My pumpkin pie turned into poo!

[Amaya]

I worked on the crust for an hour ... it's like cardboard now. My apple pie turn out better.. But I'm so bummed! I tried so hard and now I have to give it to the dog.
BTW, is it ok to give pumpkin to a dog? :shrug:

[Superfly]

1. 2 words for you: Buy a store crust...no, wait

that's 4 words.

[Amaya]

6. Yeah yeah..

I know.. but I wanted to do it all from scratch. I've learned my lesson... making pie crust sucks! :D

[Superfly]

8. Try Phyllo dough sometime....

you'll slit your wrists to end the pain.

[KCDem]

2. I baked paper into my pecan pie 2 years ago.

You know how those prepared crusts have waxed paper in them to separate the crusts? Well, I didn't, and baked a pecan pie with it right there. Oh well.

I once broiled a cake, too.

and this year, my oven broke (as of today). That's prolly a good thing.

[annagull]

4. I want to hear about the broiled cake!

That's so funny! :-)

[KCDem]

29. well, it wasn't really my fault.

I was borrowing a friend's oven, since the bday girl lived with me and I wanted the cake to be a surprise. My neighbor's oven was backwards from mine. I thought I put it on bake. Whoops!

[Amaya]

7. Did you eat the cake? hehehe

:)

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

3. Oh, man... that sucks... a poo pie? The dog will love it.

[Don_G]

5. It'll Take The Cat An Hour To Bury It

:evilgrin:

[Amaya]

9. Thanks for the sympathy...

poo pie is not a 'Good Thing'

[Don_G]

11. Check With Corarose About Cooking Stuff

She's training to become a Chef and knows a lot of cooking tips and tricks.

[WWW]

10. I consider myself a very experienced

cook, but I cannot for the life of me make a pie crust. Get the pillsbury pre-made and add the filling....You can funk out the crust to make it look homemade. Mine is in the oven right now...And no...don't give it to the dog...I posted earlier that I feel I should change my sig line about what not to give to dogs....I have cleaned up so much poop in my life..when in doubt, leave it out..(of the dog dish) :)

[corarose]

12. Buy the pre made pie crusts

Everyone in the industry uses them except for a few people. The reason that your pie crust might have turned out that way is because you worked on it too long.

Was your oven hot enough when you baked your pie?

Put your pie back into the oven and bake it a little longer If you haven't cut it yet.

[Amaya]

13. Well,

I think I did work it a little too long. I'm pretty sure the oven was hot enough.. I had it on 350 and it was done. The crust was like a cracker :) and yeah I cut it because I knew it was toast. The filling was good though :) Now no pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving :(

[corarose]

18. Make something new out of it.

This will work.

Do you have any graham crackers in the house or a graham cracker crust. I always keep a few on hand.

Do you have a container of cool whip?

You are going to have your pie.

Take the cool whip and mix it in with the chilled pooled pie filling. Put it in a graham cracker crust and wallah you have a pie.
Chill it first and it may take 1 1/2 containers of cool whip if you have a large pie. Chill it a few hours and I can guarantee you that it will work.

[Amaya]

24. ok, I'm gonna try that

but if it doesn't turn out.. I'm coming to your house :evilgrin: :)

[corarose]

27. Do you want to make a special quick pie

Do you have 2 containers of FRUIT yogurt, cool whip and a graham cracker pie crust in the house?

Mix the cool whip with the yogurt and put it in the graham cracker pie crust and refrigerate it for 4 hours or until set. It's good and it is a diet delight.

[Amaya]

28. I don't have any yogurt

:( but I do have cool whip and graham crackers :)

[corarose]

32. Go with the Pumpkin

It will work.

[Ellen Forradalom]

14. Well, that's the process of digestion in a nutshell

Pie in..... you know what comes out.

[salinen]

16. seriously

don't feed it to the dog. Their digestive tracts were not designed for sugar and dough and butter. Anyway, you'd be sure it was wrong when fido lets one. wheeeeeeeeeooooo!

[Philostopher]

17. Yeah, you probably don't want to do that.

Vets will suggest you give both dogs and cats pumpkin to make them 'regular' when they're constipated. If the dog's already regular, I don't want to imagine what feeding it pie filling would do!

[ScreamingMeemie]

15. Butter makes the best pie crust. I mean the things laden with

calories anyway, so what the heck...add a few more. Since I switched to butter pie crusts are nice, flaky, and actually tasty. I feel your pain though. I have baked many a casserole dish filled with just the apple filling because the damned crust didn't turn out. :(

Hugs, Laura

[Don_G]

19. I'm Not A Cook

But someone told me the butter in the dough shouldn't get warm until you're ready to cook it. The dough should be kept refrigerated in the meantime.

[ScreamingMeemie]

20. I mix fill and cook...unless I am being really on, and make it ahead

(which rarely happens) then I might chill it. It always works for me. Grandma taught me. :)

[corarose]

22. Rule of thumb you always chill everything before you bake it

Unless it wasn't chilled in the first place.

[Ellen Forradalom]

21. I use frozen butter

My pie crusts turn out pretty well.

[Amaya]

25. I used butter

it was cold.. I just think I worked the dough a little too much :(

[notadmblnd]

23. The secret to a good pie crust is to not

work the dough to much, mix with a fork til all the all the ingredients are crumbly then pat into ball and roll out. the less time spent the better.

[ajacobson]

26. Pumpkin is good for the pooch

It is a good source of "filler" when a chubby puppy needs to cut the calories. Just mix some in with the (reduced portion of) dry food.

I know that is not the point of your post, but I thought I would share anyway.

:-)

[Amaya]

30. My

dog is old and fat. She doesn't need any filler :D
Thanks for the info though :)

[CivilRightsNow]

31. Lotsa pie crust drama today

The girlfriends and I were just griping about our pie crusts for the last hour, everyone seemed to have problems this year.

I put a tablespoon of vinegar in my shortening crusts to make them nice and flaky, been making em that way since I was a little girl. Today though, I swear, the crust could not get enough flour, I had to add almost a cup more then I normally do. Last time I use tap water in my crusts.

The humid air did not help either. What normally takes me 15 minutes ended up taking two hours and it isnt nearly as good as normal. Infact, I made two of my pies with premade crusts because I just couldnt handle any more baking stress.

As for my pumpkin pie, I had to bake it for an additional 20 minutes. I have no idea why.

Next year, Im trying this no bake pumpking pie recipe:
http://pie.allrecipes.com/az/DoubleLayerPumpkinPie.asp

Atleast my pecan pie turned out perfectly.