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If you haven’t heard, it’s hot here in Texas. So given the weather and the fact I stumbled up on this fun sounding recipe in an old brand name recipes book, here’s a new coconut pie recipe for you. And by “new”, I mean really old. The original version came from the folks who make [...]
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This pie recipe was recommended by my friend KAnn who adapted it from The Harry’s Roadhouse Cookbook. It’s very similar to Richard Sax’s Claremont Diner pie, which is a lighter textured cream pie with a filling stiff enough to pile above the shell. You can make it in a 9 inch pie dish with a [...]
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Three years ago I made my first coconut cream pie. It went over so well that I continued to make it on and off for the next few years, testing and tasting new recipes. The first one was excellent, the second one was even better, and this pie I made yesterday was also worth posting. It [...]
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Yesterday I read about a coconut pie served at a New Jersey restaurant called The Claremont Diner. It was a favorite of the cookbook author Richard Sax, who says in his book “Classic Home Desserts” that the Claremont’s pies were “showy”, but also made from scratch and with top quality ingredients. After looking over the [...]
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A pie crust from made from scratch is a beautiful thing, and when done properly it beats store bought crusts hands down. The problem with homemade pie crust is that making it is so intimidating people shy away from making pie altogether. Or maybe it’s just people from a different generation. Most of my friends [...]
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