Pie

Little Aunties Pie Class, A Photo and Video Essay

16 May 2010 by Jean Johnson
Our Cooking with the Little Aunties Class turned out to have little uncles and big aunties as well as younger girls. That was fine by me because great people cluster around the Stevenson Community Library up the Columbia from Portland on the Washington side of the river. Yes, indeed. A good ...

Home Made Pie Crust–Made with 100% Whole Wheat Flour?

23 November 2009 by Jean Johnson
Life's too short for store bought pie crust. Here's a recipe note from Hippie Kitchen for pie crust the old fashioned way. Home Made Pie Crust Use two parts flour to one part fat for your crust. In the pie pictured, I used two cups of unbleached white flour (departing from ...

Grandma-GK’s Rhubarb Pie for Birthdays & Graduation

7 June 2009 by Jean Johnson
I've got Hippie Kitchen on the brain since we're winding up the last edits for the printer. So here's another sneak preview. I broke with my usual 100 percent whole wheat flour mode and made this pie with white flour. That's because we were celebrating Laura's 60th, and her health ...

Jack-O-Lanterns are Good Food

18 October 2007 by Jean Johnson
You've got to admit something's strange when we toss our Halloween pumpkins in the trash and go buy canned pumpkin pie filling for Thanksgiving pies. It's true that the folks who can pumpkin for pies pull together an amalgam of winter squashes to get that particular blend we've come to ...

Cinnamon Brandy Apples with Flax Meal Pie Crust

14 October 2007 by Jean Johnson
Cinnamon Brandy Apples Hippie Kitchen, p. 120 Recipe Note Dissolve a spoon of arrowroot powder or cornstarch in a little cold water before adding to grated apple laced with lemon juice for a simmer. Cinnamon, nutmeg, pure vanilla extract, and little brandy turns these apples goopy and homey and good. Spoon Cinnamon Brandy Apples over ...