Granola Pie Food

OATS AND HONEY GRANOLA PIE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Place pie crust in 9-inch glass pie plate as directed on box for One-Crust Filled Pie.
• In large microwavable bowl, microwave butter on High 50 to 60 seconds or until melted. Stir in brown sugar and corn syrup until blended. Beat in salt, vanilla and eggs. Stir crushed granola bars, walnuts, oats and baking chips into brown sugar mixture. Pour into crust-lined pan.
• Bake 40 to 50 minutes or until filling is set and crust is golden brown. During last 15 to 20 minutes of baking, cover crust edge with strips of foil to prevent excessive browning. Cool at least 30 minutes before serving. Serve warm, at room temperature or chilled with whipped cream or ice cream. Cover and refrigerate any remaining pie.

OATS 'N HONEY GRANOLA PIE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F
• Place pie crust in 9-inch glass pie pan as directed on box for One-Crust Filled Pie.
• In large microwavable bowl, microwave butter on High 50 to 60 seconds or until melted.
• Stir in brown sugar and corn syrup until blended.
• Beat in salt, vanilla and eggs.
• Stir crushed granola bars, walnuts, oats and chocolate chips into brown sugar mixture.
• Pour into crust-lined pan.
• Bake 40 to 50 minutes or until filling is set and crust is golden brown.
• During last 15 to 20 minutes of baking, cover crust edge with strips of foil to prevent excessive browning.
• Cool at least 30 minutes before serving.
• Serve warm, at room temperature or chilled with whipped cream or ice cream.
• Store in refrigerator
• Tip:.
• **To easily crush granola bars, do not unwrap. Use rolling pin to crush bars.

GRANOLA PIE

Steps:

• Crust: Cut Shortening into Flour in a large mixing bowl.
• Add Salt.
• Add Water 1 Tablespoon at a time while kneading until you've reached desired consistency (not too stiff or sticky).
• You can use your own pie crust recipe or a store bought crust if you like.
• Pie Filling: In a saucepan, melt butter.
• Add brown sugar and corn syrup and stir until sugar is completely dissolved. (DO NOT BOIL!).
• Remove from heat and set aside.
• In a mixing bowl beat eggs, vanilla and salt for about 30 seconds.
• Add sugar mixture, granola bars, oatmeal and walnuts and stir everything together.
• Add chocolate chips last so they don't melt.
• Pour filling into pie crust.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.

TRIPLE BERRY PIE WITH GRANOLA CRUNCHY CRUMB TOPPING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Place a rack in the bottom third of the oven. Put the pie shell on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
• In a large bowl, combine the berries with the lemon zest and juice, the sugar and instant tapioca. Stir together to completely combine and set aside.
• In a medium bowl, mix together the flour and brown sugar. Using a fork or a pastry cutter, cut in the butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Mix in the granola.
• Pour the berry mixture into the pie crust and top with the granola crumb topping. Bake until the inside of the pie is bubbling and the top is golden brown, 45 to 50 minutes. (If the top browns too quickly, cover loosely with aluminum foil.) Remove from the oven and cool at least 1 hour on a wire cooling rack before serving.
• Combine the whipped topping and maple syrup and mix until well blended. Serve with the pie.

CARAMEL APPLE-PEAR GRANOLA CREAM PIE

Steps:

• Oatmeal Crust Preparation: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Combine oats, almonds, powdered sugar, flour, cinnamon and salt in a bowl. Stir in butter. Grease/spray a 9-inch pie pan. Press half of oatmeal mixture into bottom and up sides. Take remaining half of oatmeal mixture and spread it out onto a greased cookie sheet as if making 1 large cookie. Bake for 20 minutes or until golden brown. Set aside to cool while making pie filling.
• Apple-Pear Cream Filling Preparation: In a saucepan, whisk together sugars, lemon juice, butter and maple flavor over medium heat. In a small mixing bowl, combine flour, cornstarch, cinnamon and salt and sprinkle into sugar mixture in saucepan. Mix in sliced apples and pears. Cook for about 8 to 10 minutes until mixture starts to thicken. Remove from heat. Using an electric mixer, whip cream cheese and heavy cream until smooth. Stir cream cheese mixture into warm apple mixture until well incorporated. Pour filling into prepared pie crust.
• Assembly: Take baked large "oatmeal cookie" and crumble it into small chunks. Sprinkle oatmeal crumble onto pie filling, covering it almost completely. Bake for 50 minutes to 1 hour at 375 degrees F. Cool at least 30 minutes. While pie is cooling, prepare caramel sauce.
• For Caramel Sauce: Unwrap caramel candies. In the top of a double boiler, melt the caramels in the evaporated milk, stirring constantly until the sauce is smooth and pourable. Pour caramel sauce in a zigzag pattern over cooled pie. May serve with whipped cream or ice cream, if desired.

APPLE PIE GRANOLA

Steps:

• Position an oven rack in the center of the oven, and preheat to 325 degrees F. Whisk together the butter, brown sugar, maple syrup, vanilla, apple pie spice and salt in a large bowl. Add the oats, and toss until evenly coated. Spread out on a rimmed baking sheet.
• Bake the mixture until golden and toasted, 30 to 35 minutes, stirring about halfway through. Let cool completely on the baking sheet. Stir in the pita chips and apple chips. (The granola can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 5 days.)