Holiday Pies

When you’re looking for a special dessert, here’s one that brings together the best of the season:  apples, caramel and nuts. Sweet & nutty, just like the holidays!

It's part cookie, part pie and part tart.  The crust is flavorful and brings out the best in the fruit -- in this case, apricots and raspberries.  It's very amenable to a combination of fruit that you like!

A New Year's favorite or for any time you are ready to celebrate something that looks like snow and tastes like heaven!  

Creamy decadence.  Really, what else do you need to know?  Oh, the crust is a perfect complement to the filling, being the tiniest bit nutty.  Real rum makes it a special occasion treat.

Nuts to apple pie!  Yes, adding nuts is just the thing sometimes.  Nuts and butter and brown sugar make this topping a little crunchy, the perfect foil to the soft apples and crisp crust.  A blue ribbon winner.

This is first pie I ever made, the one that got me started on a lifetime of baking pies. It’s simple, delicious and easy! I’ve made it so many times I can make it by heart.

This apple-cranberry combination is especially loved during the holidays, and the red color makes it spectacular!  This pie won a blue ribbon in the "non-traditional apple pie" category at the NM State Fair by a Pie Pal, John.  Thanks for sharing, John!

It has a (now not so) secret ingredient that cuts the sugary sweetness of a traditional pecan pie and adds depth, The strips of pastry on top make it elegant and even more inviting. Took a Best of Show in 2007.

It's sweet, tart and gorgeous.  

This is like those chocolate minty cookies sold by neighborhood girls in the Spring...only more creamy and "adult." A decadent indulgence. (I challenge you to find one ingredient in here with any redeeming nutritional value. But what the heck.)