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| Soda Pie |
Brian: One of our favorite things to do is to make a pie that has been submitted from one of our readers. This week we feature a recipe from a follower of our blog, and it is called Soda Pie.
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| Our first pie with Malted Milk! |
Angie: The title can be a bit misleading, because there is actually no soda in the pie. However, it does have vanilla ice cream, malted milk, and hot fudge. Those ingredients do have a soda fountain feel to them, and it is my guess, that is the inspiration for the name. Thank you for the recipe Lora!!!
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| The crust of cones smelled so good. |
Brian: Our daughter Emilee has been asking to make a pie, from start to finish, for quite some time. I helped supervise, but this pie was all Emilee. Since it is her pie, we'll let her share how she made it.
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| Commence Cone Crushing! |
Emilee: The crust is made of crushed sugar cones. So the first step was to crush them in the blender. Next, I added the melted butter and sugar, and mixed together with our upright mixer.
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| Combining ingredients for the crust |
Emilee: Next, you press the pie crust in the bottom, and up the sides of a 9-inch pie plate. Some recipes recommend freezing the crust before adding the wet ingredients, so we decided to freeze it for 30 minutes.
Emilee: The next part was taking the stems off of the strawberries, and creating a puree. Most of the strawberry mixture is puree, but you also add some chopped strawberries as well.
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| Mmmm strawberries |
Emilee: While the crust is thawing, it is a good idea to sit out your ice cream to allow it to soften. We stirred together the vanilla ice cream, and strawberry mixture, and malted milk. This forms the filling of the pie, and once you are finished, you pour into the shell and let it freeze overnight.
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| Add the strawberry mixture to the crust and freeze |
Emilee: We waited until the next morning to add the hot fudge. The recipe advises spreading the fudge in a circle, leaving a 1/2 inch ring around the outer circle of the pie. We decided to just spread the fudge to the edge, because more fudge is better, right?
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| Hot fudge is a great topper for this pie |
Brian: I enjoyed the pie, especially the crust. I am not a huge fan of strawberry ice cream, and although this doesn't technically have any strawberry ice cream in it, it has that flavor. I was thinking how awesome a chocolate ice cream/hot fudge version would be. This was really a fun pie to make!
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| Soda Pie by the slice |
Angie: I love strawberry ice cream and chocolate so this pie was a real winner for me!! The crust was excellent and we will utilize it in other pies I am sure!!
Pie Recipient of the Week:
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| Teri and her girls |
Our pie recipients of the week are Teri and Tim. Tim and Brian have literally been friends since the 1st grade, and attended Indiana University together. Today was Teri's birthday, so it seemed like a great day to share. They also have the cutest little puppy, and she and Emilee had fun together.
Recipe
1-1/2 cups crushed sugar cones (about 12)
1/2 cup butter
1/4 cup sugar
3-1/2 cups fresh strawberries, divided
1 quart vanilla ice cream, softened
1/3 cup malted milk powder
1-1/2 cups fudge ice cream topping, softened
Additional Strawberries, optional
Combine crushed sugar cones, butter, and sugar. Press into bottom and up sides of an ungreased 10 inch pie plate. Freeze. Place 3 cups of strawberries in blender or food processor; cover and puree. Chop remaining strawberries. Place pureed and chopped strawberries in a large bowl. Add Ice Cream and malted milk powder; stir to blend. Pour into prepared crust. Cover and freeze overnight. Spread fudge topping over pie within 1 inch of edge. Freeze for at least 2 hours. Remove from freezer 20 minutes before serving. Garnish with additional strawberries if desired.
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