pecan pie & buck eye pie.

sunday june 16th

pecan pie & buck eye pie. 

father's day is home to a fantastic tradition in my family. before our extended family got too big we would all meet and have a pie bash to honor all the men. the wives would make the favorite pie of their significant other (spouses is not the appropriate term to use here because i obviously still don't have one and i've been contributing to the pie bash for a number of years now. i started making my dad's second favorite kind of pie. he's the man in my life for the moment). a few years ago we decided the group was too large and it was tricky to keep all the youngsters from having a whole pie by themselves. so we started doing the pie bash just with my immediate family. pie holds a special place in my heart because my grandma was such a pie master. one day i'll make a pie as good as she could. until then i'll keep practicing until perfection is reached. hope you like pie future husband. #myhubbybetterbeready.

happy fathers day to my own amazing father, step grandpa woody, brother and brothers-in-law and also to my grandpa blackham and grandpa whitaker who are watching out for me from above.  love you all!

*i made pecan pie and buck eye pie in honor of my two brothers that couldn't make it to our pie bash. scott and kurt, you were missed!*

buck eye pie

8 oz cream cheese

1 cup powdered sugar

3/4 cup peanut butter

2 large cool whips (thawed)

1 large instant chocolate pudding

2 graham cracker crusts

2 cups cold milk

mix cream cheese, sugar, peanut butter and 1 cool whip together. divide and pour into crusts. refrigerate.

2nd layer: pour milk into bowl and add pudding. mix and beat on low speed until blended. divide and pour onto the peanut butter layer. refrigerate.

yield= 2 pies

garnish with other cool whip and chocolate curls

pecan pie

4 eggs (slightly beaten)

1 cup sugar

1 cup dark karo syrup

4 tbsp. melted butter

1 tsp. vanilla

1 1/4 cup pecan halves

pinch of salt

1 (9") unbaked pie shell

beat eggs slightly. mix in other ingredients thoroughly. pour into unbaked (and non pricked) pie shell. (great and easy pie crust recipe here).

bake in 450° oven for 5 minutes. reduce heat to 350° and bake for 15 minutes. reduce heat to 300° and bake pie about 40 more minutes or until center is firm.