So, I currently have a few friends who are into no-sugar cleanses. Personally, I think it’s a sensible idea, but it’s become a little too trendy for my tastes and I’ve been busy stockpiling my organic, evaporated cane juice for an important reason: recipe testing for the newest in-progress Post Punk Kitchen cookbook has begun! I’m pretty much resurrecting The Piehole’s delivery service for all my local friends and humming the pie song from Waitress on a creepy, regular basis while wearing my cuter aprons.
I’ve warmed my feet in the syrup waters with two projects so far:
First up, Strawberry Handpies in Puffy Pie Dough
Each handpie is topped with coarse sugar and heart-shaped slits for my friend Millie’s Heartwarming party. Regardless of oozing some of the filling, they’re so freaking cute!!! And they rode a bus!!
Secondly, Sweet Potato Brazil Nut Crunch Pie in a Single Pastry Crust
This was the first pie I’ve sliced and hand-delivered to friends. Go, go magic pie and crust making!
Apple Cashew Creme Crumb is up next!
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I love the oozy hand pie filling, it shows that it really was handmade.
Hoorah for sweet potato pie! Looks deeelightful.
Yum! Those handpies look great. I tried to make a handpie last summer and well, it didn’t go to smooth. I can’t wait for this recipe.
Holy COW this looks amazing! I can’t wait to try it. What inspired you for this? This looks like you bought it from a store. Mm!
thanks for the nice words, alissa! both pies are recipes from the test kitchen for the new post punk kitchen cookbook: http://www.amazon.com/Vegan-Pie-Sky-Out-This-World/dp/0738212741
I sure wish I wasn’t doing no-sugar!!!! Especially when you are baking something!
Wow. I am seriously minimizing sugar right now, but it would certainly be worth putting that on hold to test such a cookbook!
This just reminded me that I have leftover pear cranberry galette.
Oh my gosh, that pie looks AMAZING… and the topping… yum!
Shiiiit, I should have tested for the pie book! Yum.
Where do you get coarse sugar? I’ve been looking around a bit and haven’t found any yet.
hey dean, both sugar in the raw (yup, the packets at starbucks which be bought in bigger packages, for sure) and Indian tree offer vegan coarse sugar http://www.indiatree.com/products/decorative/sparkling-sugars.html