Mini Pecan Pies

I have never made pecan anything but when I came across a recipe for Pecan Pies I thought I would give it a go. It is relatively easy - I didn't have to get the mixer out at all and you just whack in the oven and let them cook.

The original recipe came from Bakerella but I didn't want to make 3 pies or 36 mini's so I adjusted the recipe a little and although mine certainly do not look anything like her gorgeous pies they taste damn good so I will stick with this recipe. 

Mini Pecan Pies - adjusted from Bakerella

Ingredients:

130g Pecan pieces 

85gms melted unsalted butter

150g brown sugar

1/2 tablespoon SR flour

150g glucose syrup 

1/3 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 eggs

12 mini frozen pie crusts 

• Melt margarine in the microwave for about 2 minutes or until melted and set aside.
• Prepare your pecans. Remove any unwanted brown pieces from the pecan crevices and shake out pecan crumbs in a colander.
• Place brown sugar in a large bowl. Work out any lumps with the back of a spoon. If the brown sugar is too hard, you can loosen it up in the microwave. Heat it for a few seconds and it will be fine.
• Add a heaping serving tablespoon of self-rising flour and stir until the flour disappears into the brown sugar.
• Add a bottle of light corn syrup. Then add 1 serving tablespoon of vanilla and stir until thoroughly combined.
• Add melted margarine. Fold carefully into the mixture so it doesn’t splatter. Fold until the margarine is thoroughly worked in and disappears.
• In a separate bowl, crack open six eggs. Remove the “roosters” and loosely beat the eggs with your spoon.
• Fold the eggs into the pie mixture until they disappear.
• Add pecans and stir until completely coated.
• Grab a dessert/soup spoon and spoon mixture in to mini pie crusts. Do not overfill. I did and they overflowed so be careful. I would suggest that you have more than 12 as you have mixture left over so this saves the wastage. 
• Cook in oven on a lined tray for 35 minutes. These will rise and fall so they are done when they have 'fallen'. 

These are really yummy so give them a go. 

Key Lime Pie

Evening - or at least it is here in Australia.

I have been fasinated in Key Lime Pie ever since I saw one of the characters on the show 'Dexter' trying to find the best KLPie and when I found some Key Lime Juice at USA Foods Australia I couldn't go past buying some and giving the pie a go. So the recipe search began and I found a very simple recipe that has the crust and three ingredients. This is divine. If you like your dessert pies tart than this is for you. Very tarty like Lemon Meringue Pie - which is a favourite in this house too.

Too eager to eat some I forgot a photo before slicing it up.

Mmmmm yummo

Key Lime Pie

Ingredients:

Crust

150gms Digestive Biscuits, blitzed in food processor

3 tablespoons castor sugar

1/3 cup butter, salt reduced

Pie

250g Cream Cheese (one block) do not use reduced fat

1/2 cup Key Lime Juice

1 can sweetened condensed milk.

Method

Melt butter in the microwave and add to blitzed biscuits and sugar. Press in to pie dish and put in fridge to set a little.

Whip softened cheese with a beater (I used my food processor) to improve consistency. Add condensed milk and juice and mix until well combined. Pour over the crust and refridgerate for at least four hours.

I loved this and my hubby did too - in fact I turned around to have another piece - after I had a few pieces already and it was all gone. LOL. I am so making this again but might add some green colouring as well to really make it look like lime pie.

Coconut Custard Pie

Hello my lovelies. Hope you are all well. Here in lovely little Melbourne I have still been baking up a storm and have been trying to come up with my own recipes for 'sweets' so have been a little quiet on my little old blog but hoping to post most days - if I can.

If you are in to cakes you will probably have heard of a show called 'Cake Boss' - my current favourite. Buddy takes the traditional birthday, christening or special occasion cake to a new level. I mean he makes the most amazing cakes. If you haven't watched an episode you should catch one on YouTube.

Anyway I got this above book from Fishpond.com.au and when I saw a recipe in there for Coconut Custard Pie I thought I would give it a go.

Recipe said to do a 9" base but I just bought a premade one from the supermarket. Don't think it is that big.

This is - how can I say it - deliciously disgusting. This was nice but not. I think next time I would use half the amount of coconut or even skip the coconut all together. Like all new recipes you try this was one I don't think I will make again. If you are interested in Buddy's recipes you will have to buy the book. I don't want to put recipe up as it might get me in to trouble.