Pie Recipes #246 - Harvest Pie Recipe

HARVEST PIE
Here's a delicious and unique pie recipe to try - filled with delights such as apples, cranberries, walnuts and lots of spices. Delicious!

2 homemade or pre-prepared pie crusts
5-6 Granny Smith apples
1-2 Cortland (or other red) apples
1 tablespoon lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1 cup fresh cranberries (frozen would also work fine here)
1/2 cup coarsely chopped walnuts or pecans
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup flour
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 tablespoon freshly grated orange zest
1/4 teaspoon ginger
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg (optional)
few drops vanilla
1/4 cup half and half (to brush top of pie)
2-3 tablespoons white sugar (for sprinkling)

Preheat oven to 425°F.

Wash, peel and core apples. Slice into half inch thick slices and mix both kinds of apples together. Sprinkle with lemon juice.

Combine flour, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg. Sprinkle a few drops (not too much) of vanilla over brown sugar.

Spread apple slices inside bottom pie shell and top with remaining ingredients evenly (except for white sugar and half and half).

Cut second pie crust into strips and twist into a spiral; lay across top of pie to make a decorative top crust. Brush with half and half (half milk, half cream). Sprinkle with granulated white sugar across top of pie.

Bake in preheated oven at 425°F for 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 325 and continue cooking for another 30 minutes or until is golden brown and filling is bubbly.

Pie Recipes #245 - Eggnog Pie Recipe

EGG NOG PIE

1 1/4 c. egg nog
1 tbsp. Knox gelatin
1 tbsp. water
3 beaten egg yolks
1 c. whipping cream
1 tsp. vanilla
1 pie shell
Nutmeg

Heat egg nog. Dissolve gelatin in water and add to egg nog. Remove from heat and add beaten egg yolks. Cool. Whip cream until fluffy and add vanilla. Fold into eggnog mixture. Add a dash of salt. Pour into pie shell and sprinkle with nutmeg. Refrigerate and serve the next day.

Pie Recipes #233 - Elvis Presley's Sweet Potato Pie Recipe (from Graceland)

Elvis Presley's Sweet Potato Pie"
I got this from Graceland!!!!!!!
By: Elvis Presley
pies, celebrity
Thanks to Linda for submitting this famous pie recipe. :) Enjoy, Elvis fans (and all lovers of good sweet potato pie!)

2 small sweet potatoes; 3/4 pound
1 medium russet potatoes; baking type
1/2 cup butter
1 cup brown sugar; packed
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg; fresh; grated
3 large eggs; beaten
1 1/4 cup evaporated milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 single 9 pie crust; unbaked

Place all of the well-scrubbed potatoes in a 3-quart saucepan. Cover
with cold water and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to a
simmer and cook until potatoes are very soft, about 20-30 minutes.
Drain and when cool enough to handle, peel. In medium bowl, combine

potatoes, butter, brown sugar and nutmeg. Using a potato masher,
cream the potatotes until very smooth. In small bowl, beat eggs, 1
cup evaporated milk and vanilla together.
Beat this mixture into the potatoes. Mix thoroughly. Pour into
piecrust and drizzle the remaining 1/4 cup of milk on top. Bake 15
minutes in a preheated 450 degree oven then turn heat to 325~ and
continue baking for 30 minutes or more until the filling is set.

Serves 6