Apple Butter Pumpkin Pie Recipe

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Grasshopper Pie

24 creamed-filled chocolate cookies finely crushed

1/4 cup margarine, melted

1/4 cup milk

A few drops of pepermint extract

a few drops of green food coloring

1 jar of marshmallow creme

2 cups of heavy cream, whipped

Combine cookie crumbs and margarine. Press into 9" spring pan reserving 1/2 cup of the mixture for topping. Gradually add milk, extract and food coloring to marshmallow creme, mixing until well blended. Fold in whipped cream. Pour into pan, sprinkle with remaining crumbs. Freeze. Remove one half hour before serving.

Blueberry Pie

8 servings
Blueberries have been touted as the food with the most antioxidant potential. Their power comes from their anthocyanins, which give them their color, and loads of vitamin C. This delightful pie is loaded with these dark-blue gems. The cooked and cooled filling is poured into a 9-inch baked pie crust.

Ingredients:
1 1/2 pounds fresh or frozen blueberries
1/2 cup light brown sugar
Juice of 1/2 fresh lemon
1 tsp cinnamon
2 tbsp cornstarch or arrowroot powder
2 tbsp cold water
1 baked Easy Pie Crust (see

My Optimum Health Plan for recipe)
Instructions:
1. Heat the blueberries in a saucepan over medium heat until they begin to boil. Simmer gently for 10 minutes.

2. Add the sugar, lemon juice, and cinnamon, and cook for another 2 minutes.

3. Mix the cornstarch or arrowroot well with the water, and pour mixture into the simmering blueberries while stirring. Cook, stirring, until mixture becomes clear and thick. Continue to cook for 1 minute. Remove from heat and cool.

4. Spoon mixture into pie crust and refrigerate for at least 2 hours before serving.

Blueberry Pie

8 servings

This delightful pie is loaded with these dark-blue gems. The cooked and cooled filling is poured into a 9-inch baked pie crust.

Ingredients:
1 1/2 pounds fresh or frozen blueberries
1/2 cup light brown sugar
Juice of 1/2 fresh lemon
1 tsp cinnamon
2 tbsp cornstarch or arrowroot powder
2 tbsp cold water
1 baked Easy Pie Crust

Instructions:
1. Heat the blueberries in a saucepan over medium heat until they begin to boil. Simmer gently for 10 minutes.

2. Add the sugar, lemon juice, and cinnamon, and cook for another 2 minutes.

3. Mix the cornstarch or arrowroot well with the water, and pour mixture into the simmering blueberries while stirring. Cook, stirring, until mixture becomes clear and thick. Continue to cook for 1 minute. Remove from heat and cool.

4. Spoon mixture into pie crust and refrigerate for at least 2 hours before serving.

Nutritional Information:

Per serving:
163 calories
2 g total fat (0 g sat)
0 mg cholesterol
36 g carbohydrate
2 g protein
3 g fiber

Holiday Peppermint Pie

Crust:
1 1/2 C graham cracker crumbs
1/3 C butter, melted
1/4 C sugar

Filling:
3/4 C semi-sweet chocolate chips, melted and divided
1 pkg (250 g) cream cheese, softened
4 C (1 L) frozen whipped topping, thawed, divided
1/2 C milk
1/2 t peppermint extract
3-4 drops red food coloring (optional)
1 pkg (3.4 oz / 102 g) white chocolate or vanilla instant pudding mix
6 small candy canes or 8 peppermint candies, crushed (about 1/4 cup)

1. Preheat oven 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). In large bowl, mix graham cracker crumbs, melted butter and sugar until well blended. Press evenly into bottom and sides of Deep Dish Pie Plate, using Baker's Roller. Bake 8 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove from oven; cool completely.

2. Place chocolate in small bowl. Microwave, uncovered, on "high" 1 minute or until chocolate is melted and smooth, stirring after each 20-second interval. Spread half of the chocolate over the bottom and partway up the sides of the crush; set remaining chocolate aside.

3. In large bowl, whisk cream cheese until smooth. Set aside 1/ C of the whipped topping for garnish. Add remaining whipped topping, milk, peppermint extract and food coloring to cream cheese; whisk until smooth. Add pudding mix; whisk vigorously until mixture is blended and very thick. Immediately spoon filling into crust; spread evenly.

4. If necessary, reheat remaining melted chocolate in microwave on "high" for 10-15 seconds; drizzle over pie. Immediately sprinkle with crushed candy canes. Pipe rosettes of whipped topping around edge of pie. Refrigerate 30 minutes.

Yield: 12 servings.

Nutrients per serving: Calories 320, Total fat 19 g, Saturated Fat 13 g, Sodium 240 mg.

Favorite Pumpkin Pie Recipe

"by Tonkcats #4170: Printed from www.recipezaar.com"

1 unbaked pastry shell (10-inch)
3 C fresh pumpkin, cooked
1 C milk
3 egg yolks
3 egg whits
1 t salt
1/4 t cloves
1 1/2 t cinnamon
1/2 c sugar

1. mash and drain cooked pumpkin

2. add beaten egg yolks

3. stir in spices, salt and sugar. mix well

4. beat egg whites until stiff and fold into pumpkin mixture. pour into unbaked crush

5. bake at 400 degrees F. for 40 minutes. If knife comes out clean, pie is done.

Pumpkin Chiffon Pie

Courtesy of my friend, Jagi. :)

1/4 cup softened butter
3/4 cups brown sugar
4 eggs
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp ground ginger
1/4 tsp salt
2 cups of pumpkin
1/2 cups cream
5 egg whites


Cream butter add sugar

Add egg yoke, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, salt, pumpkin, cream

Egg whites -- beat till firm but not dry

Stir in ¼ whites, then fold in remaining whites. Poor into pie shell.


350 45-50 minutes

Jen's Sour Cream Apple Pie

From one of the pre-school moms - she said this is really easy!

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3/4 C sour cream
1 egg
2/3 C sugar
1/4 t nutmeg
3 lbs sliced tart apples
1 pie shell

Topping:
1/2 C flour
1/3 brown sugar
1 t cinnamon
1/2 C cold butter in pieces
1/4 C chopped walnuts (optional)

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Whisk sour cream & egg then whisk sugar, flour, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg. Stir in apples - spread in unbaked pieshell mounding in center.

Top - mix flour, sugar, cinnamon, cut in butter. Stir in walnuts. Sprinkle over the pie.

Bake 50-60 minutes until brown and tender.