Sweet Sweets- Tequila Key Lime Pie

Ingredients 
1 graham cracker crust
1/3 cup sour cream
2 cans sweetened condensed milk
2/3 cup lime juice
1 Tbsp lime zest
1 shot (1 1/2 oz) tequila

Directions
1. Mix sour cream, condensed milk, lime juice and lime zest until well combine
2. Add tequila and stir again
3. Pour into graham cracker crust and smooth out with a spoon
4. Bake for 5-8 min at 350 degree (until tiny pin bubbles form on the surface but don't burst)
5. Chill for several hours or overnight
6. Slice and serve.

Pork-n-Pineapple Tacos

Pork-n-Pineapple

1. Place a pork tenderloin in a slow cooker and sprinkle generously with salt and pepper

2. Add 3 oz tomato paste, 1/2 cup tomato juice, 6 oz pineapple juice, 

1 Tbsp brown sugar, 1/2 tsp cumin, and 1 Tbsp chili powder

3. Add one onion cut into fourths, let cook for 6 hours. 

4. Remove pork and shred with a fork

5. Discard the onion and add pork back to the sauce until serving. 

Pineapple Salsa

 One jalapeno or mini sweet pepper (according to preference) finely chopped

1 slice of onion finely chopped

1 Tbsp cilantro minced

1/2 cup chopped pineapple chunks

Lime juice and salt to taste

Combine and chill until serving

Guacamole 

1. Chop 6 cherry or grape tomatoes, 2 slices of onion, 1-2 Tbsp cilantro and place in a bowl

sprinkle with 2-3 Tbsp lime juice and let soak for an hour or so

2. Mash 2 ripe avocados and add to the vegetables. 

3. Mix and add salt to taste.  

Lettuce Eat Salad - Wilted Lettuce Salad

Wilted Lettuce Salad

2-3-Tbsp bacon grease

1/3 cup sugar

1/3 cup white vinegar

2-3 Tbsp chopped onions

Baby salad greens

1. Heat Bacon grease

2. Add onion and saute

3. Add sugar and vinegar and stir to mix and scrape bacon bits from bottom of pan

4. Allow dressing to cool slightly then toss with salad greens and serve immediately

Perfect Pies

      

   

Pie Crust

2 cups flour

1 tsp salt

2/3 cup plus 2 Tbsp shortening

1. Put all ingredients in a bowl and mix with fork

2. Add cold water (up to 5 Tbsp), mix until loosely combined

3. Form into a ball with hands

4. Spank to combine

5. Flatten and form into crust

Makes 2 crusts

Tart Cherry pie

2 pie crusts (one for top, one for bottom)

1 package thawed tart red cherries

1 cup sugar

1/3 cup flour

½ tsp almond ext.

2 Tbsp butter (for dotting)

1. preheat oven to 400 degrees

2. Combine sugar, cherries, flour, and almond in a bowl

3. Pour into bottom pie crust

4. Dot with butter

5. Add top crust

6. Bake 50 min. 

Peach Pie

2 pie crusts

1-2 packages thawed peach slices

2/3 cup sugar

2-3 Tbsp flour

¼ tsp cinnamon

¼ tsp ginger

Preheat oven to 400

1. Combine sugar, peaches, flour and spices in a bowl

2. Pour into bottom crust

3. Dot with butter

4. Add top crust

5. Bake 50 min

Apple Pie

2 pie crusts

6 granny smith apples (peeled, cored & thinly sliced)

3/4 cup sugar

1 1/2 Tbsp flour

1 tsp cinnamon

1/4 tsp nutmeg

1/4 tsp ground ginger

1. Preheat oven to 400

2. Combine sugar, apples, flour and spices in a bowl

3. Pour into bottom crust

4. Dot with butter

5. Add top crust

6. Bake 50 min

Pie Tips

**Cut a few slits in the crust (in an ascetically pleasing pattern) to allow air to escape while baking

**Brush the top crust with milk and sprinkle with sugar before baking.  This gives your crust a sheen and a light crispiness. 

**Bake with a crust cover (make one our of foil if you don't have one) for the first 35min then remove for the last 10-15.  This keeps the crust from getting burnt. 

**Combine crust scraps and roll out on a baking sheet. Spread with butter and sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar.  Bake at same temp as whatever pie you are making for 10-15 min. Cut into pieces and enjoy as a snack while you wait for the pie to bake. ;0)

  Pecan Pie

Ingredients

1 cup Karo Light Corn Syrup

3 eggs, beaten

3/4 cup sugar

2 Tbsp Brown sugar

2 Tbsp melted butter 

1 tso vanilla

6 ounces pecan halves

1 pie crust  

Directions

1. Beat eggs in a bowl,  Add all other ingredients except pecans.  Mix until well combine

2. Roll our pie shell in the bottom of pie pan.  Place pecan halves in concentric circles to cover the bottom of the shell.  

3. Carefully pour filling over pecans

4. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour

    Pumpkin Pie

  Ingredients 

1 can pumpkin

1 1/2 cups evaporated milk

1/2 cup sugar

1/4 cup brown sugar

1 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp ginger

2 eggs, beaten

1/2 tsp vanilla

1 pie shell (see here for pie crust recipe) 

Directions

1. Mix all filling ingredients in a bowl.  

2. Roll out pie crust and place in bottom of pie plate

3. Pour filling into shell 

4. Add some fun fall leave pie crust cut outs for a beautiful decorative touch.  (place a pie shield over the crust to prevent burning while baking) 

5. Bake at 425 for 15 min, then reduce heat to 350 and bake for 30-40 min, until pie is set. 

Serve with whipped cream