From the category archives:

Pies

Chai Pumpkin Pie

November 1, 2011

I’d been looking for a good excuse to post an updated pumpkin pie recipe on Cooking On the Side. That first pumpkin pie I posted two Thanksgivings ago was great and all, the classic Libby’s version that I and millions around the country have enjoyed for years. But ever since that post I’ve been wanting to [...]

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Chocolate Cream Pie with Cinnamon & Ancho Chile

June 9, 2011

In my seventh grade home ec class, circa 1987, we churned out such memorable delicacies as turkey tetrazzini, purple cows (that would be a tall glass of Shasta grape soda with a scoop of vanilla ice cream dropped in) and hamburger macaroni. But my favorite of them all was chocolate pudding pie. It called for [...]

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Ice Cream Cookie Pie

March 15, 2011

I can’t explain what possessed me to bake an enormous chocolate chip cookie in the bottom of a pie plate and then pile it high with hot fudge, mint chip ice cream, whipped cream, toasted almonds and chocolate shavings. I could try to convince you that I was motivated by it being Pi(e) Day, but [...]

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French Apple Pie

September 27, 2010

You’d have thought it was 1950 rather than 2010. It was a beautiful weekend morning. My husband and baby son were positioned on the couch watching football, my toddler daughter was outside in the backyard pretending with dolls in her playhouse and I was in the kitchen baking a French Apple Pie. As much as [...]

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Classic Pecan Pie

November 12, 2009

I have to admit, whenever I hear the words “pecan pie” I immediately think of the line “But I would be proud to partake of your pecan piiiiiiiiie…” from that sweet museum scene in When Harry Met Sally, when Harry is gearing up to ask Sally out: It’s hard to believe it’s been twenty years [...]

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Classic Pumpkin Pie with Maple Cream

November 2, 2009

November is here! And that means holiday cooking and baking season has officially begun on Cooking On the Side. From Libby’s Pumpkin Pie (today’s recipe) to French’s Green Bean Casserole, many favorite holiday recipes originated from food packaging – which makes them perfect topics for this blog! So for the next few weeks I’ll be [...]

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Classic Apple Pie

October 5, 2009

FINALLY, the temperature dipped below 75 degrees in San Diego. I can officially start autumn cooking! At one time I had great intentions of becoming an avid pie baker. I even took a 3-hour pie-baking class…actually it was more of a pie-eating class, with generous “samples” of each of the six pies the teacher made. [...]