Need Help with Your Holiday Pie Baking? Try the Crisco Pie Hotline

Caramel Walnut Apple Pie photo provided courtesy of the (c) The J.M. Smucker Company

The first time I made lemon meringue pie, it was a total disaster.  I diligently copied my mother’s recipe and followed the instructions perfectly… or so I thought.  I messed up one ingredient in the transcription and instead of baking a beautiful lemon pie, I wound up with lemon soup in a soggy pie shell!

Can you guess what I did?

I wrote down corn syrup as a base ingredient instead of corn starch.  Whoops!

Now, as a seasoned baker, I would have caught that error before the syrup ever met the measuring cup, but as a novice, I was baffled and in tears because it was midnight and I was going to bring it to a dinner at my (then) boyfriend’s house the next day.   At the time, I certainly could have used an expert baker to help me figure it where I went wrong.

Though I have far less mishaps today, thankfully, there is an expert resource to call on 24-7.  The Crisco Pie Hotline has returned for its eighth year just in time for fall pie baking.

Live pie experts can be reached Monday through Friday 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. ET by calling 1-877-FOR-PIE-TIPS (877-367-7438).

During the busy holiday season when pie baking is at its peak, live pie experts are on-call during extended hours, Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. ET from November 18 – 27, and 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. ET from December 16 – 23.

Need a little pie inspiration?  The Crisco test kitchens have also come up with a few tasty new recipes for this season like the Caramel Apple Walnut Pie pictured above.  You’ll find this and plenty of other delightful recipes at www.Crisco.com