38 my favorite pie Recipes

granulated sugar, cornstarch, strawberry gelatin (the small jell-o box), water, strawberries, hulled, deep dish pie shells, baked and cooled (my favorite is marie callender s)

pastry for double-crust pie (homemade, frozen or refrigerated), sugar, all-purpose flour, ground cinnamon, salt, peeled chopped cooking apples (golden delicious is my favorite, but also try rome and granny smith), lemon juice, applesauce, butter, chopped into small pieces, all-purpose flour, sugar, salt, butter, at room temperature

unbaked deep-dish pie pastry (9 inch), all-purpose flour, light brown sugar, ground cinnamon, salt, unsalted butter, cut into pieces and chilled, gala apples (peeled, cored and cut into 1/2 inch dices ) or 6 (2 3/4 lb) golden delicious apples (peeled, cored and cut into 1/2 inch dices), light brown sugar, all-purpose flour, ground cinnamon, sugar (optional)

pie filling (cherry is my favorite), marshmallow, eagle brand condensed milk, nuts, chopped

canned pumpkin, honey, baking soda, ginger, beaten eggs, evaporated milk, melted butter, cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla extract

flour, salt, crisco shortening, cold water, sugar, quick-cooking tapioca, salt, ground cinnamon, grated lemon rind, fresh lemon juice, blueberries (fresh or frozen ), butter or 2 tbsp margarine

flour, salt, shortening, white vinegar, ice water (put water with ice in a bowl before you start cooking and spoon it out with a tbsp. to measure), egg

baby spinach, chopped, head iceberg lettuce or 1 small head of romaine, chopped, sweet onion, diced, creamy blue cheese, chopped into small pieces (the creamier the blue cheese for this, the better), sweet apple , like gala or pacific rose, core removed and apple diced (i leave the skin on - it s good for you!) - sprinkle the diced apple with fruit fresh to prevent browning, pecans, chopped (you may toast the pecans, or candy them, if you prefer - to candy them, see my recipe for banana cream pie supreme with caramelized pecans), poppy seed dressing in the blender (posted separately), or our favorite bottled poppy seed dressing is marie s, available in the produce dept.

sea scallops (1 1/2 cups), your favorite white fish fillet (cod or sea bass my favorite), milk, salt, white pepper, butter, flour, mushroom, sliced, sweet white wine or 1/4 cup sherry wine, fresh mashed potatoes , about 5-8 large potatoes

fritos corn chips, chopped onion, grated cheddar cheese, chili (your favorite -- homemade, canned , whatever)

condensed cream of chicken soup (your choice try the classic cream of mushroom soup, cream of chicken or cream of celery soup), milk (my favorite is the cream) or 3/4 cup cream (my favorite is the cream), pepper (to taste), green beans or 2 (14 1/2 oz) cans cut , drained, canned fried onions, ground meat try ground turkey , etc or 1 -1 1/2 lb sausage, filling etc or 1 -1 1/2 lb ground beef, etc, mashed potatoes

pie crust, recipe (unbaked , i use my butter pie crust kittencal s no-fail buttery flaky pie pastry/crust for this, but you can use any favorite pastry recipe), fresh minced garlic cloves (use no more than 3 medium cloves of garlic, as it will overpower the other ingredients), onions (peeled, cut in half and then sliced thinly, a processor works great for this!), bacon, olive oil or 2 tbsp butter, whole mushrooms, sliced (can use less ), dried rosemary (can use 1 tbsp chopped fresh ), salt and pepper, fontina cheese, shredded, swiss cheese, shredded (can use 2 cups swiss cheese)

boneless skinless chicken thighs (or breasts), low sodium chicken broth, vegetable oil, onion, chopped (large is fine too), carrots, peeled and cut crosswise 1/4 inch thick, celery ribs, cut crosswise 1/4 inch thick, mushroom, thinly sliced (domestic or wild), salt , to taste, pepper , to taste, butter, milk, flour, dried thyme (you can use a bit more, use to taste), dry sherry, frozen peas, fresh parsley leaves, minced, puff pastry sheet , for a 9x 13 pan (i use store bought of course!)

ground beef, your favorite chunky salsa, ready to use refrigerated pie crusts (2 crusts ), mexican style finely grated shredded cheese, cumin, garlic powder, egg beaten with a little water to make an eggwash

angel food cake mix, unprepared, pie filling, your choice. you can use the kind with whole fruit such as cherry, blueberry or apple -or- use a can of the cream pie filling such as key lime, lemon or my favorite coconut cream.

bacon, diced, baked beans , mostly drained (used bush s . this was modified from the original 2 (16 oz), barbecue sauce (i make my own sweet & spicy bbq sauce, but blues hog was used in the original recipe), pork sausage (the original called for leftover smoked pork or beef, i didn tsp have any bbq leftover so i used this), apple pie filling (chop up the big chunks some), onion, chopped, green pepper, chopped, brown sugar, worcestershire sauce, mustard (prepared ), dried chipotle pepper (or cayenne pepper optional, to taste*), your favorite barbecue rub (blues hog rub was used in the original)