Happy Pi(e) Day to all!
Bringing you sweet and savory pie recipes from the xoxoDorie archives.
There must be some highly erudite way to celebrate Pi Day, some way that depends on numbers, theories, problems and principles. But since math is not my strong suit — I took math and science for poets when I was in college — I’m going for the literal: Here’s a quintet of recipes for slice-em-up-and-eat-em pies. There’s a recipe for a supper pie (I almost wrote “super” and that would have been right too), a couple of sweet pies and one for a not-quite-classic crust — a good recipe for playing-arounders.
All of the recipes come from the xoxo Dorie archive, since these days, as many of you know, I’m on #TeamCake.
Bake, share and if math’s your jam, revel in today’s celebration.
Pie for supper? Yes, yes, yes!
Hello! Hello! When I started working on BAKING WITH DORIE, my idea was to write a book on savory baking. In fact, when I search for recipe docs, they’re still filed in my computer under SAVORY BOOK. I had a list of 125 savory recipes that I wanted to make. I began in the most orderly way (as I do with so many of my projects) and quickly devolved into sem…
Father's Day Blueberry-Cherry Pie
Hello! Hello! And a Happy Father’s Day to all who are celebrating – or being celebrated. For all of you, I’m proposing pie! Maybe not the traditional Pop’s Day dish – is there one? – but a good one, and a recipe that means a lot to me. DOUBLE DAD’S DAY
Atlantic Beach Pie: A recipe for a treasured tradition
We just wrapped up choux month in Playing Around // xoxo Dorie — look at what we baked together! Bonjour! Bonjour! Am I the last person on the planet to discover the joys of the Atlantic Beach Pie made famous by Bill Smith at Crook’s Corner in Chapel Hill, North Carolina? I’m thinking I might be. I’m also thinking I might not have ever come around to it …
How to make sour cream pie dough
The sour cream in this dough does a couple of good things – it makes the texture tender, a little flaky and a little cakey; and it also makes it just a touch tangy. The dough is very easy to roll and to work with, just be sure to chill it thoroughly after you make it.
Playing Chess (Pie) with Erin Jeanne McDowell
Hello! Hello! We're inching closer to Thanksgiving and I'm already considering a bit of triage. I’m rethinking the number of sides I can make. I don’t have to make two different kinds of cranberry sauce. Really, I don’t. And I probably won’t. I say probably because I can’t trust myself to stick to a plan. Also, experience suggests that as close as T-givi…
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I grew up with my mother’s chess pie made for every Christmas. I never knew there were so many varieties, and I’ve never seen a recipe like my mother’s that includes raisins and pecans as well as a bit of vinegar, cinnamon and nutmeg. I collect Chess Pie recipes and can’t wait to try this brown sugar one. Even though I’ve enjoyed many different versions ( hello, chocolate-orange chess pie!) all delicious, my mother’s recipe remains my unique favorite!
These look great. I'm definitely going to make the Chess Pie for Thanksgiving. I haven't had any since I lived in Tennessee many years ago.