Texas Pie Recipes

TEXAS PIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
• Open one package of the defrosted pie dough and place it into the greased glass pie dish.
• Open all of the cans of pie filling and place a different spoon in each one. Review the design in the picture and begin to fill the pie in as displayed with the blueberries taking up half of the pie from 6 'clock to 12 o' clock, the apples from 12 o'clock to 3 o'clock, and the cherries from 3 o' clock to 5 o' clock. Use only enough to mound the fruit up in its section and reserve the rest for another project.
• You will use all of the blueberry, but have some leftover apples and cherries... these are pretty good on pancakes for breakfast.
• Put the pie in a cool, safe place while you lay out the final piece of pie dough on a kitchen surface, sprinkled with a little flour to prevent sticking.
• Cut out 4 Texas shapes using the Texas cookie cutter (link above). Cut out 1 star or cut it freehand with a knife.
• To finish the pie, place the star over the blueberries in the upper corner. Get it just where you want it and then lay the Texas dough sections down around the pie to fill in. Crimp the edges of the pie and make any final adjustments to make it look pretty.
• For the egg wash, beat an egg in a coffee cup, thinning with water if necessary to make spreadable.
• Using the pastry brush, brush all of the dough. Sprinkle with sugar if desired. The sugar increases browning and you will likely have to use the foil method to protect the crust from over-browning at some point, but the sugar garnish looks extra professional!
• Bake the pie dough for 40 minutes. If at any time the outside crust begins to get very dark remove the pie and gently scrunch the foil around the edges. It just needs to cover up the surface of the crust to protect it from browning any further. This will allow the crust over the fruit to continue to bake (it takes a little longer.) You may add 10-12 minutes longer if needed to finish browning the crust, depending on your oven.
• When done, remove the pie and serve as usual. Vanilla ice cream is the best accompaniment with hot pie!

TEXAS PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• Pour pie filling into 9x13 inch baking dish. Top with pineapple. Do not stir. Sprinkle cake mix over pineapple. Sprinkle coconut over cake mix. Sprinkle nuts over coconut and pour melted margarine over all.
• Bake 40 minutes, until top is golden brown.

TEXAS PIE

Steps:

• In a saucepan, saute onion in butter until tender. Stir in chicken, chilies and mushrooms. In a small bowl, combine soup, sour cream and hot pepper sauce; add to pan. Cook and stir for 5 minutes. Sprinkle mozzarella cheese in the bottom of pie shell; add chicken mixture. Sprinkle with cheddar cheese. Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until filling is bubbly and cheese is melted.

TEXAS BEAN PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Place pie shell in a 9 inch pie pan.
• In a food processor, puree beans until smooth. In a medium bowl, combine beans, eggs, sugar, vanilla and salt; beat well. Pour mixture into the unbaked pie shell.
• Bake for 45 minutes or until knife inserted into center of pie comes out clean. Cool before serving.

TEXAS TRASH PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350ºF.
• In a large bowl, combine graham crackers, chocolate chips, caramel bits, shredded coconut, crushed pretzels, and condensed milk.
• Stir well to combine.
• Pour filling into a premade 9-inch pie crust and bake for 40 minutes, or until pie filling is firm and crust is brown.

TEXAS TAMALE PIE

Steps:

• Prepare rice mix according to package directions. Meanwhile, spoon chili into a greased 8-in. square baking dish. Top with tamales. , Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 10 minutes. Top with cooked rice; sprinkle with cheese. Bake 5 minutes longer or until cheese is melted.

TEXAS HAND PIES

Steps:

• Add the flour, baking powder and salt to the food processor bowl. Pulse a time or two to blend. Add the vanilla, sour cream and milk. Pulse a few times to mix. Add the butter, shortening and sugar and egg, and process until the mixture is thoroughly blended and starts to pull away from the sides of the bowl and form a ball.
• Divide the mixture into 12 equal portion and form into balls.
• Refrigerate for about an hour until they're well chilled.
• Preheat oven to 375, and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Flour the work surface and rolling pin. Place a ball of chilled dough on the floured surface. Roll each ball of chilled dough into a 5" diameter circle, using additional flour as needed to keep the dough from sticking to the rolling pin.
• Spread 1 1/2 tbsp filling on one half of the circle, leaving a 1/2" uncovered space around the edge of the dough. Moisten the 1/2" space all around the edge of the dough with water.
• Fold the circle of dough in half, over the filling, and crimp the edges with a fork. Prick the pies a few time with the fork tines, to allow the steam to escape while they're baking.
• Place the pies on the parchment on the baking sheet, and bake in the pre-heated oven for about 20 minutes, or until they're light brown.
• Place the pies on a cooling rack until room temperature. Sprinkle with confectioner's sugar before serving.