Pie Pops

By Marcie Ballard

Simple recipes for sweet and savory bites

From the frozen treats we look forward to during the hot days of summer to all-day suckers, hot dogs, and even cake, everything tastes better on a stick. So why not pie? Pie Pops are just that, mini pies on a stick that will appeal to both young and old alike. With simple recipes and ingredients that include sweet and savory fillings, people of all ages will appreciate this simple, portable way to enjoy traditional American classics such as: Apple, Razzleberry, Lemon Meringue, Chocoholic, and more. Easy-as-pie!

Marcie Ballard enjoys creating her own versions to add excitement and a delish factor. With a desire to share her secrets on how to make these tasty treats, the best tip is: keep it simple. She has a desire for sharing with friends or family how she made the tasty treats and the secret she has learned is to keep it simple. Pie Pops is her first book. She lives in Utah.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Gibbs Smith
• Release date: Sep 25, 2013
• ISBN: 9781423631200

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Pie Pops

Marcie Ballard

Photographs by Susan Hayward

Pie Pops

Digital Edition 1.0

Text © 2013 Marcie Ballard

Photographs © 2013 Susan Hayward

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced by any means whatsoever without written permission from the publisher, except brief portions quoted for purpose of review.

Gibbs Smith

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Layton, Utah 84041

Orders: 1.800.835.4993

www.gibbs-smith.com

ISBN: 978-1-4236-3120-0

To the amazing women in my life, who taught me if you work hard you can have your pie and eat it too.

To the wonderful men in my life, who keep me smiling and giggling, especially when I have food in my teeth.

Pie Pops

Table of Contents

Basic Supplies, Tips, & Recipes Basic Pie Dough Powdered Sugar Icing The Pie Pops Bananas Foster Banana Cream Sensational Spinach American Apple Pie Dark Chocolate Fudge Caramel Apple Pie Just Peachy Crazy Good Craisin Chocoholic Lemon Pinnoli Apple Havarti Razzleberry Orange Crème Brûlée Spiced Pumpkin Aloha Lumberjack Lemon Meringue Ginger Snap Dragon J ’Adore Cappuccino Crème Rocky Road Root Beer Float Butterscotch Berry Luscious Yammer Grand Pecan Kahlúa Amaretto Mr. Bailey’s Margarita Rose S’mores Green Slime Hopscotch Oreo Nutty Nutella Nilla Chocolate Turtles Tiger’s Blood PBJ Spooky Metric Conversion Chart

Basic Supplies, Tips, & Recipes

Pie Pop Dough

Don’t make pie pop sizes too big because they might break apart. They should be a two or three bite dessert.

Don’t be afraid to use refrigerated pie dough. It makes the process incredibly easy. Pie pops are all about the pie filling.

1 9-inch pie dough will yield 10 to 12 pops if both tops and bottoms are used, and depending on size of dough cutouts.

1 9-inch pie dough will yield 20 to 24 pops if only bottoms are used, and depending on size of dough cutouts.

When baking pie pops, keep an eye on baking time. You do not want to overcook them because they will become crunchy cookies instead of savory pie pops.

Several simple recipes only take 20 minutes from start to finish.

Pie Pop Sticks

You can use various types of wooden sticks. These can be found at any craft store.

To produce a colored pie pop stick, soak the sticks in water with food coloring added.

Flat Popsicle sticks work better for thick pie pops.

Pie Pop Shapes

Creating the different shapes is the fun part. For a children’s theme party, you can use cute animal shapes.

Use various cookie cutter shapes to cut the pie pop dough. The standard size for most recipes will be 2-1/2 inches.

Use various smaller 1-inch size cookie cutters to cut out the centers in the pie dough tops for some recipes.

Cookie cutters can be found at any craft or kitchen specialty store.

To sandwich sticks between dough shapes:

Place cut dough bottoms on a lightly greased baking sheet.

Reviews for Pie Pops

[Nguyễn Thị Hoài An · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Thank you for sharing! This book is very very nice

[Thomas Kalb · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Quite an interesting l'l book. Made me (1) very hungry & (2) want to try my hand at these things. I am a complete novice when it comes to cooking / baking, though, so I could've used a few diagrams here and there--to show me HOW to put the stick into the pie bottom, for instance. And speaking of pictures, the photographs were quite lovely.