the quest for the perfect Thanksgiving pie
is over, at least for this year.Fed up with variations on pumpkin and pecan that didn't quite hit that sweet spot, I found a recipe for a Tollhouse Pie (it used pecans, but more importantly, chocolate), to which I added vanilla extract and orange extract for a slightly more grown-up feel. (But after you've melted two sticks of butter for it, you can't really pretend it's health food). Said pie went to a second Thanksgiving dinner at the home of the lovely
Effervescence, at which I also consumed red wine that did not cause me to have a stuffy nose. Let's hear it for South African low tannin red wine.
Today I made no pie. I did preach a homily, bless an Advent wreath, bless water, preside at Eucharist, and drive 52 miles round trip. That's enough for Advent 1.
posted by Emily @ 8:19 PM
2 Comments:
Pecan pie with chocolate chips is a favorite of mine. Adding the orange sounds great and I'll try it next time.
Mm, cherry and almond.
After I had all the ingredients for the Tollhouse, I found the recipe for pecan-chocolate chip pie that I used to use all the time in Mollie Katzen's Still life with Menu.
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