Two pies in One pie pan Experiment Results

Here’s my double pie straight out of the oven. Isn’t it pretty?!?

I know everyone is wondering what happened last night after the double pie went into the oven. I ended up baking the double pie for about an hour. The crust that was folded over in the middle didn’t quite bake all the way through, but when I make the pie for the contest, it obviously won’t have that problem.

I let them cool for about 2 hours before cutting into them. Hubby got home from work REALLY late and we had a small piece to try them out. I was glad to see that both pies were baked through.

The pear and cranberry pie was tasted first. The baked pears were delicious but we both thought the cranberries were too tart. The bites without cranberry were heavenly though. I would definitely make this again with maybe dried cranberries or cooked cranberries? Any suggestions? Katie – did I do something wrong? I could still use this recipe for the contest if I needed to, but it would need some work…

Next came the squash pie. OH my goodness this was very good. Very unique and creative. I don’t really know how to describe it. Except imagine a pie that’s made by heating up some butternut squash, then adding some pears, dried cranberries, walnuts, brown sugar, nutmeg and cinnamon. After the sugar melts, you stir it all up. The sugar makes this amazing gooey glaze over everything else. Like I said before, I wanted to eat the filling with a spoon. It’s a very good, unexpected fall pie.

So as you may have guess, we both voted for the squash pie. We’re taking the rest of the double pie over to our friend’s house tomorrow so we’ll get their votes too. I’ll also see how the pies hold up over night since I’ll be baking them Sunday night and the contest is Monday at 1:00. And yes, I did consider staying home from work Monday morning to bake, but I thought that would be a bit extreme…

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20 Responses to “Snickerdoodle Blondies”

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    oneordinaryday — December 9, 2009 at 5:29 pm

    Yum. I bet your kitchen smelled amazing while these were baking!

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    nutmegnanny — December 10, 2009 at 1:13 am

    Awesome! These are sooooo something I would love. I’m also totally with you on the whole bar cookie thing. It’s so easy to just do one thing and then lounge until they done.

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    Memรณria — December 10, 2009 at 2:27 am

    So many bloggers are making cookie bars and blondies these days. I’ve tried the snickerdoodle blondies, and they are so good!!! YUM! Lovely photos!

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    Nancy @ Live love laugh — December 10, 2009 at 5:21 am

    We do love Snickerdoodles! I have never made a good blondie and have not made many bar cookes…so it is time to start! Thanks!
    ~Nancy

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    Nancy @ Live love laugh — December 10, 2009 at 5:21 am

    We do love Snickerdoodles! I have never made a good blondie and have not made many bar cookes…so it is time to start! Thanks!
    ~Nancy

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    stephchows — December 10, 2009 at 4:03 pm

    mmmm I don’t mind your bar kick one bit! yum!

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    Shauna — December 10, 2009 at 5:12 pm

    Yum! What a great idea.

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    Ingrid — December 10, 2009 at 6:10 pm

    I’ve made been making these for a couple of years. My family and I LOVE them. I was making them so often I pretty much had the recipe memorized! Yours look great! I hope your sister gets a chance to try them sometime.
    ~ingrid

    Btw, anything in the bar form rocks over regular cookies! ๐Ÿ™‚

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    JackieA31509 — December 10, 2009 at 7:49 pm

    I’m pretty sure I want to leave work immediately and make these!

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    themilkmanswife — December 10, 2009 at 11:24 pm

    When I saw these pop up in my google reader yesterday, I made them right away! Mostly because we were snowed in and I had everything on hand. They are so simple, but so wonderful. We loved them! Thanks for sharing! ๐Ÿ™‚

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    Julia from Dozen Flours — December 11, 2009 at 7:24 pm

    Glad you like my recipe! ๐Ÿ™‚ Gorgeous photos!

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    Kat — December 12, 2009 at 2:35 pm

    I am going to have to try these as I love snickerdoodles and blondies!

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    Mollie — December 15, 2009 at 4:59 pm

    Great recipe!
    I used it (don’t worry – gave you credit!), and added to it. Check out my More is More Bars (aka Sinckerdoodle Cranberry Chocolate Cheesecake Blondie Bars).

    http://eatrunread.blogspot.com/

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    Kasey — March 3, 2010 at 1:42 am

    I made these for my boss’ family (they are having a rough few weeks) and as far as I know they were a hit with the kids! Unfortunately I did not get to try one myself, but they looked delish! Thanks for the recipe!

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    Ashley — March 6, 2010 at 12:46 pm

    Snickerdoodles are my favorite cookie, so cannot wait to try this recipe!

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    Ashley — March 31, 2010 at 12:56 am

    I made these this weekend and they were so good. So moist and thick and cinnamon sugary!! I posted them on my blog! ๐Ÿ™‚

    http://ashleyscookingadventures.blogspot.com/2010/03/snickerdoodle-blondies.html

    Thanks so much for sharing!

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    Audrey — April 1, 2011 at 10:48 pm

    I made these with a slight variation to the size and crust. My roommates and I nearly died when they were in the oven, the smell was incredible. I took a pan to class and they were devoured. I was slightly happy about this because I would have finished them myself!

    http://mysceneandherd.blogspot.com/2011/03/snickerdoodle-blondies.html

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    beantownbaker — April 2, 2011 at 2:54 pm

    So glad you enjoyed the recipe.

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    Tara — April 19, 2014 at 6:49 pm

    Pinned this. Made it. LOVED it! Recommended it and have shared the recipe to others! Blogged about how great they are: http://spotofteadesigns.com/2014/04/pinned-recipes-tested-with-reviews/

    • beantownbaker — April 21st, 2014 @ 5:13 pm

      So glad you enjoyed them (and pinned them, and blogged about them!)

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