Black Friday Pie

Ok, so please forgive the lateness of this post!  I was super busy with student teaching, taking tests, finishing portfolios and applying to grad school.  However, all of that is finished, and I can get back to blogging!

This Thanksgiving, I was put in charge of dessert.  I decided to try and make my own pie, from Scratch!

I decided to use a recipe from Alton Brown.  Super easy to do in theory, and I got to use my scale that I received last Christmas from my sister!

I was making a pudding pie and an apple pie, so  decided to triple the recipe.

3/4 cup of unsalted butter cut into cubes.

3 ounces of crisco (I didn't have lard, so I used the next best thing)

I put the fats in the freezer for 15 minutes.

Meanwhile I pulsed together 18 ounces of flour and 1 1/2 tsp of salt in the food processor.

Next I added the fats into the processor.  First the butter.

I pulsed the processor until the mixture looked mealy.

Then I added the crisco.

As I pulsed the mixture I added ice cold water by the tsp until the dough came together.

I split the dough three ways and formed them into discs in zip top bags.

I put them each in the fridge for 30 minutes.

I pulled the first disc out and began to roll it out...and it fell apart.

The same thing happened to the second and third.  Now, I was doing this the day before Thanksgiving.

Magically there were crusts available at the store.

So I baked one in a 350 degree oven for 15 minutes for the pudding pie.  Meanwhile in a blender I mixed 1 pack of silken tofu with 2 tsp of vanilla.

I melted 1 package of 60 % cocoa chocolate chips and added it to the blender.

Once the pie was cool enough I poured the tofu mixture into it and put it in the fridge.

For the apple pie I left the crusts out on the counter to thaw.  I cut up Ida Red and Crispin Apples and piled them high in the crust, covered and baked in a 350 degree oven for 30 minutes.

Both pies were appreciated at dinner last night.  Thank you so much for your patience!  I look forward to doing more of this in the future, and there are plenty more baking adventures to come!

Enjoy!