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Renny's Recipes: Gluten Free Pecan Crust

12/9/2019

Hey guys, it's not too late to keep posting recipes that include pumpkin is it? I mean, I eat it all year round so...
IT'S NOT!

Ever since my PH went gluten free I've been exploring the world in gluten free baking. The one thing I've been holding off on trying is a gluten free pie crust. Our pie crust recipe is so easy! Plus it is always flakey and perfect. So the idea of trying out a gluten free crust which would likely turn out very poorly the first few times around worried me quite a bit. (Fun fact, the first few I tried out were terrible)

However, we had a big family party yesterday and I was bringing the pumpkin pie. PH loves pumpkin pie and I was determined to make a crust he could eat.

I tried almond flour but my crust was greasy and crumbly. Then, I decided to try to use pecans. I felt like it'd be a great marriage of pecan pie and pumpkin pie. What sounds bad about that? (Nothing!)

My little helper chef

This crust really came together so easily. Everyone who had a piece at the party told me they thought it was really good. I felt like it did work well together. I'm really happy with this foray into gluten free pie crust, and I think you will be too! If you want to keep it vegan you could easily replace the honey for maple syrup, or even agave nectar!

One warning I will give is that my crust didn't come up as far around the plate. When I poured my pumpkin filling in it overflowed a bit. To remedy this you'll want to use a little less filling, or try to get the crust further up the plate. Or use a deeper pie plate.

I forgot to take a picture of my finished pie. So here is a photo of one of my regular pumpkin pies.

I am also attaching the link to my favorite pumpkin pie recipe. This pie is perfectly spiced, and I love the depth of flavor from adding brown sugar instead of just using white sugar.
Happy holidays everybody! I hope you enjoy your gluten free pies as much as your regular ones!

Gluten Free Pecan Crust

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Pie Party Charcuterie Board

11/1/2019

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I have been entranced by the idea of charcuterie boards for some time now. I see them all over the place on different blogs and I've really wanted to try my hand at doing one. The ones that are mostly shown online are meat and cheese boards, which really look delicious. Holly, from Spend With Pennies teaches how to make one very inexpensively with ingredients purchased from Walmart. I think you could go even less expensive with some ingredients from Dollar Tree as well.

When Lindsey decided to host a Pie Party this year, I knew that I had to try a pie version of the charcuterie board. I found a couple of ideas that I loved:

The Reluctant Entertainer did this amazing Fall Mini Pie Dessert Board.
Jenny Cookies did this adorableLumberjack Dessert Table.

We thought that it would be a great idea to give away mini pies for people to take home after feasting on pie at the party. So, I decided to make a Pie Party Charcuterie Board to hold the give-away pies! The Reluctant Entertainer purchased her pies, which is an option. But, since we know that our homemade pies taste better than purchased ones, and since people especially requested pecan and apple pies, those are the pies I made.

I made the mini pecan in cupcake tins.

I made the apple in 4" foil pans. I wish I could have found smaller pans in the store. The are available online, but I didn't have time to get them in time.

I loved the idea of tying plaid around the pies! They look so cute! I had some coordinating plaid flannel prints that I cut into strips to use. Here is how I put everything together:

You need a pretty big tray or cutting board of some kind for a charcuterie board. I have this big glass tray that used to be a turn table in a microwave. It is the biggest thing I have.

I covered the tray with this plaid flannel. I trimmed it square and used the trimmings to make strips to tie around the pecan pies.

I decided how to arrange the pies first. Then I started to tuck in some grapes, blueberries, cookies and chocolates.

I thought that these fruits and cookies blended well with my plaid colors.

A hazelnut chocolate bar added to the mix. I just tucked pieces around the pies.

I purchased the cookies and chocolates at the 99 cent store!

I loved that the Reluctant Entertainer used maple leaf cookies from Trader Joe's, I just didn't have time to go pick any up. But, I loved the Knott's Berry Farm raspberry cookies that I found at the 99 cent store! I mean, you just need to use your imagination and see how things will fit into your board.
I think that you could easily make hand pies to work on a tray like this as well. If you need recipes and ideas for pies, check out our book, For the Love of Pie, available in our Etsy shop.

The fun thing about this board is it will fit into so many situations. I was afraid that using the plaid would make it look to much like a Christmas Board. It could have with a few more touches, but as it was, it fit well into the Pie/Fall theme of the party. So, if you are thinking of doing something like this for the holidays, which I think would be awesome, you might want to look at an idea like this one on Whipperberry! I may have to try that method next!
These charcuterie boards remind me a little bit of Sheet Pan Meals, like these that I talked about a couple of weeks ago. I guess I'm all about the communal eating lately! The Pie Charcuterie Tray was a big success. If you don't have a large microwave platter hanging around, I'll post some options below! If you have other ideas for presenting charcuterie, drop me a line in the comments!

16" tray from Dollar Tree

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Pie Baking Time of Year

9/23/2019

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It is raining in Phoenix! It is always wonderful when that happens.
And, first of all, let me apologize for jumping the gun last week and calling it Fall when it really is the Autumnal Equinox today! Oops. I guess I was overly anxious. On the other hand, I got started on so many Fall things early! One of them being that delicious Peach Pie you see pictured above. Now that it is raining and the weather is cooling down, it is definitely the Pie Baking time of year!

Now, you can peruse through our pie baking section of the blog and find a nice amount of delicious pie recipes to get you started. But, I was just looking through our Pie e-book,For the Love of Pie, and feeling just a little bit proud of ourselves for all of the really good info and recipes that are in that book. If you are a beginning pie baker, you should really get it. If you are a seasoned baker, you should really get it, too. It contains the classic recipes that you will want to make for the holidays, plus some vegan recipes and some delicious specialty recipes that we made up ourselves. Click here to order it for yourself!

OH! And before I forget to tell you, we are offering a special deal on the Pie book to celebrate Fall! So, from today until the end of September, (That is September 30th, 2019), We are offering the book for 50% off!

That's right! Just click here and then use code FALLWINKS when you check out to get 50% off of For the Love of Pie!

A rainy day is the best day for pie! If it is already getting cold in your part of the world, baking a pie sure helps to warm up the house. In more ways than one! Happy Baking!

What kind of rolling pin do you favor? Inquiring bakers want to know.

Don't you just love a pretty pie dish?

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