Category Archives: Pies

This was one of my mother’s favorite pies and, I have to agree, it is delicious. I have adapted slightly from Maida Heatter, who based her recipe on one from Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Yearling. How’s that for name dropping?! Once you taste it, there is no reason to careContinue reading “Black Bottom Pie”

Grandma Jean used to make this pie, but after she died we couldn’t find her recipe. Mom and I tried several different versions and found that this was it. Although John and Dad both prefer a double crust rhubarb pie, Mom and I agree that there is a place for this custard pie in theContinue reading “Rhubarb Custard Pie”