Graham Cracker Pie

Re:Graham Cracker Pie (buffetbuster)

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 10:18:52 GMT

THAT is a beautiful looking pie. Sorry to hear you didn't like it more.

Re:Graham Cracker Pie (love2bake)

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 20:55:12 GMT

Okay, so I don't love this pie. Maybe it'll be better tomorrow--a lot of pies are--but I think I'll try one of my other recipes for it next time.

Re:Graham Cracker Pie (mar52)

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 16:58:15 GMT

Mine aren't private except for family pictures. I don't mind others seeing my pictures.

Sweet pie!

Re:Graham Cracker Pie (agnesrob)

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 16:49:54 GMT

Can't wait to see the pictures and hear your comments!

Re:Graham Cracker Pie (love2bake)

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 14:32:43 GMT

My first experiment with a graham cracker pie. I won't be able to taste it for hours, though!

Re:Graham Cracker Pie (love2bake)

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:33:19 GMT

iluvcfood

Photobucket is the ONLY way to go! Just make sure you mark it as PRIVATE.

I'm glad I just re-read this!! I hadn't marked it PRIVATE. Thanks for posting!

Re:Graham Cracker Pie (HollyDolly)

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 17:06:39 GMT

I have an old cookbook A Thousand Ways to Please A Husband 1917 and the revised 1932 edition by Helen Cowles Lecron and Louise Bennett Weaver.
They also wrote Bettina'sBest Salads and Bettina's Best Desserts.
Bettina being the main character along with her husband Bob and their friends.The book was written like a novel'each chapter was about something to do with them and their friends and family.Then at the end of the chapter was given the menu for that day and the recipes.Like when Bettina gives a bridal shower party for her friend Alice.
They also wrote the book A Thousand Ways to Please A Family which also follows the same vein with Bob,Bettina and their two children Robin and Sue and their friends and their families from the previous book.This book is on Google Books.I thought I saw in it a recipe from graham pie.
They also wrote a kiddie's cookbook entitled When Sue Began to Cook.
They are very charming.

Re:Graham Cracker Pie (ann peeples)

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 12:07:28 GMT

Guess when you all congregate in Milwaukee, I will have to make you a graham cracker pie-Mom's way!

Re:Graham Cracker Pie (love2bake)

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 11:33:31 GMT

BB - Graham "crack"ers are named appropriately--I LOVE them! So I need to line up a recipient for the pie right after I make it, or I'll eat way too much of it. (I had to give away the rest of the chess pie I recently made, too.)

Re:Graham Cracker Pie (buffetbuster)

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 10:48:43 GMT

love2bake-
I went back and reread the thread and was curious if you had baked one or not. If you do, please report back!

Re:Graham Cracker Pie (love2bake)

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 10:45:06 GMT

Oh my gosh--I can practically smell that pie, BB! So envious. I do need to try making one.

Re:Graham Cracker Pie (buffetbuster)

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 09:37:10 GMT

On the way home from DC yesterday, we stopped in at Barbara Fritchie's Restaurant in Frederick, MD. Once again, I could not pass up a slice of graham cracker pie and this one was significantly better than the one in the original post in this thread.

Tall, airy meringue and the vanilla filling tasted particularly fresh. The thin layer of shell on top was substantial enough that when I applied pressure with the fork, it went right done through the meringue, through the custard-like filling, through the graham cracker crust, only tearing when the fork met the plate.

Mariton and I agreed that this was the best slice of graham cracker pie we have tried yet and a big improvement from the first one we had here.

Re:Graham Cracker Pie (wanderingjew)

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 20:23:09 GMT

ann peeples

Nope, WJ-maybe its unique to that area, but was not unique to our household. Mom made graham cracker crusts, AND sprinkled the rest on any given pie she made. Again, could be regional.And specific to an area.What was pictured is something I ate...alot.

Ann,

I've never seen it on a menu outside of Appalachia, doesn't mean that the recipe has found its way outside of that region.

Re:Graham Cracker Pie (ann peeples)

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 19:17:17 GMT

......and she filled the pie with vanilla, cinnamon, etc....and pudding. But then she became experimental with it!

Re:Graham Cracker Pie (ann peeples)

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 19:14:43 GMT

Nope, WJ-maybe its unique to that area, but was not unique to our household. Mom made graham cracker crusts, AND sprinkled the rest on any given pie she made. Again, could be regional.And specific to an area.What was pictured is something I ate...alot.

Re:Graham Cracker Pie (iluvcfood)

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 16:47:56 GMT

Photobucket is the ONLY way to go! Just make sure you mark it as PRIVATE.

