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…
I am Jen the Beantown Baker. Engineer by day and baking maven by night. Hubby serves as my #1 fan and official taste tester. We got hitched back in 2006. Barefoot. In the sand. With the waves crashing behind us. It was one of the best decisions we’ve ever made. 
Those look a-mazing. Gonna try that sometime for sure!
Yum, these look and sound delicious!
Those sound delicious and look amazing!! GREAT idea and really well decorated!
those are some pretty sexy looking cupcakes!
Wow, these look and sound amazing!! Good luck.
If I were judging this contest.. even with my dislike of cranberries (usually) you would win the grand prize.
Not only for the combination of flavors which has me salivating – but for presentation. I absolutely LURVE the cranberry sauce under the pretty white maple buttercream. *swoon*
xoxo
what a great cupcake! i love how you put everything together… i am drooling over here 😉
I made them – they’re GREAT!
http://eatrunread.blogspot.com/
Hi!
I’m Veronica, I’m trying this recipe but how much Baking soda is it?
You put in the directions to mix it, but in the ingredients is missing.
Thank you!
Later on I’ll let you know how they baked!
Regards!
Veronica
Veronica – It’s a typo in the instructions. It should say Baking Powder. I have corrected the post.
Your style is unique compared to other people I’ve
read stuff from. Thank you for posting when you
have the opportunity, Guess I will just book mark this web site.