Apple Pie

After a fruitful day of picking apples in an orchard, I needed to start cooking! I’ve made Apple Pie a few times, but this is by far and large my favorite recipe. Gooey and autumnal, this will definitely make some use of all those apples in season right now! Ingredients: 1 double crust pie, recipe can…

Bourbon Pecan Pie

I made this pie as a Christmas present for my stepmother who hails from Kentucky, so of course I used Kentucky bourbon. I studied a lot of different pecan pie recipes when I made this one – ones using maple syrup, the ones on the back of the Karo Syrup bottle, ones that use only…

Pumpkin Pie (and Puree)

There are a lot of pumpkin pie recipes out there, and I spent quite a bit of time experimenting with what kind of recipe I wanted to make (should I go the molasses route? go traditional? spice it up with some alcohol?) I, of course, went with the latter. I used this recipe for a…