Re:Graham Cracker Pie (edwmax)

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 16:38:08 GMT

buffetbuster

Edwmax-
From the three graham cracker pies I have found so far, the common theme seems to be graham cracker crust, vanilla filling and more graham cracker sprinkled on top of the meringue. And in the case of the top photo, lots of graham cracker!

It's still the same. Mom most times used brown sugar sprinkled on top; sometimes brown sugar & graham cracker. The top photo is a pie that is upside down.

Re:Graham Cracker Pie (mar52)

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 15:46:44 GMT

www.photobucket.com

It's a great, free program for hosting your pictures.

Re:Graham Cracker Pie (love2bake)

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 15:40:07 GMT

buffetbuster

love2bake-
If you do make the graham cracker pie , please let us know how it turns out!

Will do! And it's about time for me to get a photo account somewhere so I can finally post pics.

Re:Graham Cracker Pie (buffetbuster)

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 15:13:33 GMT

Well Walt, I guess it isn't necessary to ask you if you liked it or not!

That is the second Maine reference in this thread. Isn't it bad enough that Maine and Pennsylvania fight over the whoopie pie?

Re:Graham Cracker Pie (waltpiii)

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 15:09:09 GMT

I first had graham cracker pie at the Rosenolw in Lincoln, Me about 40 yrs ago. When they had it I ate graham ctacker pie for both breakfast and lunch.

Re:Graham Cracker Pie (buffetbuster)

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 12:43:51 GMT

Edwmax-
From the three graham cracker pies I have found so far, the common theme seems to be graham cracker crust, vanilla filling and more graham cracker sprinkled on top of the meringue. And in the case of the top photo, lots of graham cracker!

Re:Graham Cracker Pie (edwmax)

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 12:16:13 GMT

wanderingjew

edwmax

My mom made pies with graham cracker crust all the time when I was growing up. It was the easy way to make a pie crust. I never heard it called a 'graham cracker' pie; it was always lemon meringue,
vanilla, Cherri, type pies with graham cracker crust.

That's because Graham Cracker pie is neither of these- it's a unique regional specialty indigenous to Appalachia
(think the I81 corridor from harrisburg PA down to WV)

The pics and recipe given above are the same or similar to the way Mom made her pies. A graham cracker crust with a pie filling. We never called these 'graham cracker' pies. ... From the title of the thread I expected something different.

So describe what you are referring to as a 'graham cracker' pie if the above is not it.

Oh ... I do realize this thread is more than 2 years old, but it got resurrected.

Re:Graham Cracker Pie (buffetbuster)

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 11:25:09 GMT

wanderingjew

Buffetbuster

If you ever make it to Diehl's in Nitro WV, Graham Cracker Pie is also on their menu. As much as I wanted to try it, I passed it up for their peanut butter chocolate pie.

Now that means I will have to try both pies when I get there. You won't think less of me, will you?

Re:Graham Cracker Pie (wanderingjew)

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 11:09:32 GMT

edwmax

My mom made pies with graham cracker crust all the time when I was growing up. It was the easy way to make a pie crust. I never heard it called a 'graham cracker' pie; it was always lemon meringue,
vanilla, Cherri, type pies with graham cracker crust.

That's because Graham Cracker pie is neither of these- it's a unique regional specialty indigenous to Appalachia
(think the I81 corridor from harrisburg PA down to WV)

Re:Graham Cracker Pie (edwmax)

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 06:27:29 GMT

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Re:Graham Cracker Pie (ann peeples)

Mon, 29 Oct 2012 20:04:36 GMT

Same here , Ed. Mom made graham cracker crust for certain pies-the best was when she baked it with sliced almonds for her cherry pie. To die for.....

Re:Graham Cracker Pie (edwmax)

Mon, 29 Oct 2012 15:11:14 GMT

My mom made pies with graham cracker crust all the time when I was growing up. It was the easy way to make a pie crust. I never heard it called a 'graham cracker' pie; it was always lemon meringue,
vanilla, Cherri, type pies with graham cracker crust.

Re:Graham Cracker Pie (wanderingjew)

Mon, 29 Oct 2012 14:54:26 GMT

Buffetbuster

If you ever make it to Diehl's in Nitro WV, Graham Cracker Pie is also on their menu. As much as I wanted to try it, I passed it up for their peanut butter chocolate pie.

Re:Graham Cracker Pie (buffetbuster)

Mon, 29 Oct 2012 14:54:04 GMT

love2bake-
If you do make the graham cracker pie , please let us know how it turns out!