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18 more pies, Thanksgiving & Artistic Freedom

Last night's  Pie, #196 Peppermint Brownie Pie

 Hi there....
Remember me?!?  The pie lady is still baking over here.
I've only been procrastinating the writing.  Since my last entry I have baked another 18 pies(for him) and upwards  58 more for Kate's Piehole Records.  I had a wonderfully productive first Thanksgiving,  baking & delivering  over 40 pies. WHEW!!!
I also  quit  my day job, well, I quit full time employment. This has allowed me more time in the afternoons for delivering my pies.

Pumpkin Pecan Pie

Thanksgiving Day deliveries

It's been a busy 5 weeks since I last wrote.
 Thanksgiving ..or as I now like to  call it the
Thanks- for- the-Pie Holiday,  has  gave me a chance to showcase one of my original pies ..The Pumpkin Pecan.
Of  course I made a few of those Classic Pumpkin Pies, with the God awful crack running through out 'em.  I guess that's how they are expected to turn out ?!? It's funny...the biggest seller was Apple, go figure. Thought it would have been those lovey Pumpkin Pies. lol
 While the pies I've baked for Stuart, have been a little  less attended to
He still loves 'em.

#179 Pumpkin

#180 Pumpkin Pecan

#18-185 Mini Pepper Jack Quiches

#186 Classic Apple

#187 Pumpkin Pecan

#188 Ham Broc. Red Pepper Quiche

#189  Burnt Apple Walnut

#190 Peanut Butter Pie w/Oreo crust

#191 French  Silk

#192 French Silk,again.

#193 Mini Apple Walnut

#194 our Thanksgiving Pumpkin Pie

#195 Apple Pie sliced too soon

The  change in my work schedule  has also allowed me more time for our local Occupy Movement.
 Yes, the Pie Lady is a radical.
Our city never became "occupied" in the true sense but we have held  protest  rallies every Saturday. Usually in front of all the large banks in our town, the ones who took bail out money, I have yet to hear of anybody  who's been able to  get a loan.
I  have met a lot of  wonderful like minded individuals who  believe and support the OWS protesters like I do.
Don't believe the media,  folks we do have a message..
"We stand in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street & other Occupy movements worldwide, to end corporate domination, and to stop the destruction of democracy by those wilding economic power."
I am a very very  small business owner, I will never be wealth by any stretch of the imagination, yet  I believe every business should have a moral obligation to  do whatever  it  takes to give  back to  their communities and make the world a better place to live in.
I'm lucky, I  supply the ultimate in comfort food, it goes without saying I can nurture the soul and comfort one's well being.It will be easier for me to create  my place as a comfort zone , but I want to do more. I want my shop to allow for  artist expression, free speech,  a haven for those who think outside of the box.
Someday when I get my storefront I will make that my  mission .

#178 Burnt Ham & Cheese Quiche

#178 Burnt Ham & Cheese Quiche

 A few Sundays ago I was a bit more preoccupied with Occupy Wall Street than watching over the pie in the oven. Hence # 178  Breakfast  Quiche was burned.

October 2nd 2011

I've been moved by the kids Occupying  Wall Street. I spent the whole morning creating this video montage of pictures from New York. Preoccupied with Occupy thus burning pie #178  Ham & Veggie Quiche.

# 176 & 177~ Apple Cream Cheese pies

I created a wonderful  new recipe. It's your basic apple pie but, I added in a cream cheese filling with a hint of lemon.  Now this recipe has been done before, but usually folks use an apple sauce mixture. I prefer using sliced apples.

Peel and slice  6 large apple, Granny Smith Apples are the best.. I like to use a variety of two or three apples. 

1. Preheat oven to 350º
2.   Melt 1 stick of butter in a large skillet . Add sliced apples and lightly mix together.  In a small bowl combine sugar, cinnamon, and flour. Stir well and pour mixture over apples. Toss apples until thoroughly coated.
3. Pour apples into pastry-lined pie pan. Pour cream cheese mixture over the apples. Place second pastry on top. Seal edges and cut steam vents in top crust.
4. Bake in preheated oven for 45 to 55 minutes, until crust is golden brown.

Lemon cream cheese Filling

5 ounces cream cheese, room temperature.
1/2 cup  granulated white sugar
1/2 cup fresh lemon juice (approximately two large lemons)
2 large eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste

1 tablespoon grated lemon zest
TIPS: Always remove the zest first before halving and squeezing the lemon.
1 tablespoon grated lemon zest  In a food processor or electric mixer, place the cream cheese and process until smooth. Add sugar and process until incorporated. Add the eggs and vanilla  process until thoroughly combined. Add the lemon juice and zest and process until well blended and smooth. .

Pour over the apples and top with another pastry  and bake at 350  º for  50 minutes.

I made another one the following week. This time I created a deep dish version. 

Deep Dish Apple Cream Cheese

Baked on the first full day I published my assumed name ~

  Kate's  Piehole Records. 

No record store yet, but I am baking pies for delivery.  

I Haven't heard back yet from my customer if she liked it or not...hmmmm.

#175 Banana Cream Pie

Today I stopped counting every pie I bake.
They are not all part of the Pie Quest anymore.
It really has been unfair of me to include the pies I bake for Kate's Piehole Pie's
as the same as the pies I bake for him.
The realization is .... I've been  fudging the bet ..A LOT. 
All those mini pies shouldn't have been counted.
Heck... a lot of those pies he hadn't even seen, let alone eat.

If it weren't for him I wouldn't have started  baking in the first place, and for that I am truly grateful .
I enjoy baking, and I want to keep working on this budding business .

Whats this all means to  the Pie Quest?
Well, for one thing, I am unfortunately  going to be writing this blog a lot longer than I had planned on.
I'd rather be married and running my pie shop.

I cannot make him eat a pie a day, or a pie a week.
Least we forget he is  diabetic.
So Today.. as I baked my orders for Monday, I included one more  pie..
for him.
I baked him a Banana Cream Pie.
 No,
it's not on  The American Diabetes Association's approved list but....  it's our  farewell to the overflow of butter and sugar that's been in our kitchen.

Tomorrow we dine on beans & veggies without the butter and we take a break on all that pastry.


Maybe its time I re- investigate those Stevia whole wheat pies again?
Yuck.

Even Bruce thinks I should get married