December 29, 2019
The Pie Project is complete. We started the year of 2019 with two new pie plates and a dream. It’s now 52 weeks later and EVERY SINGLE SUNDAY of the year (except once when we had to bump it to Monday due to travel and the Sunday after Thanksgiving when there were still too many leftovers so we doubled up the next Sunday) we have had at least one pie. Plus a few extras on other days. We’ve learned how to make a good pie crust. We’ve learned that you can take any dessert or yummy food that you like and type it into Google followed by the word “pie” and you’ll get a recipe. We’ve learned that Annie and Kate are chocoholics, Ellie is a cinnaholic, and Leah is just weird.(okay, we knew that). We’ve learned the value of experimentation (see: Cannoli Pie) and trying something downright weird (see: Lucky Charms Pie, Honey Lavender Pie). We’ve tried everything from a traditional cherry pie to something called Maple Bacon Cream Pie with Waffle Crust. Most of all, we’ve learned how many wonderful pies are out there, and how much variety there is. Even among the subcategory of chocolate pies, we have had some great variety, from the Chocolate Strawberry Oasis to the Nutella to this week’s Chocolate Lava.
People have asked us often throughout the year “What’s your favorite pie you’ve tried?” It turns out, the answer to that question is more difficult to answer than you would think. The answer is different for different people (Annie is sure that for her it was the Thin Mint Brownie Cheesecake), and frankly, there were very few pies this year that were anything short of awesome (the Butterscotch Banana Cream Pie and the Arizona Sunshine Pie come readily to mind, though the former might have been user error, and the latter threw an entire lemon, rind and all, into a blender – so how good could it have been?).
The other common question we’re getting is “Are you going to keep going?” The answer to that question is no. The Pie Project will end at the end of 2019. There will not be pie next Sunday. We have had a blast doing this, talking to our friends about it, and most of all eating the pies. But it’s been a bit of a burden asking each Saturday, “Okay, what are we doing for pie tomorrow?” and frankly, although there are still several good-looking pies still out there on our list (Passionfruit Chiffon Pie, Zebra Pie, Lemon Buttermilk Pie, Salted Honey Pie, Chocolate Milk Pie, Sugar Cream Pie, etc.) we kind of feel like we’re scraping the bottom of the barrel. The follow-up question, of course, is, “Well, if not pie in 2020, what are you going to do? Cookies? Ice Cream?” We don’t have a plan yet. We might not do anything. We might make a few of our favorite pies of 2019 again. We might find some other crazy desserts to make. Don’t pressure us!
At the end of this satisfying project, here in a handy-dandy list, in chronological order, are the 71 pies of the Pie Project. Thanks for reading!
- Oatmeal Pie
- Hot Chocolate Pie
- Atlantic Beach Lime Pie
- Chocolate Fudge Pie
- Strawberry Pie
- Chocolate Pudding Explosion Pie
- Apple Pie
- Chocolate Peanut Butter Caramel Mousse Pie
- Butterscotch Banana Cream Pie
- Unicorn Pie
- Marionberry Pie
- Oreo Cream Pie
- Brookie Pie
- Cinnamon Pie
- Peanut Butter Pie
- Arizona Sunshine Pie
- Cannoli Pie
- Blueberry Sour Cream Pie
- Easter Pie
- Lucky Charms Pie
- Chocolate Strawberry Oasis Pie
- Triple Key Lime Pie
- Chocolate Truffle Pie
- Chocolate Marshmallow Ice Cream Pie
- Chocolate Vanilla Pudding Pie
- Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough “Ice Cream” Pie
- Apple Pie II
- Chocolate Malt Shoppe Pie
- Peach Crumble Pie
- S’mores Pie
- Strawberry Pie II
- Chocolate Fudge Pie II
- Cherry Pie
- Cookie Dough Pie
- Donut Pie
- Honey Lavender Pie
- Thin Mint Brownie Cheesecake
- Blueberry “Cheesecake” Pie
- Orange Creamsicle Pie
- Triple Layer Lemon Pie
- Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice Cream Pie
- All the Berries Pie
- Pineapple Pie
- Roadside Blackberry Pie
- Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Pie
- Butterfinger Pie
- S’more S’mores Pie
- Chocolate Mint Ice Cream Pie
- Cinna-Bacon Apple Pie
- Texas Flood Pie
- Maple Walnut Cheesecake
- Halloween Candy Cookie Pie
- Nutella Pie
- Ghost Chocolate Pudding Pie
- Apple-Pumpkin-Cinnamon Roll Streusel Pie
- Maple Bacon Cream Pie with Waffle Crust
- Sweet Potato Pie
- Brownie Pie
- Costco Pumpkin Pie
- Cereal Killer Pie
- Atlantic Beach Pie
- Chocolate Ganache Pie
- Cranberry Gingersnap Pie
- Apple Pie III
- Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie
- Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough “Ice Cream” Pie II
- Candy Cane Pie
- Dutch Cranberry-Apple Pie
- Lemon Curd Pie
- Gingerbread Cheesecake
- Chocolate Lava Pie
The Pie Project 