Valentine's Day
Golden Apple Pie with Rum Sauce
Categories: Pies, Fruits, Low-fat
7 ea golden delicious apples
1/4 c brown sugar
2 tb flour
1/2 ts cinnamon
1/8 ts nutmeg
1/4 ts salt
1 x Pastry for a 2 crust 9" pie
1/4 c chopped nuts
2 tb rum
2 tb butter
Combine apples with brown sugar, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt.
Place in a 9" pastry-lined pie plate. Flute edges of crust.
Sprinkle apples with nuts and rum; dot with butter.
Roll out remaining pastry. Cut into 3/4" strips. Arrange strips in a
lattice pattern, on top of the pie.
Bake at 425 degrees F. for 50 to 60 minutes or until apples are
fork-tender.
Cover top of pie with foil part way through baking time to prevent
over-browning of crust.
Serve with Rum Sauce.
Rum Sauce:
Combine 1 cup sugar, 3/4 cup water, and 1/2 tsp. of cinnamon in medium size
saucepan.
Bring to a boil and boil for 5 minutes over medium- high heat, stirring
constantly. Gradually blend together 2 tbsp. cornstarch and 1/4 cup cold water.
Stir into hot sugar mixture.
Cook and stir until thickened.
Stir in 1/2 cup rum;cool slightly.
Serve warm with pie.

Valentine's Day
Butterscotch Pie with Cinnamon Meringue
Categories: Pies
1 c brown sugar
2 tb butter
1 ea egg, separated
1 tb flour
1 c milk
1 ts vanilla
1/4 ts salt
Cinnamon Meringue:
1 egg white
1 ts sugar
1 ts cinnamon
Boil the brown sugar and butter together until soft.
Thoroughly beat the egg yolk (reserve the eggwhite for the Cinnamon
Meringue) and add it to the flour, then add the milk. Beat this until very
smooth.
Combine with the brown sugar mixture and cook until the mixture thickens.
Remove from heat and add vanilla and salt.
Pour into a pastry-lined pan.
Bake at 450 degrees F. for 10 minutes; reduce heat to 350 and bake for 30
more minutes.
Cover pie with the Cinnamon Meringue and return pie to oven to brown the
meringue (watch carefully so it doesn't burn).
For the Cinnamon Meringue:
Beat the egg white together with the sugar and cinnamon.

Valentine's Day
Chocolate Pecan Pie
Categories: Pies, Chocolate
6 oz Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
2/3 c Evaporated Milk
2 tb Butter Or Regular Margarine
2 ea Eggs; Lg, Slightly Beaten
1 c Sugar
2 tb Unbleached Flour
1/4 ts Salt
1 ts Vanilla
1 c Pecans; Chopped
1 ea Unbaked 9-inch Pie Shell
Combine the chocolate chips, evaporated milk, and butter in a small
saucepan. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture is smooth and
creamy.
Combine the eggs, sugar, flour, salt, vanilla and pecans in a bowl and mix
well. Gradually stir the chocolate mixture into the egg mixture, blending well,
and pour into the unbaked pie crust.
Bake at 375 degrees F. for about 40 minutes or until the filling is set.
Cool on a wire rack.

Valentine's Day
Apple Pie
Categories: Pies, Apples, Fruits, Low-fat
1 c Flour
1 c Sugar
1/2 ts Vanilla
4 ea Egg whites
2 ts Baking powder
2 c Apples, peeled chopped
2 tb Cinnamon-sugar mixture
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
In a large bowl mix the flour, sugar, vanilla, egg whites and baking powder
(it will be very thick). Stir in the chopped apples.
Spray a pie plate with non-stick spray (or use a good non-stick pie plate).
Put mixture in the pie plate and sprinkle with the cinnamon-sugar mixture.
Bake for 35 to 40 minutes.

Valentine's Day
Crustless Pumpkin Pie
Categories: Pies
3 Eggs
1 1/2 ts Ginger
1/4 ts Nutmeg
1/2 ts Cinnamon
1 3/4 c Pumpkin
3/4 c Honey
1/2 ts Salt
1 c Evaporated milk
Blend together the eggs, ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon, pumpkin, honey, and
salt; mix well. then add the evaporated milk. Blend until smooth.
Bake in ungreased 9 inch pie plate at 325 degrees for about an hour.

