blender)
Attach foil to the edges and lay a piece of flat foil loosely over the top of the pie. Place pie pan on top of a rimmed cookie sheet and bake for one hour. At the end, remove foil and allow to finish baking and browning. Can bake for up to 15 or 20 minutes more if necessary. (They need a coat for the oven)
Remove from oven when pie is bubbly and golden brown.
Serve warm with hard sauce, whipped cream, or ice cream.

I tried a bunch of methods over the 3 times I've made this. I found this used as a decorative object in my mom's kitchen, I eventually got it working and it was good at peeling, then I used my Christmas present chopper (W-S and sooo amazing) , to quarter then, slice the apples into nice thin slices.