A few months ago
a dear friend of mine asked me where I would suggest purchasing several
pies. Her son was getting married and
the couple had decided on wedding pie instead of wedding cake.
The wedding was
to be at a church camp in Kansas, about an hour away from any large population
area. Without hesitation I said that I
should make them . . . I think the only way to eat a good pie is to have it
baked fresh. And for an event such as a
wedding fresh is the only way to go.
After much persuasion,
my friend agreed that I could be the wedding pie maker!! 29 pies to be exact!! Well, the big weekend happened May 25th.
We had such
fun. It was held 2 hours away from Sunflower Supper Club’s
kitchen. So, we prepared some the food
prior to the wedding weekend and then loaded everything (everything but the
kitchen sink) into our truck and headed off to prepare the pies the night
before the wedding so they would be fresh.
We made apple,
peach, cherry, peanut butter cream and chocolate cream. I’m a purist at heart and so everything was
made from scratch with fresh or fresh frozen fruit. We had several relative/ friends helping in
the kitchen and we knocked out 18 fruit pies on Friday evening after 8:30 at
night! We then finished off the cream
pies on the morning of the wedding.
I don’t know if
I want to go into mass producing pies, but it was fun to do at least once! After making them all, I thought I would
share my chocolate cream recipe. It is
so easy and if you aren’t inclined to throw it into a pie then just make some
pudding!!
Enjoy either a
pie or pudding this summer!!
Chocolate Cream
Pie Filling (or Chocolate Pudding)
1 2/3 cups water
3 tablespoons
cornstarch
5 tablespoons
cocoa
1 can sweetened
condensed milk (14 oz.)
3 egg yolks,
slightly beaten
2 tablespoons
butter
1 teaspoon
vanilla
Mix cornstarch
and cocoa together and add to water.
Stir until smooth. Stir in the
sweetened condensed milk and egg yolks.
Pour into saucepan and cook on stove top until thick. Add butter and vanilla and stir until
incorporated. Remove from heat and cool
slightly (with saran directly on top of pudding) and then pour into pre-baked
pie crust or pour into individual cups for pudding.
I top with
whipped cream but you can also make meringue if so desired.
Enjoy!
Julie
6 comments:
OH.MY.WORD! What a wonderful friend you are! That's quite the job, but I'm sure all those folks had a blast making pies with you..and making memories too. How AWESOME they got to have fresh made pies at the wedding! I can't wait to try this recipe. Thanks for sharing..and for being MY friend too. Wish we lived closer together! =) (I'd think of some excuse for you to make pies for me) ha XO
They all look YUMMY! Could you please tell me how you make the peanut butter cream pie. I am thinkin' my husband (and me!) would love this. Thanks. Glad y'all had a good time making and preparing for the wedding.
Pies for a country wedding is a fantastic idea! How fun to make all those lovely pies...like you said Julie, once! This one chocolate cream pie I could, would make over and over though...so yummy!
Hello Patty! The recipe for the peanut butter pie will be on the blog soon. If you love peanut butter you will love it! Have a great weekend! ~Julie
What a wonderful way to help your friends! =)
Found you thru "The Better Baker" - now Im a Facebook and email follower!
I live in KS. =)
Welcome Melissa! So happy to have another Kansas friend. So happy you found us through our dear friend Marsha! Have a wonderful day! ~Kim
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