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| 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
I can remember moments when having a Crisco hotline would have helped me too. I didn’t know Crisco shared recipes too! Awesome- thanks for sharing Barb.
This look amazing! Thanks for sharing!