whimsy for your weekend

Pie is one of my favorites fall bakes. It’s comforting and warm, and it begs to be shared.

I love pie so much that this year over the Thanksgiving holiday, I’m hosting a late afternoon PIE FEST for our big extended family. We’ll have both sweet and savory pie.

Because of that, I’ve been researching pie and so I rounded up a few recipes for pies that you can make and share with the people in your life.

WHIMSY PIE

Pie for Breakfast (Who says you can’t have a pie fest for breakfast?)

• Roasted Vegetable Frittata

  

• Breakfast Slab Pie
• The Pioneer Woman’s Quiche
• The Pie Queen’s Veggie Pie

Pie for Lunch or Dinner

•  Chicken Pot Pie  is perfect for eating on the couch while you watch football.
• Smitten Kitchen’s Mushroom and Barley Pie sounds just delicious.
• Want to get adventurous? Shrimp and Fennel Pot Pie is crazy fabulous.
• And how whimsical is it to have Kale and Sausage Hand Pies for dinner?

Pie for Dessert  (Maybe some of these will find themselves on your Thanksgiving table?)

• Mimi’s Pumpkin Pie

  

• Buttermilk Pie
• Easy Pecan Pie
• Maple Buttermilk Custard Pie from Dinner: A Love Story (their chocolate chess pie looks so tasty too!)
• Bourbon Pear Crumble from Four and Twenty Blackbirds ~ have you seen their pie book? Soooo yummy.
• Dad’s Sweet Potato Pie from Joy the Baker
• This Butterscotch Pie sounds like just the thing
• Amy Hannon’s scrumptious Dutch Apple Pie

Have you seen these 8 fun ways to make pretty pie decorations?

Here are a few of my favorite kitchen tools + pie envy:

• Pastry Cutter is handy to have for making homemade pie crust (which you just MUST do and here’s my video for Easy No-Roll Pie Crust, so no excuses.)
• Pie Crust Protector
• Dough Cutter/Bench Scraper 
• French Rolling Pin (my personal favorite)
• Glass Pie Plate … go ahead and get two.
• No Mess Pie Crust Maker Bag
• This sweet ‘Baked with Love’ pie plate…
• Anthro just sent me an email and since I like a little coffee with my pie … maybe I’ll grab this cute mug. ;)

Happy weekend, happy holidays and happy PIE!

xoxo.

Susie (aka “the queen freak of whimsy, professional spreader of joy, and mom to anyone and everyone.“)