For Christmas, I asked for a pie plate and The Book on Pie by Pie Queen Erin Jeanne McDowell in hopes to improve my pie baking skills. I felt motivated after baking a pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving a few months ago. And I'm a firm believer in pie improving the quality of life.
For my first pie, I chose her Chocolate Sugar Pie, which she described as "virtually impossible to mess up." Sugar pies, also known as Hoosier Pies (in Indiana), have a smooth, custard-like filling, which is thickened by flour rather than corn starch or egg yolks.
The Recipe: Chocolate Sugar Pie from The Book on Pie but Erin Jeanne McDowell has a recipe available online for a Mint Chocolate Sugar Pie on Food52.
The Results: Welp, I managed to mess up this foolproof pie! The filling never thickened and remained watery/soupy throughout its bake (and even an extra long bake as I hoped it would thicken). I wonder if it wasn't mixed well, or I forgot an ingredient? I dm-ed Erin Jeanne McDowell on instagram but never got a response.
But my genius friend suggested I freeze the pie and it made it edible and almost ice cream-like. The pie was delicious, albeit quite cold. And I'm still trying to figure out how to not make pie crust too crunchy...here's to more pies in 2022!
Know you posted this a while back, but I just tried to make this pie and had the exact same issue. So frustrating because I followed the recipe exactly and it would not set up. Just a liquid swamp. It’s still in the oven after more than an hour and ten minutes!!!! The crust is going to be incinerated. Such a disappointment!!! Not sure I’ll try any of the other recipes in this book after this.
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