Best Southern Pie Food

SOUTHERN SWEET POTATO PIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Bring a pot of water to a boil; add sweet potatoes and boil until soft, 20 to 30 minutes. Remove and discard skin; mash potatoes in a bowl until lumps are removed.
• Mix 1 cup mashed sweet potatoes, sugar, condensed milk, butter, eggs, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, and cloves together in a bowl. Divide batter evenly between the 2 pie crusts.
• Bake in the preheated oven until firm, about 45 minutes.

SOUTHERN PECAN PIE I

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (205 degrees C).
• Beat eggs slightly in medium bowl. Beat in sugar, and then blend in syrup, butter or margarine, vanilla, salt, and pecans. Pour filling into unbaked pie shell.
• Bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C), and continue baking 35 to 40 minutes; the pie will be brown and slightly puffed.

BEST SOUTHERN PIE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 400°. Mix everything together and pour into an unbaked 9" pie shell. Sprinkle the top lightly with nutmeg. Bake 15min. Reduce oven to 350° and bake 45min. Cool to allow filling to set.Best Southern Pie ever! Delicious..

BEST SOUTHERN PECAN PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F degrees.
• Take frozen pie crust out of the freezer and place it on a baking sheet while preparing the filling. Or roll the refrigerated pie crust into your pie pan and set aside.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together beaten eggs, sugar, melted butter, corn syrup, ground cinnamon and vanilla extract until thoroughly combined.
• Place the pecans into the bottom of the pie crust.
• Then pour the filling on top of the pecans.
• Bake for about 45-50 minutes.
• Around the 20 minute mark, you may want to add some aluminum foil on top of and around the edges of your pie crust to keep it from getting too brown.
• Oven times do vary, but basically, the middle of the pie should be just a tad jiggly when done (not overly jiggly) and the center will puff up a bit.

APPLE PIE RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450F degrees with oven rack in lowest position.
• Place Brown Sugar in a large mixing bowl.
• Add the Granulated Sugar.
• Add Flour.
• Add Cinnamon.
• Add Nutmeg.
• Add Dash of Salt.
• Whisk dry ingredients together well. Set aside for now.
• Peel the apples. Place in cold water to prevent browning.
• Slice the apples into wedges, removing and discarding the center core.
• Place the slices back in the water as you go.
• When finished slicing, pour apples into a colander to drain while you prepare dough.
• Lightly butter the inside of your pie plate.
• Place one sheet of dough in pie plate and trim as needed.
• Add sliced apples to the dry ingredients.
• Toss apples until fully coated.
• Spread apples into the pie plate.
• Place second layer of pie dough on top of apples.
• Seal edges and decorate as desired.
• Brush milk over center of pie but not on the edges.
• Sprinkle top with one Tablespoon of sugar, but not on edges.
• Cut slits in top of dough to vent the pie as it bakes.
• Place pie on baking sheet, and place in preheated oven.
• IMMEDIATELY REDUCE heat to 350F degrees.
• Bake pie for 25 minutes until crust is lightly browned.
• Cover top lightly with aluminum foil to prevent over browning.
• Let pie bake another 25-35 minutes until bubbling hot and top is lightly browned.
• Remove to wire rack and let cool completely.
• Enjoy!

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Steps:

• Select your favorite recipe.
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THE BEST SOUTHERN PECAN PIE

Steps:

• While your oven is pre-heating to 350F, start melting the margarine over medium heat in a saucepan.
• Once margarine is melted, remove saucepan from heat and stir in brown sugar.
• Beat and then add the eggs and the rest of ingredients to the saucepan-- stir well.
• Pour evenly into the 2 pie shells.
• Lightly sprinkle (or place if whole ones) pecans on top.
• Once oven is pre-heated, bake on cookie sheet@ 350F for 30 minutes.

SOUTHERN APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Place cut up apples in the bottom crust. In a separate bowl, mix brown sugar, flour, and cinnamon and sprinkle mixture over the apples.
• Slice up the butter on top of the sugar mixture. Cover with the other crust. Make 3 slits in top of crust with a knife.
• Bake in a preheated 375 degree oven for 45 minutes. Let sit for about 20 minutes before slicing.

BEST CLASSIC SHEPHERD'S PIE RECIPE

Steps:

• Add the oil to a large skillet and place it over medium-high heat for 2 minutes. Add the onions. Cook 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Add the ground beef (or ground lamb) to the skillet and break it apart with a wooden spoon. Add the parsley, rosemary, thyme, salt, and and pepper. Stir well. Cook for 6-8 minutes, until the meat is browned, stirring occasionally.
• Add the Worcestershire sauce and garlic. Stir to combine. Cook for 1 minute.
• Add the flour and tomato paste. Stir until well incorporated and no clumps of tomato paste remain.
• Add the broth, frozen peas and carrots, and frozen corn. Bring the liquid to a boil then reduce to simmer. Simmer for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Set the meat mixture aside. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Place the potatoes in a large pot. Cover the potatoes with water. Bring the water to a boil. Reduce to a simmer. Cook until potatoes are fork tender, 10-15 minutes.
• Drain the potatoes in a colander. Return the potatoes to the hot pot. Let the potatoes rest in the hot pot for 1 minute to evaporate any remaining liquid.
• Add butter, half & half, garlic powder, salt, and pepper. Mash the potatoes and stir until all the ingredients are mixed together.
• Add the parmesan cheese to the potatoes. Stir until well combined.
• Pour the meat mixture into a 9x9 (or 7x11) inch baking dish. Spread it out into an even layer. Spoon the mashed potatoes on top of the meat. Carefully spread into an even layer.
• If the baking dish looks very full, place it on a rimmed baking sheet so that the filling doesn't bubble over into your oven. Bake uncovered for 25-30 minutes.** Cool for 15 minutes before serving.