Valentine's Day
Apple Crunch Pie with Cinnamon Ice Cream
Categories: Pies, Ice cream, Apples, Fruits
6 Juicy sour apples, pared
and cored
1 c Flour
1 c Brown sugar
1/4 lb Margarine
Cinnamon Ice Cream:
1/2 pt Whipping cream
2 tb Sugar
1 ts Cinnamon (heaping)
1 qt Vanilla ice cream
Place sliced apples in pie plate.
Whisk together the flour and brown sugar; add margarine and mix until
crumbly.
Sprinkle this mixture over apples and bake at 350 degrees for about 30
minutes or until apples are fork-tender.
Serve warm with Cinnamon Ice Cream.
For Cinnamon Ice Cream:
Whip the cream; add sugar and cinnamon. Soften the vanilla ice cream; add
cinnamon mixture and whip. Freeze.

Valentine's Day
Chocolate Peanut Pie
Categories: Pies, Chocolate
8 oz Softened cream cheese
1 c Sugar
1 c Creamy peanut butter
2 tb Butter, melted
1 c Heavy cream
1 tb Pure vanilla extract
Chocolate Topping:
4 oz Semisweet chocolate
2 tb Butter
2 tb Salad oil
1/8 ts Pure vanilla extract
Crushed peanuts
(garnish)
White chocolate
shavings (garnish)
Dark chocolate
shavings (garnish)
Make up your favorite graham cracker pie crust recipe and place into a
greased 9" pie pan, pressing crust evenly onto the bottom and up the
sides.
Whip the cream cheese until fluffy. Slowly mix in the
sugar, peanut butter, and melted butter.
In a separate bowl, whip the cream and vanilla until firm.
Blend 1/3 cup of the whipped cream into the peanut butter mixture. Fold
this mixture into the remaining whipped cream until totally blended.
Fill the pie shell, smooth the top, and chill in the freezer for at least
20 minutes.
For the Chocolate Topping:
Combine the chocolate, butter, salad oil, and vanilla and cook in the top of a
double boiler until the chocolate melts. Cool slightly.
Spread Chocolate Topping on the cooled peanut butter pie, starting from the
center and working outwards. Chill or freeze until ready to serve.
If desired, garnish the top with crushed peanuts and white and dark
chocolate shavings.

Pumpkin Pie with
Ginger Cookie Crust (Valentine's Day )
Categories: Pies, Low-fat
1 c Canned pumpkin
3/4 c Evaporated skim milk
1/2 c Applesauce
1/4 c Sugar
1/4 c Maple syrup
3 Egg whites
2 ts Cornstarch
1 1/2 ts Pumpkin pie spices
1 1/2 c Gingersnap cookie crumbs
Whipped Cream or vanilla ice cream for topping
Combine the pumpkin, skim milk, applesauce, sugar, maple syrup, egg whites,
cornstarch and pumpkin pie spices in a large bowl. Beat at medium speed with a
mixer.
Coat a 9-inch pie plater with vegetable spray; line with crumbled gingersnap
cookie crumbs and pour mixture into the crust.
Bake at 400 degrees F. for about 15 minutes; then reduce heat to 350 and
bake for an additional 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle
comes out clean.
Serve with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.

Valentine's Day
Ambrosia Pie
Categories: Pies
1 qt Vanilla ice cream
2 c Milk
2 ea Pkg. instant Chocolate Pudding
2 ea Graham cracker crusts
Whipped topping
Chocolate curls
for garnish
Combine the vanilla ice cream and milk and mix slightly. Add chocolate
pudding and mix for about 3 minutes. Divide and pour into pie crusts.
Cover with whipped topping and garnish with chocolate curls.
Refrigerate three to four hours before cutting.

Valentine's Day
No-Bake Blueberry Pie
Categories: Pies, Fruits, No-bake
1 Baked 9" Pie Crust
3 c Fresh Or Frozen Blueberries
1/3 c Sugar
1 tb Cornstarch -- (plus 2 tsp.)
1/4 ts Salt
1/4 ts Ground Cinnamon
2/3 c Water
1/4 c Medium Sherry
2 ts Lemon Juice
Sourcream Topping:
1 c Sour Cream
2 tb Sugar
1 ts Vanilla
Spread the blueberries in the crust.
Mix the sugar, cornstarch, salt, and cinnamon in a 4 cup measuring cup.
Stir in the water.
Microwave uncovered on high stirring every minute until thickened and
clear, 3 to 4 minutes.
Stir in the sherry and lemon juice. Pour over the blueberries in the pie
crust.
Refrigerate at least 2 hours.
Serve with the Sour Cream Topping:
For Sour Cream Topping:
Mix the sour cream, sugar, and vanilla.