Mizahar's Sunday Bakeoff: Pie-Off Edition!

[Cayenne]

Hi everyone!

It's that time of the month again - time for the next monthly bakeoff, that is! Tomorrow (Sunday, May 16th) is Mizahar's second-ever bakeoff (you can see the results from April's here).

This month's recipe: there isn't one!

That's right! You get to pick your own - it can be any type of pie you want. The only rules are that you make it from scratch and post some pictures here (of the process/completed product), and heck, we'd love the recipes and your opinion on them. How did they turn out? Do you recommend it? Would you make it again?

Entrants will receive the epically awesome Power Fork award. You know you want it!

Good luck and happy baking!

[Cayenne]

Well, this is a day late - but my pie did not set in time (I baked it late), so it had to set overnight.

This pie was freaking awesome. Seriously. I cannot recommend it enough.

Here it is.

Raw Pie Shell:


Baked Crust:


Lemon Filling Mixture:


Filling in the Crust:


Uncooked Meringue!


Out of the Oven:


Cut into!


After looking at those pictures, I've decided I'm seriously not going to be a food stylist. XD;;

But anyway, here's the recipe!

Selena's Gramma's Lemon Meringue Pie!
½ c. lemon juice
1 ½ c. sugar
6 tbls corn starch
¼ tsp salt
½ c cold water
3 eggs, separated into whites and yolks
2 tbls margarine
1 ½ c boiling water
1 tsp lemon zest
Pie crust
¼ tsp Cream of Tartar
6 tbls sugar


1 ½ c sugar, mix with corn starch and salt in a saucepan. Blend in juice, cold water and beaten egg yolks. Add margarine, and then add boiling water gradually. Turn on heat and bring this to a boil while stirring, 3-4 minutes until thickened. Stir in zest. Let cool a little, then pour into pie crust.

Beat egg whites until frothy. Add cream of tartar and beat at high speed until soft peaks form. Then add sugar gradually and beat until stiff.

Bake at 350 until meringue gets brown.

[Dusk]

Aw, my gramma would totally be proud!!

Since Mish was making one of my pies, I made one of hers: the Schadenfreude Pie she posted up on the cooking thread. My sister didn't know what "schadenfreude" meant, and went I explained it to her she said "So you're a jackass. I'm calling this Jackass Pie." And thus is it known in my house. My mom and sister ate almost all of it today.

Here is the pie:



I also made some homemade whipped cream, which is here on the pie (we really like whipped cream):