BUTTERMILK PIE

This doesn't look like pie, does it. It's the "for the masses" version. I took one of these cookie sheets of pie to a funeral luncheon and one to my grandson's baptism luncheon. Here's what the regular size looks like.It's delicious. Maybe you should make some. Here is the recipe for a pie size. The recipe for a cookie sheet size--which serves 20 with nice generous squares follows.

BUTTERMILK PIE--This is a very old Bisquick recipe

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Spray pie plate with vegetable spray.

In a blender, mix the following (this isn't in order of quantities, but the order I put things into the blender):

1 cup buttermilk
3 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1/3 cup melted butter, cooled to luke warm
1 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup Bisquick ( I always use pancake mix because I don't ever have Bisquick in the house. I do have a recipe for homemade Bisquick. If anyone wants it leave a message in the comments section and I'll post it.)

Blend one minute. Pour into greased pie plate and bake for 30-35 minutes.

BUTTERMILK PIE FOR THE MASSES--Makes a cookie sheet full--17x12 inches.

This is tricky in a blender. If your blender won't handle this much liquid make halfish of it and pour it into a bowl and then make the remaining halfish, mix them together and pour into greased cookie sheet.

2 2/3 cups buttermilk
8 eggs
2 1/2 tsp. vanilla
3/4 cup melted butter--I only use 1/2 cup and it turns out fine
4 cups sugar
1 1/4 cups Bisquick--I use pancake mix because I never have Bisquick in the house.

Blend really well in blender--maybe in two batches--and pour into greased cookie sheet. Bake 35 minutes.

PEANUT BUTTER PIE—Gaye Marrott--a friend of Lynne's

Gaye had this pie in Alaska and did not rest until she tracked the recipe down. It is very rich but very good.

1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese, softened
1 (14 oz.) can sweetened condensed milk
¾ cup creamy peanut butter
2 tsp. vanilla extract
12 oz. Cool Whip or use whipped cream. (I use whipped cream.)

In a large bowl with an electric mixer, beat the cream cheese until fluffy. Beat in the condensed milk, peanut butter and vanilla. Add Cool Whip. Pour into chocolate Rice Krispie Pie Crust (recipe following). Drizzle with chocolate topping (optional)

CHOCOLATE RICE KRISPIE PIE CRUST

1/2 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup peanut butter chips
5 Tbs. butter
2 ½ cups Rice Krispie cereal
½ cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips or toffee chips (optional--I didn't use these)

Over very low heat, melt chocolate chips, peanut butter chips and butter over low heat. Remove from heat, stir until smooth. Gently stir in the Rice Krispie cereal until completely coated. Set aside to cool to lukewarm. Then stir in the mini chips or toffee chips if using. Press into the bottom and up the sides of a buttered 9 inch pie plate. Chill for 30 minutes to set chocolate, fill with peanut butter filling. Refrigerate until firm, about 2 hours. This is very rich and very good. A small slice is enough so you can get about 7 to 8 pieces out of each pie

CHERRY CREAM CHEESE PIE—Lynne Snyder

This pie has been the Snyder Family favorite pie since our second year of marriage. The kids used to request this for birthday dinners instead of cake.

This piece is Kraut's, from his daughter, Butterfly's birthday dinner. He likes lots of cherries but some of my children only like the sauce. This slice is actually pretty big, a small piece is enough as it's so rich.

1 can sweetened condensed milk
1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese
1 tsp. vanilla
1/3 cup lemon juice
1 graham cracker crust

Put sweetened condensed milk, cream cheese and vanilla in blender and blend until incorporated. With blender running add lemon juice. Pour into graham cracker crust. Refrigerate.

Top with chilled cherry pie filling or serve pie filling on the side and let people top their own piece of pie.

I have also sauteed apples with butter and sugar and topped pie with this filling.

APPLE PIE FILLING--Lynne Snyder

One conference weekend the kids and I made this pie filling while we had TV on in the kitchen and supposedly listened to conference. (Audio, video and text available here.) We had a huge pile of apple peelings when Trent, about 11 years old at the time, grabbed a handful, threw them in the air and yelled, "Happy New Year." We laughed and laughed, who cared about the mess?

4 cups sugar
1 cup corn starch
1 Tbs. cinnamon*
1 tsp. nutmeg*
1 tsp. salt
10 cups water
3 Tbs. lemon juice
*more if desired

Mix sugar, cornstarch, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt well, add water and lemon juice. Cook until thickened. Fill quart jars half-full. Peel and slice Golden Delicious apples. Fill jar with apples to the top, pressing down to cover with syrup. Put on lids; process for 45 minutes. Makes 7 quarts.

We never actually made a pie with this although we canned a lot of apple pie filling. We heated it and served it as a side dish. Therefore, as I wanted the dish to be saucy, we used this amount of sauce for 6 quarts instead of 7.

ANYTHING CREAM PIE (BANANA, COCONUT, VANILLA, ETC.)--Trish Snyder

We went to Smithfield to Tricia and Bentley's house for Thanksgiving this year. She made a vanilla and banana cream pie. They were fabulous! They make a good pudding too if you don't have a pie shell. Mmm. I want some now.

3/4 cup white sugar
1/3 cup plus 1 Tbs. flour
2 cups milk
3 large egg yolks
1/4 cup butter
1 tsp. vanilla (I use much more)
1/8 tsp. salt
2 bananas or 1 cup coconut or whatever you want to add
1 pre-baked pie shell or graham cracker crust

Combine sugar, flour and salt in a pan. Stir in milk, bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly. Put egg yolks in a small bowl and mix well with a fork. Add some of the hot sugar/milk mixture into the eggs, then mix the eggs into the hot sugar/milk mixture in the pan. Stir well. Stir in the butter and vanilla. Pour into a pie shell or add bananas or coconut and pour into pie shell. Chill.