Sky-Is-The-Limit Pudding Pie
Prepare yourself to meet one of the most adaptable pies you’ve ever seen. This sky-is-the-limit pudding pie is the answer for picky pie eaters!
All this week I’ll be detailing some stellar Thanksgiving-worthy desserts.
First up, prepare yourself to meet one of the most delicious and adaptable pies you’ve ever seen.
Let’s walk through this together.
1) Choose a crust. It can be a pre-baked pie crust, a graham cracker crust, Oreo crust, shortbread crust…the options are endless, my friends.
2) Choose a pudding flavor. You can use a large box of cook-and-serve pudding (shhh, I won’t tell!) or 3 cups of a homemade recipe. You can opt for chocolate, vanilla. Butterscotch? Perhaps you want to live on the wild side and go for pistachio.
3) Choose your add-ins. Peanut butter. Raspberry jam. Marshmallow creme. Let your imagination go wild with the flavor combinations.
4) Choose your topping. Whipped cream is not optional, but what goes on beyond that is up to you. Crushed candy bars, finely chopped chocolate, fresh berries. Impress your tastebuds!
This pie is more a method than anything, but when my Aunt Marilyn emailed me saying she and her friend Debbie had made it three days in a row, I knew it had to be documented.
I am currently in love with the vanilla pudding/peanut butter/whipped cream/crushed butterfinger variety.
Don’t forget to let me know what pudding pie combo your mad cooking skills come up with!
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Adaptable: let’s talk about the adaptability of this pie, since that’s what makes it so great. Crust: first, choose a crust. Plain everyday pie crust (already baked), graham cracker crust, Oreo crust, the options are endless. Sub out the graham crackers with Oreos, omit the sugar and voila Oreo crust. Pudding: second, choose a pudding flavor. I opted for the easy route and used a box of cook-and-serve pudding but you could absolutely use a homemade pudding recipe. Vanilla, Chocolate, Banana, Butterscotch. Again, the pudding options are astounding. Add-Ins: third, choose add-ins of your choice. My rule of thumb is about 1/3 to 1/2 cup of “something” to add to the pudding. 1/3 cup of peanut butter in a chocolate or vanilla pie, 1/3 cup of raspberry jam in a chocolate pie, 1/3 cup of marshmallow creme in a butterscotch pie….got it? Toppings: finally, top the pie with whipped cream and finely chopped chocolate, berries or crushed candy and you’ve got yourself an amazing pudding pie. Homemade Pudding: just to give you a starting point, here are two of my go-to recipes for homemade vanilla or chocolate pudding in case you don’t care to use the boxed pudding. As an Amazon Associate and member of other affiliate programs, I earn from qualifying purchases.Sky-Is-The-Limit Pudding Pie
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Recipe Source: I’ve been making both of the pudding recipes for years based on recipes in my ancient recipe binders.