Pi Day 2018!!

 We did have our annual Pi Day celebration this year.  Due to the scheduling of Callie's Band Concert that evening at 6, we had to have our Open House from 3-5pm.  We had a great turn out and much pie was consumed.  I'll link the pie recipes for anyone who needs to try them!  We had 22 pies made by me, and 3 pies brought in by friends.  I made 11 different varieties and everything was delicious.  I only made 1 banana cream (fine, I made 2 but we ate the other one before Pi Day!) and one Pecan, but had 4 Toll House Pies.  2 of the Toll House Pies were made the traditional way with walnuts in them.  Rylee and Delaney hate nuts in their pie, so I made 2 with Reeses Pieces and chocolate chips, but no nuts.  Friends brought a delicious Chicken Pot Pie, a yummy peanut butter pie and a surprisingly tasty vegan chocolate pie.

Here is a list of my pies and links to the recipes:
1. Nestle Toll House Pie (Also called "Cookie Pie" by my kids.)
2. S'mores Pie
3. Lemon Chess Pie
4. Chocolate Chess Pie
5. Oreo Caramel Pie
6. Chocolate Truffle Pie
7. Samoas Girl Scout Cookie Pie
8. Banana Cream Pie
9. Pecan Pie (From my Fannie Farmer Cookbook)
10. Irish Beef Pie (I put it in a pie crust and put a crust on top and bake at 400 for 45 minutes)
11. Chicken Pot Pie  (No link, it is handwritten into my cookbook.)

Lovely Chocolate Chess Pies!  This is my favorite pie.  There seem to be several different recipes, but I like mine.  It is more complicated, but it makes perfection!

The Oreo Caramel Pe.  It is always a favorite.  I cut it very small- 12 slices in the pan, and it is always one of the first ti disappear.  It is not my favorite because it is SO rich and has so much going on in it. But it is quite delicious.

I only made 1 Pecan Pie.  It was runny in the middle, which is why I don't like to make Pecan pie!  I almost never get a perfect middle.  It was still very tasty though! 

The Samoas Girl Scout Cookie Pies.  I should have used a bigger pie pan.  These oozed over the side and made a bit of a mess in the oven.  They don't look as appealing as the other pies, so I was worried there would be a lot leftover. Nope.  Not a single slice was left!  And if you do try this recipe, the top stripes are suppose to be straight melted chocolate chips.  I found that to be too thick and hard, so this time I melted the chocolate chips with a little cream to make it softer.  It worked beautifully.

My S'mores Pies!  Oops.  I should have used a larger pan for these as well.  Alas, I only have 2 larger pie pans and I used them for the Oreo Pies.  The marshmallow cream poofed up a little too high here and made the oven smell really good... and then it smelled really bad and smoked up the kitchen.  Oops!  But I salvaged the pies and tucked things back where they belonged and all of it was devoured.

We had half the pies on the kitchen counter and half on the table.  Rylee made cute name cards for the pies.  That's the Irish Beef Pie on the left, then the Pecan and Toll House, Samoas and then you can see half the banana cream.   It was a great day and a nice event.