Our best christmas pies recipes - 3 recipes
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Mini Cherry Pies
These mini cherry pies are so cute, we could eat them right up!
INGREDIENTS
- Dough
- Cherries
- Apricot, diced
- Apple, diced
- Almond Flakes
- White sugar
- Brown sugar
- Baking powder
- Butter
- Egg Yolk
- Water
METHOD
- Preheat the oven to 350° F.
- Roll out some dough, and then use a cup or a cookie cutter to cut the dough into circles.
- Place each circle into the cavities of a silicone muffin mould (or greased tin), and press into the bottom and along the sides.
- Pit the cherries, and throw into a pot.
- Add sugar, baking powder, and water, and simmer until it thickens to a saucy consistency.
- Use a spoon to fill each pie to 2/3 to the top.
- Optional: for a bit of variety, you can also fill the pies with apricots + brown sugar + butter, or apples + brown sugar + almond flakes.
- For the lattice crust: use a pizza slicer to cut out thin strips of dough, then lace together to form a lattice.
- Use a cup to cut the lattice into circles, then gently place on top of the uncooked pies.
- Brush with egg yolk and sprinkle with sugar.
- Bake the pies at 350° F for 25 minutes, or until golden.
- Let cool for 15 minutes, then gently lift the pies out with the edge of a knife.
- Enjoy!
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Natural Juice French Apple Pie
By Hollie1959
Apple pie cooked in the pie shell no pre cook
- Use a variety of Apples, Fuji, Gala, Golden delicious, Black Twig, Rome, Stayman Winesap. For regular size approx. 10 apples Deep dish Approx. 15. You will need :
- 1/2 cup margarine
- 1cup flour
- 1/2 tsp salt
- OR buy ready made pie crust
- 2/3 cup margerine
- 1 cup sugar
- 2tbl cinnamon
- 1tsp nutmeg
- 4tbl cornstarch
- 1/2 cup raisins
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
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By secondmom63
Decadence in a bite...Everyone last Christmas was ooohing and awwwing over every bite of this pie
- Crust-
- 6-8 large homemade chocolate chip cookies, baked until brown and very crisp
- 1/4 cup butter, melted
- Fudge-
- 1 - 14 oz can sweetened condensed milk
- 4 oz semi sweet chocolate
- 2 Tbsp butter
- 1 tsp vanilla
- pinch of sea salt
- Chocolate Custard-
- 1 1/2 cups milk
- 1 cup cream
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 1/3 cup corn starch
- 1/3 tsp sea salt
- 1 egg
- 3 egg yolks
- 2 T butter
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- 1 cup cream
- 3 T instant white chocolate pudding mix
- 1/2 c fudge sauce
- Whipped Topping-
- 1 cup cream
- 2 T powered sugar
- 1 T instant white chocolate pudding mix
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By Pascale Weeks
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Mom's Chocolate Pie
By msmith04
My mother always made these at Thanksgiving and Christmas
- Filling
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups milk
- 4 egg yolks
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 (9 inch) pie shell, baked
- Meringue
- 4 egg whites
- 1/4 cup white sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
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