{"id":907,"date":"2009-12-07T08:49:41","date_gmt":"2009-12-07T13:49:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.soverydomestic.com\/blog\/?p=907"},"modified":"2010-05-10T20:38:34","modified_gmt":"2010-05-11T01:38:34","slug":"summer-roadtrip-and-smores-pie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.soverydomestic.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/07\/summer-roadtrip-and-smores-pie\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Roadtrip and Smores Pie"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is hysterically late to be writing this post now, but I made some fun treats worth talking about, and my Smore Pie is very photogenic. But we have to back up to a few treats before we went on a road trip to visit the husband machine’s family.<\/p>\n

The last pie I made for a Stitch n Bitch before we left was #37, Raspberry Custard Pie, which I think is pretty self-explanatory. \ud83d\ude09 <\/p>\n

#37 – Raspberry Custard Pie<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nCrust:
\n1\/4 cup butter, melted
\n1\/-1\/4 cups graham cracker crumbs
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\nTopping:
\n1 pint raspberries
\n1\/4 cup icing sugar\n<\/td>\n		\nFilling:
\n1\/2 cup sugar
\n3 tbsp cornstarch
\n1\/2 tsp salt
\n4 egg yolks
\n3 cups milk
\n2 tbsp butter
\n2 tsp vanilla extract<\/p>\n		<\/tr>\n
\n1. Mix melted butter and graham crumbs, pat into pie pan.<\/p>\n

2. Mix the sugar, cornstarch, salt, egg yolks and milk in a saucepan, bring to a boil slowly, over medium heat. Whisk the whole time! If you turn your back for a second you’ve burnt it. It gets thicker as it boils.\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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3. Remove from heat and immediately mix in the butter and vanilla, let cool slightly. <\/p>\n

4. Pour custard into pie crust, arrange raspberries on top. Sprinkle icing sugar on top with a small sieve!<\/p>\n

Once we got where we were going, I still wanted to bake, but no one eats sweets. My only opportunity to play around in the kitchen is when I’m making something for the kids and their cousins and long distance friends! First up was a BBQ night at one of the husband machine’s aunts houses (the man has a lot of aunts!), I made pie #38, Banana Ice Cream Pie. It’s the sort of pie children request over and over and over again because it is so ridiculously good! <\/p>\n

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#38 – Banana Ice Cream Pie<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n
\nCrust:
\n1\/4 cup butter, melted
\n1\/-1\/4 cups chocolate wafer crumbs\n<\/td>\n		\nFilling:
\n2 bananas, sliced into circles
\n1 pint of something chocolately
\n1 pint of something lighter
\n1 jar sundae topping\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

This is less a recipe and more assembly instructions, really! Mix the butter and the crumbs and pat into a pie pan, spread half the sundae topping on the crust, arrange a layer of banana slices on top, then 1\/2 the chocolatey ice cream on that, and half the other ice cream on that. Then do it again! I topped mine with leftover cookie crumbs and an Oreo. This pie works best in a deep dish!<\/p>\n

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Before we left for our trip, I had so busy with other things I wasn’t knitting much but I seriously made up for it while we were gone! I started my Tadpoles<\/a> before we left, but I ripped through them on the first couple of days! They’re a fantastically belated birthday gift for one of my best friends. Happy Birthday Brigitte! <3\n\n\n\n

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As I was weaving in the ends of Brigitte’s Tadpoles, wee one #1 asked me to knit him a pair of socks and he looked through Ravelry and decided on these cute ones called Air Raid<\/a>. I made them in 5 days! It was a fun, quick pattern and made for 9 year old feet, so I had that going for me!<\/p>\n

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While already 5 hours from home, we took a little day trip to visit our good friends \/ former neighbors, who bought a cute house on a serious chunk of land in the middle of nowhere. The middle of nowhere both frightens and appeals to me, which also frightens me! We had a fantastic day, with a fire and Smores to top it off! I went into town with my friend Melissa to pick up a few things and I found this kit with a BBQ basket, a giant Jersey Milk bar, a pack of graham crackers and a bag of mini marshmallows. Genius! <\/p>\n

The very next night we were all invited to a bonfire and more Smore making with old friends! To celebrate, I made #39 Smore pie! Essentially, it’s a graham cracker crumb and butter crust, with a chocolate pudding filling, topped with marshmallows and cookie crumbs. Wen I got it to the bonfire, it hadn’t had a chance to set, so we set it in the host’s fridge and promptly forgot about it. She took it out a couple of days later, after it had finally set up, she ate it! Apparently, it was delicious. <\/p>\n

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Our second day home from our summer visit up north landed on one of my best friend’s birthdays, so I gathered the usual suspects and we celebrated on the porch with Peanut Butter Chocolate Cupcakes (and Chocolate Cupcakes)! Naturally, that weekend’s Stitch n Bitch was dedicated to her as well, Happy Birthday Gill! <\/p>\n

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This is one of those pies I saw in the LCBO<\/A>‘s Food & Drink<\/a> magazine, marked it and it waited patiently for over a year until I finally baked it. Pie #40, Blueberry Honey Pie. This is just a typical blueberry pie with a couple tablespoons of honey in it, baked in a graham cracker crust. I was really all about the graham cracker crust this summer. <\/p>\n

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