What Lynn’s Lovin
Pie – the Ultimate Comfort Food
September is pie season at my house. There is nothing better than filling your home with the scent of a delicious pie baking in the oven. Early spring fruit like rhubarb and strawberry make for a mighty fine pie, but the abundance of ripe, juicy, fall fruit provide endless pie options for the ultimate autumn comfort dessert.
I love to make fruit pies because there doesn’t have to be any specific baking rules – like cakes and other fussy desserts. Simply, you put fruit in a crust, add sugar, spices if you want, and bake. Pie can be made in a pie pan or free form, be sweet or savoury, double-crust, or have a crunchy crumb topping, and use one fruit or as many fruits as you have on hand.
It seems that it is the crust that seems to intimidate my friends. Please do not that stop you! I have included my favorite, no fail, pie crust recipe below that uses frozen canola oil and a food processor to make an incredible crisp pastry that is almost hands-free. Add fruit of your choice, sugar, and BAKE!
I hoped I have inspired you. Please see the attached recipes for more inspiration and guidance if you need it! Remember every pie is a good pie!
Canola Pie Dough
Nectarine Pie
Lemon and Thyme Scented Apple and Pear Pie
Blueberry Rhubarb Pie
What Jenn’s Lovin
YA Novels
Confession – I’ve been finding it challenging to really get into a paper book lately. I’ve been loving audio books but I really miss sitting down with a paper book in hand. It’s not that I can’t make the time, it’s that I can’t stay focused on the pages. Does this ever happen to you? I decided to swap my typical book selections in for a few YA novels and I’m loving it! My two current picks:
a local Winnipeg author, Colleen Nelson with her newest book, The Life and Death of Fankie D. I also loved Colleen’s Pulse Point and Underland series that she wrote with her sister Nancy. Also on my list is Angeline Boulley’s first novel, Fire Keeper’s Daughter – a YA thriller woven with stories from her Ojibwe community. What are you reading this fall?
Eat Well…Lynn & Jenn
Lovin’ this contest
Nothing beats a homemade apple pie!
I love your monthly giveaways! Am I missing something for September? I don’t see an entry form.
I don’t see it, either.
Mmmmm pie is always good, I love the sound of the blueberry and rhubarb pie, I would never of thought to use that combination
These pies sound delicious.
The pie recipes look so delicious.
Pie is one of my favourite food groups! My personal fave is Apple
Oh these pies sound scrumptious!
will try your recipe, blueberry or peach pie is a favorite around here
I do love apples so they would be my favourite.
My favourite flavour in the fall would be pumpkin (in pie, muffins, etc.)
I like cinnamon spice or pumpkin spice.. also apple flavours.
Rhubarb and strawberry pie is my favorite I haven’t tried blueberry and rhubarb yet It sounds amazing
There’s nothing better than apple pie.
My favourite is pumpkin spice.
Nothing is better than apple pie!
Apple Cinnamon is my favorite Fall Flavor
Cinnamon!
I love everything Pumpkin spice, I’m so happy when Fall comes along!!
There is something wholesome and comforting about the combination of apples and what I call Fall spices (cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, cardamom)… Those are my favourite flavours.
My favourite fall flavour is anything with brown sugar.
My favourite fall flavour is cinnamon
It would be all those ‘warm’ spices. Thank you.
cinnamon for sure.
fresh apple cider.
Pumpkin spice is one of my favorites.
concord grape pie
Apple is my favourite fall flavour.
Apple pie with cider
Apple crisp just makes me think of fall!
I just love fresh corn on the cob. It goes with so many other flavours
Rhubarb pie/crisp the way my sister makes it.
My favourite fall colour is crimson & Pumpkin spice is my fave fall spice.
“Pumpkin spice”
fresh peach and nectarine pie
hot spiced cider
homemade soup
Cinnamon
Cinnamon, cloves
pumpkin pie
Corn on the grill
marshmallows toasting on the bonfire.
cinnamon
“pumpkin spice”
cloves
baking bread
pumpkins
I love the taste of baked fall veggies.
My favourite flavour is vanilla.
homemade candied apples – it’s a complex flavour?
I love having roasted butternut squash soup
pumpkin pie
My favourite fall flavour is apple. Apple pie, apple crisp, apple cidar. It’s all so delicious.
My favouritef all flavour is pumkin pie.
fresh fall apples
spiced sweet cider
cinnamon
cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg
the ‘warm’ spices in warm drinks.
Pumpkin spice or Cinnamon spice
Pumpkin spice and Cinnamon spice
Pumpkin spice!
Apple pie
Cinnamon is my fave.
Pumpkin spice is my favorite fall flavor.
Pie, especially blueberry or apple.
Pumpkin! In muffins and bread, though, not in my coffee
Apples and cinnamon
Pumpkin spice
Pecan pie – The only time I really crave pie.
I LOVE pumpkin pie!!! with whipped cream & cinnamon, especially!
apples are a fave in the fall
Fall isn’t official until I’ve had my first perfect, crisp and delicious apple!
This fall I am trying to cook up all the BBQ foods in my freezer meant for the BBQ
This fall I am trying to cook up all the BBQ foods in my freezer
I marinate my steaks in soya sauce, canola oil, garlic, and ginger a little brown sugar and bbq them my favourite taste!
Pear I guess?
Apple everything! Apple Pie, Apple Crisp, Apple Butter, Apple Muffins…all the Apples.
Everything apples… pies, cakes, crisps, bars….
Apple crisp with plenty of cinnamon
My favourite fall flavour would be pumpkin.
I love pumpkin pie in the fall.
Apple & Cinnamon Is my fave Fall Flavour
Pumpkin pie is delicious!
I love apple cinnamon in the fall!