On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:04:58 -0500, "dejablues"
> wrote:

>I also made the Crack Pie today. Omg , it is so sweet my teeth ached after
>one bite, which is all I could manage. The men/young men/teenagers in my
>family, however, *loved* it. Hubby said it was like a pecan pie without the
>pecans. I gave half a pie to my neighbors and half to my parents, so that
>jury is out. It cost less than $10.00 to make two pies, so I agree that
>$44.00 a pie is exhorbitant.

Yup - That was my take on it as well. I haven't forced it on Bill (the
DH), but I'm willing to bet he'll like it better than I did. It's just
too damned sweet.
>
>The oatmeal cookie crust was definitely worth the effort! It didn't taste
>like an oatmeal cookie but it made a great pie crust.
>
ITA, it was a great pie crust and actually stuck to the pie plate
pretty well, unlike many cookie crusts I've made. I'd caution the
baker to watch the crust/cookie like a hawk. the edges burn pretty
easily. When I make this crust again - and I will, it's a nice crust -
I'd layer the cookie sheet with foil, curl the foil up to form a
narrow protective cover just on the smallesst margin of the crust and
keep a keen eye on it.

I don't think I spent even $10 on it - most of the stuff I had on hand
and were in small quantities (I made a half recipe, which was a treat
to divide). 4 eggs, a wee bit of cream, some brown and white sugar,
some rolled oats - it didn't amount to much. And it is a dead easy
recipe. And I guess the $44 must include some very pricey Manhattan
overhead/hired help/advertising. You'd have to be nuts to pay that for
*any* pie!

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

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"If the soup had been as warm as the wine,
if the wine had been as old as the turkey,
and if the turkey had had a breast like the maid,
it would have been a swell dinner." Duncan Hines