Birthday Pies

It was birthday week at our house!  3 out of our 4 children have birthdays all in the month of October on the 21st, 23rd and 25th.  And no we didn't plan it that way, they came when they came!  So we get together every year and splurge on cake and ice cream, but this year I talked the kids into doing pies and I think it may stick!  It's like Christmas in October!  Here are some of our favorite recipes!

Emma's Chocolate Pumpkin Tart (Martha Stewart's Pies and Tarts Cookbook)

http://www.marthastewart.com/314415/pumpkin-chocolate-spiderweb-tart

William's Frozen Key Lime Pie (Barefoot Contessa)

http://www.barefootcontessa.com/recipes.aspx?RecipeID=74&S=0

Jackson's Apple Supreme Pie

For the Crust:

1 1/2 cups flour

1 1/2 tsp. sugar

1 tsp. salt

1/2 cup oil

2 tbls. milk

Combine flour sugar and salt in a large bowl.  Blend oil and milk with a wooden spoon, stir into flour mixture until well blended.  Pat into 9-inch pie plate.

For the Filling:

1/2 cup sugar

2 tbls. flour

1/2 tsp. nutmeg

1/2 tsp. cinnamon

4 cups peeled and sliced tart green apples

Combine the sugar, flour, nutmeg and cinnamon in a large bowl.  Add the apples and toss even distributing the sugar mixture to coat the apples.  Place into pie shell.  

For the Topping:

1/2 cup flour

1/2 cupsugar

1/2 cup butter

Mix flour and sugar together and cut butter into the mixture until it resembles coarse meal.  Sprinkle over apples.  Place pie into a large brown paper bag.  Staple bag to seal.  Bake at 350` for 90 minutes.  It is so good!  Serve with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.