Ode to Pie

It is done, dear readers.

Aaron and I have faced off in a pumpkin vs. sweet potato pie contest. The stakes were high. The tension was so thick and suffocating that you could feel it engulfing you as you entered the kitchen. It was a battle royale indeed.

I think I need to get out more.

To make this contest interesting, we baked two pies each, using recipes of our choices.

Aaron's first sweet-potato pie

 The first and best [in my opinion] recipe that Aaron used was taken off Allrecipes.com [Sweet Potato Pie Recipe].

I was to competitive to judge this pie fairly on the night it was made, but once my pumpkin pies were devoured, I went back to this one and actually quite enjoyed it. 

My only real suggestion [with both sweet potato pies, actually] would be to channel my grandmother and mash the sweet potatoes with a fork before using the hand mixer. This will prevent chunks, and make you feel like a more skilled baker.

Aaron's beautiful, fraudulent pie

The next pie he made, was unnecessarily visually astounding. I hate him for this. I'm a little bitter, can you tell? We initially concluded that this pie was the overall winner. I don't think it was because of the taste, as much as it was about the MERINGUE. How was I to compete with that? That wasn't even in the rules.

This monstrosity was brought to us by Paula Deen. [Unnecessarily dramatic pie recipe]

Whatever, Paula.

My first pumpkin pie

See that? Isn't that just the shiniest, most beautiful pie you have ever seen? I certainly think so. This is the first pumpkin pie I baked. I got the recipe from the back of the pumpkin can. Luckily for my carpel tunnel syndrome, I found the exact recipe online, so I don't have to retype it [Awesome pumpkin pie recipe].

This pie was great, and the recipe was really easy to follow. The only thing I would suggest is that you go easy on the spices. The recipe seems to call for too much and the pie easily looses subtlety that pumpkin pies are loved for.

Pumpkin Pie numero dos

Though my second pie wasn't the most visually appealing, it was surprisingly good. The texture and taste were quite different than traditional pies, but it was really delicious none-the-less.

I would definitely suggest this recipe, which incidentally, also came from Paula Deen [Paula redeems herself]


Even though we thought fraudulent pie won, my pies got devoured first, AND we ended up having to throw the cheating pie out, because nobody ate it. Just saying.

Till next time,
Nesh