Pie Friday

This is just decadent




Toll-House Walnut Pie

2 eggs
1/2 c. flour
1/2 c. sugar
1/2 c. packed brown sugar
1 c. butter, melted and cooled
1 pkg (6 oz) semi sweet chips
1 c. chopped walnuts
1 9" unbaked pie shell

Beat eggs until foamy; beat in flour, and sugars. Blend in melted butter. Stir in chips and walnuts. Pour into pie shell. Bake 1 hour at 325°.




These are a con favorite. I make them ahead and we microwave them. I also tend to use a LOT more vegetables than the recipe calls for.

Greek Hand Pies
For The Pie
2 14.1 oz boxes Pillsbury Pie Crusts
1 lb ground beef
⅓ cup finely diced zucchini
¼ cup chopped black olives
1 teaspoon McCormick Greek Seasoning
¼ teaspoon salt
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 egg lightly beaten with a splash of water.
¼ cup crumbled feta cheese

Tzatziki Dipping Sauce
1 cup plain Greek Yogurt such as Chobani
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 clove garlic minced
2 tablespoon finely grated cucumber, peeled and seeded

Instructions
Preheat oven to 400.

In a large skillet, brown ground beef stir in garlic and Greek seasoning and salt. Add zucchini and olives and continue cooking until zucchini just starts to soften. Remove from heat.

Roll out each piecrust and cut in half. Spoon a generous amount of filing onto one half of each pie crust half. Top with about a tablespoon of feta cheese. Fold dough over filling and crimp edges with a fork or pinch with your fingers. Place on a baking sheet. Continue with the rest of the pie dough and filling. Brush each pie with egg wash.

Bake for 20 minutes or until golden brown. Remove. Serve with Tzatziki sauce.

For the sauce, Combine all the ingredients in a bowl. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Makes 8 pies

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Halloween 2015: Free Short Story Friday

Sounds of the Season:

Because they are pertinent to today's short story (which posts at 1:13):

Free Story:
Crossroads

Creepy Pics of the Day:


Hosted by the tumble-down gas station in Greasy Corner, where Johnny Cotton got the ride of his life.

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Halloween 2015: Free Short Story Friday

This was originally a Torquere Single Shot. Not work safe.

Crossroads

Johnny Cotton had to get out. Out of the Delta, out of Arkansas, out of the whole lousy South, if he could manage it. So, one fine fall evening, after the cotton was in, when Daddy was drunk and Mama was over visiting at his grandma's, Johnny slipped out and hiked along Route 50.

The moon rode fat and full through scudding little ghost clouds and he didn't need the flashlight. His backpack felt easy on his back and his guitar case banged softly against the backs of his thighs. He'd pick up 149, get down to US 79 at Hughes and hitch a lift into Memphis and from there to Nashville.

But Johnny been up since before dawn and put in a full day's work getting in the cotton. His legs felt like they were slogging through bayou mud and more than once he drifted off the shoulder of the highway and nearly stumbled into a cypress slough as he dozed while walking.

He made it as far as Greasy Corner, a crossroad where 50 and 149 came together. Years ago, there had been a couple little country stores. Now the kudzu choked the deserted buildings and the plywood over the door was long gone.
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