I guess the question is, is it possible to have a gourmet pie? I’m not aware

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Pie Thoughts, by Jdub

jdub FORMER USER

10:53am

Agreed on all fronts. I have 4 pies to make for Thursday.

reagan21

10:55am

Frozen Marie Calendars Dutch Apple is not awful

Gunga Galunga

10:55am

Apple is one of the easiest pies to make. Just make it.

reagan21

10:55am

I'm not making any pies. My brother and his wife have pie duties.

Gunga Galunga

10:59am

Apple is the easiest and the best.

paulb

11:04am

None of the frozen Marie Calendar pies are awful. I fully admit homemade pies are 100% better. But I'm still going to

scall

10:59am

Heed this man CB! He probably doesn’t remember it, but I’ve received a couple

The Pope

10:59am

Good call on the biscoff cookie crust.

reagan21

11:00am

Can we post this pie dough recipe? Maybe this is the year I quit Pillsbury for

paulb

11:04am

2 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour, 2 tsp granulated sugar, 1 tsp salt, 1 cup

reagan21

11:19am

I didn't realize you were asking for the biscoff crust. Food process one package

reagan21

11:37am

Yeah that’s what I do for the crust as well. Though, I actually pack/press the

The Pope

12:05pm

when I pack, I find its too hard to cut out and I like the sandy texture when

reagan21

12:06pm

I have a hard time supporting the Pillsbury pie crust suggestion.

Ted Lasso

11:01am

If you're patient, it's not that difficult. I'll be prepping my pie dough this

reagan21

11:05am

If you're making 1 or 2, agreed. If you're making 15 plus, nope. But I also wrote this for everyone

jdub

11:06am

We are homemade pie crust purists. Just look at these

Ted Lasso

11:23am

I cook and bake a lot and I've never been able to make what I would consider a good homemade pie crust

Skeptical Optimist

11:06am

If it's too sticky then you have too much moisture....which is also why it would

reagan21

11:10am

Gonna disagree on a couple of points

Skeptical Optimist

11:03am

RE: Gonna disagree on a couple of points

jdub

11:09am

I don't want to go toe to toe with you on pie. I'll lose every time.

Skeptical Optimist

11:13am

I admit to a strong anti Cool Whip bias.

jdub

11:15am

Stability is its only advantage. Otherwise, heavy cream >>> Cool Whip

Himni

11:30am

Cool Whip is like the WalMart bakery: what’s the point of wasting kcals on that?

BYU'01

6:55pm

At the end of the day, though, rule #1 is some pie is usually better than none, even with CW.

jdub

11:16am

That’s the thing. Some of us need a low entry point, but will move to more home-made, mess-up-able ingredients as we

mvtoro

11:50am

Absolutely

jdub

12:49pm

No doubt homemade whipping cream tastes better than Cool Whip.

JuicyJam

11:44am

I tried the Kroger brand (Smith’s ) refrigerated crust. It was better than Pillsbury IMHO

jollaksentie

11:04am

I may have to try them. Costco had a sale on Pillsbury, so we're stocked up.

jdub

11:34am

There are a lot of homemade pies worse than Marie Calendar's

novacoug1

11:06am

This guy knows how to pie.

botticus

11:15am

All great points. A few more:

Himni

11:28am

For the longest time I thought I hated banana/coconut/all cream pies

Gorgias

11:35am

When you die, if you have a choice between Regular Heaven and Pie Heaven, I’d choose Pie Heaven. Because it may be a

mvtoro

11:56am

Jack Handy was the best!!!

reagan21

11:59am

Shhhh. If you have to name the reference, it’s no longer fun.

UNLVcougar

12:06pm

Narrator: It was never fun.

reagan21

12:07pm

Mr. Anderson at MV home of the Toros, would read these to us in class. So good

The Pope

12:09pm

I had him for calculus. Jack Handy or Dave Berry every day! 🤘🏻 Awesome guy. (But that spray-on hair… 😬)

mvtoro

12:11pm

I'm before your time, but also a Toro. I'm Facebook/real life friends with one of my teachers still

jdub

12:52pm

Parker may be the best combination of coach and actual classroom teacher I’ve even heard of. Arguably best HS football

mvtoro

1:01pm

You’re a fatty tuna?

CBaass

1:52pm

This kind of insight keeps me coming back to CB. Especially about margarine!

Pangare

11:57am

#10. Cake is never better than pie. Unless it’s a very well made tres leches.

UNLVcougar

12:07pm

or its for your birthday and there are presents too.

Pangare

12:16pm

I actually get pie for my wife’s birthday. If it’s for a bunch of kids, they can have cake.

mvtoro

12:22pm

A Chart to Describe it from our Friend Tim

B Blue

2:27pm

Chart needs to vary width of the bars to show how much cake or pie actually exists at each level. Even if accurate, the

mvtoro

2:41pm

Yes. A 25th percentile pie is like 90th percentile cake

Himni

3:07pm

I guess the question is, is it possible to have a gourmet pie? I’m not aware

UNLVcougar

5:52pm

I agree with #8 but it's just too easy and quick. I am going to try making my own cookie crust this year. Never tried it

byuluvr

12:08pm

Baby steps. Progression is eternal 👊🏻

mvtoro

12:12pm

#7 is an eternal truth. Real whipped cream is ALWAYS better than CW.

Penske Material

12:29pm

Haven't tried the Pillsbury frozen crusts yet. I typically the Marie Callendar's ones and like them. So much quicker

BlueBlood94

12:55pm

I would say go with what you know and like. My opinions are just that--opinions.

jdub

1:00pm

Pecan is my favorite

Magneto

1:21pm

Here Here on Point 6. Margarine is snake spit. Yuck.

DJROSS

1:29pm

I am only baking two pies this year due to we already celebrated Thanksgiving due to family schedules and others

DJROSS

2:19pm

Not us. I had lemon pie over the weekend and it's meat pie tonight, as a warmup

Himni

3:10pm

LOL i Gave away most of my turkey. I should have kept more to make a meat pie. That would have been great.

DJROSS

3:30pm

Store bought pies/crusts only should be purchased as decoy pies - so the less savvy guests will eat those and save the

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