Brown Sugar Pie

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By Christy

A couple week's ago my girlfriends helped me celebrate my birthday with a pie, but this special birthday pie actually consisted of  8 amazing different pieces of pie! I can't remember what all 8 pieces were but we had pie ranging from chocolate chip pecan, apple, chess, red velvet, and several flavors in between and they were all super delicious!

These tasty pieces of pie were from The Loving Pie Company in Nashville, which is a cute little bake shop in the Berry Hill area of Nashville, TN . The Loving Pie Company makes homemade pies and hand crafted coffee beverages, and their pie flavors range from sweet to savory to even vegetarian, vegan and even gluten free. I 100% recommend this bakery if you are looking for high quality handmade pies that are perfect for something as simple as dessert for your family, a gift for a friend or customer, or part of the menu for a party. The Loving Pie Company no doubt has every flavor to mix and match your needs for whatever the occasion you are looking for!

All this delicious pie inspired me to try a new pie recipe too. I baked a brown sugar pie and it didn't disappoint. It has a chess pie type consistency but tasted like a pecan pie but with out the pecans. It's that incredibly sweet, gooey rich flavor that leaves you wanting another slice! BigCat isn't even a pie fan and he said this may be his favorite pie now. So if I can make him a believer in pie, I'm sure I could make one out of you too!

 Brown Sugar Pie

Ingredients:

3 cups brown sugar

1 tablespoon flour

1/2 teaspoon Salt

1 stick non salted butter

3 eggs, beaten

1 tsp vanilla

1 cup milk

2 regular pie shells or 1 deep dish pie shell

In a bowl, mix together brown sugar, flour and salt. (Attempt to break up any clumps of the brown sugar but they will naturally break down when you include the liquids so don't stress to much if you don't get them all. )

In another bowl, mix together the melted butter, beaten eggs, vanilla and milk and mix with a hand mixer, or standing mixer mix until well blended.

Mix the liquids with the dry mixture together using a mixer until well blended.

Pour into pie shells and bake at 350 for 30-40 minutes or until the pie is set (wobbly) in the middle (~60 minutes for deep dish). If you want to ensure your crust doesn't burn after about 20 minutes take the pie out and cover the crust with aluminum foil, leaving the pie still exposed. This will be important to do if you are doing a deep dish pie. Let cool prior to serving.

*Disclaimer: BCB was not sponsored by or involved with The Loving Pie Company for this review

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Grandma Robinson's Chocolate Meringue Pie

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by

Cindy

My mom and I both love chocolate, so when she told me the other day that she wished she could have a piece of her mom's chocolate pie, I went into action.  I didn't have the chocolate pie recipe that her mom made, so I made the recipe that came from my dad's mother.  This chocolate pie is my very favorite pie, and my mom made it many times.  I compare all other chocolate pies to this one, and there are few that measure up to this recipe.  It is smooth and has a perfect chocolate richness with the light meringue on top.  I love the meringue part too.  I could go on and on about this pie.  It's sooo good.  

After having a piece with my mom last night, she told me that once when she was a young wife, she made this recipe from a cookbook that she was given, not knowing where it originated.  When my dad tasted the pie, he asked her where she got the recipe.  She told him what cookbook she had used, and it turned out to be his mom's recipe and he knew it from the first bite.  My dad's mom, Ruby, was quite the cook.  This is one of the recipes that I put in my daughter's homemade cookbooks that I made them.  I hope it lives on for many generations. I know my grandson, Carter, loves it already, because he was there when I was making it one day and enjoyed licking the bowl when I was done.  There is nothing better than licking the bowl of grandma's cooking.  

Grandma Robinson's Chocolate Meringue Pie

1 thawed pie crust

1 cup sugar 

3 T flour or cornstarch

2 T cocoa powder

2 eggs, separated

a lump of butter (about 1 tablespoon or less)

Meringue

2 egg whites or more (I used 4 for mine)

1/4 t cream of tartar

4 T sugar (2 T per egg white)

1.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  With a fork, prick the bottom and side of the pie crust.  This keeps the crust from bubbling up while baking.  Bake the pie crust 10-15 minutes until light golden brown.  

2.  Mix together the sugar, flour or cornstarch, and cocoa in a medium sized sauce pan.  Mix together in a separate bowl the milk and egg yolks.  Add the milk mixture to the sugar mixture and blend.   (It will be lumpy at this time).  Cook the mixture, stirring constantly, on a medium to medium high setting.  I use 7 out of 10.  This process cannot be rushed so give yourself plenty of time.  It takes about 30 minutes or longer.  Cook until the mixture comes to a boil and thickens like pudding.  Remove from the heat, add the butter and mix together.  This helps remove any lumps and makes the mixture smoother.  Pour into pie shell and add meringue while it is hot.

3.  Whip the egg whites until they are firm and they hold their shape.  Add a couple of shakes of cream of tartar while they are whipping.  When they are firm, (see picture below)

gradually add the sugar.  Drop dollops of egg whites on different areas on the top of the chocolate, and then using a spatula or knife spread it out and make some swirls on top.  Make sure the meringue touches the pie crust on the edges, so that it won't shrink while cooking and cooling.  

Bake for 10-13 minutes checking to make sure it doesn't burn.  If the meringue bakes more on one side, rotate the pie in the oven.  

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Top Pin Tuesday!

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Top Pin Tuesday is a new tradition on the Buttercream Bakers website! Each week we will give you our top favorite recipes we found off Pinterest that coorespond with our weekly theme.

 

But you don't have to limit yourself to just our weekly pinterest highlights....Please feel free to browse our Pinterest Page any time for a little inspiration. www.pinterest.com/bcbakers/

 

Hope you enjoy! If you happen to try one of the recipes, be sure to let us know.

 

 

This week it is PIES!

• Bacon Apple Pie from The Loveless Cafe

 

• Red Velvet Mississippi Mud Pie from Grandbaby Cakes Blog

 

 

• Boston Banoffee Pie by Lick the Spoon Blog

 

• Raw Banana Macadamia Coconut Dream Pie By Fragrant Vanilla Cake Blog

• Smores Pie By Cookies and Cups Blog

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Christy's Summer

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By Christy





Great Wall of China

White Water Rafting

Sarah wasn't joking when she said we have been having a busy summer! This summer has been a blast! Between going to China, spending 5 days in the mountains of Georgia and white water rafting the Ocoee River, spending a whole week on vacation at the beach and the best and most important event this summer was GETTING ENGAGED!

Boca Grande, FL vacation!



Moments prior to getting ENGAGED!

But, never fear! I did find time to squeeze in a little baking. After a spring filled with tons of cupcake orders this summer has brought about lots of iced sugar cookies and cakes! Yum! Here is a preview of just a few of my baking projects from the summer.

 

Anyways, excited to be back into the blogging mindset and can't wait to get back into making new recipes to share with you all. :)

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Busy Summer!

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By Sarah

As you can tell by our lack of posts, we have been busy! This summer has been awesome filled with fun, sun, trips, and of course lots of baking!!

Here are a few things that I've worked on this summer:

"Having a Ball" mason jar anniversary sugar cookies!

Oreo cupcake, my first wedding cake, pharmacy sugar cookies, banana cupcakes 

Cars birthday cake 

Pharmacy sugar cookies

Oreo birthday cake

Zebra polka dot birthday cake

Now that summer is over and our time is starting to free up, we will be back at posting our latest recipes.  If you have any desserts you would like to suggest, please let us know!

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