PIE WEEK! (Julie's Got Nothing on Me)

That's right . . . not Shark Week.

Pie Week. It's coming. It's on.

I like to bake. Previous posts will attest [here, here for starters].

However, some rumination on my personal baking repertoire showed a lack of experience in the pie category. And that, my friends, is going to change.

Because I love pie. [Who doesn't love pie?]

A sort of challenge formed in my head, and let me tell you, good people--I have been obsessed in bringing this to fruition [think: cookbooks as sole nightly reading material]. A la Julie/Julia, this challenge has taken more of a miniature, yet still intense, form.

7 pies. 7 days.

My depth of research to cull down to 7 recipes to use for these 7 Days of Pie has earned my new nickname: "Pie Sleuth"

Pie Sleuth's Rules of the 7 Days of Pie Challenge:

1. Pies must be seasonal. No key lime, lemon icebox, or blueberry. It's almost Thanksgiving [and I love Thanksgiving].

2. Everything that can possibly be homemade in these pies will be homemade. No Pillsbury crust. No pudding mix. No Cool Whip. No cutting corners. Pure and simple experience and baking elbow-grease.

3. The 7 recipes must come from various sources. Not all-internet, not all-grandmother's cookbook.

3. One pie must be baked and documented every day. or else.

It's going to be intense, it's going to be awesome, and it's going to be tasty.

Are you in?

xoxo, Pie Sleuth


[thanks to Marth for helping me w/my logo]