Mothers day Pies

Easy Chocolate Pie

Mother's Day Black Forest Pie

Hershey Bar Pie (Microwave)

Easy Cheesy Apple Pie

Easy Chocolate Pie

• 1 Baked pie shell
• 1 sm Package instant Chocolate Pudding
• 1 c Milk
• 1 pt Vanilla ice cream
• 9 oz Cool Whip
• Grated Chocolate

Mix pudding with milk for 1 minute on low speed. Add slightly softened ice cream. Mix and pour into pie shell. Top with Cool Whip.

Refrigerate for approximately 4 hours before serving. Sprinkle grated chocolate on top.

Mother's Day Black Forest Pie

      1    Baked pastry shell
      4 oz Unsweetened baking chocolate
     14 oz Sweetened condensed milk
      1 ts Almond extract
  1 1/2 c  Whipping cream, whipped
     21 oz Can cherry pie filling
           Toasted almonds
 
In a heavy saucepan, over medium-low heat, melt chocolate with sweetened condensed milk. Remove from heat; stir in almond extract.
Pour into large bowl; cool or chill thoroughly.
Beat until smooth. Fold in whipped cream.
Pour into prepared pastry shell.
Chill 4 hours or until set.
Serve with the cherry pie filling.
Garnish with toasted almonds.
Refrigerate leftovers.

Hershey Bar Pie (Microwave)

• 1/2 c butter or margarine
• 1 c granulated sugar
• 1 ea egg
• 1 ts vanilla
• 1 1/4 c unsifted all-purpose flour
• 1/2 c Hershey's Cocoa
• 3/4 ts baking soda
• 1/4 ts salt

Filling:

• 1/2 lb Hershey's Milk Chocolate Bar
• 1/3 c milk
• 1 1/2 c miniature marshmallows
• 1 c heavy cream

Cream butter or margarine and sugar in large bowl until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla; beat well.

In a separate bowl combine flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt; add to creamed mixture.

Shape into two 1 1/2-inch thick rolls. Wrap in waxed paper and plastic wrap; chill several hours or overnight.

Cut 1 roll into 1/8-inch slices; arrange with edges barely touching on bottom and up sides of a greased 9-inch glass pie plate. Microwave on medium (1/2 power) for 5-6 minutes (turning pie plate 1/4 turn every 2 minutes of cooking time).

For Filling:
Break chocolate bar into pieces; place in a glass bowl. Add milk and miniature marshmallows. Microwave on high (full power) until chocolate and marshmallows are melted and mixture is thick and smooth, about 3-4 minutes; cool.

Whip cream until stiff; fold into chocolate mixture. Spoon into crust. Cover and chill.

Note: Leftover dough from above crust may be frozen or sliced for cookies. Slice roll 1/4-inch thick. Place 10 cookies on waxed paper in circular formation. Microwave on medium (1/2 power) until just set, 4-5 minutes (turning pie plate 1/4 turn every 2 minutes). Cookies will continue to cook after removal from microwave. Cool.

Mother's Day Apple and Maple Syrup Pie

     1 ea pie crust
      4 ea apples, peeled sliced
      1 c  pure Maple Syrup
      1 tb cornstarch
      1 tb margarine
 
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Place the apples in the pie crust.

In a blender, blend the maple syrup with the cornstarch. Pour the mixture into a saucepan with the margarine and cook over moderate heat, stirring until the mixture becomes very thick.

Pour the maple syrup mixture over the apples.

Bake for about 45 minutes.

Easy Cheesy Apple Pie

• 1 c Flour
• 1/4 c Quick cooking rolled oats
• 1 1/2 ts Sugar
• 1/2 ts Salt
• 1/3 c Oil
• 1/4 c Milk
• 6 c Apples,peeled & sliced
• 3 1/4 oz Vanilla Pudding (NOT Instant)
• 1/2 c Shredded American cheese
• 1/3 c Flour
• 1/3 c Sugar
• 1/4 c Quick cooking rolled oats
• 3 tb Margarine, softened
• Heat oven to 375 degrees.

In a 9" pie pan, combine the flour, oats, sugar, salt, oil, and milk and mix well.Press crumbs in bottom and up sides of pie pan. Do not press onto rim.

In a large bowl,combine apples and dry pudding mix; spoon into unbaked crust.Sprinkle apples with cheese. In same bowl,combine flour, sugar, oats, and margarine until crumbly;sprinkle on top of the cheese.

Bake at 375 degrees for 40-50 minutes or until light golden brown and apples are tender. Serve warm.

Makes 8 servings.

To make the top of a 2-crust pie brown nicely, brush the top with cream or half & half.