~*For the Love of PIE!*~

I'm so excited! Tomorrow is our small town's annual festival ~ Americus Days. The park will be full of folks... enjoying the vendors, car show, kids games, twinkie eating contest, parade, chili cook~off, pie bake~off... and a whole lot of other fun stuff. It is a time for the townsfolk to meet, mix and mingle. It is truly a day to appreciate the joy and friendship that a small town offers. The kiddo is planning on riding his dirt bike in the parade, but before that... we are starting the day off at the school for the pancake breakfast.

Last weekend I went with two of my sweet sister~in~laws to a Taste Of Home cooking show. It was GREAT fun & I learned a bunch! More than learning though... I've gained the confidence to enter the pie bake~off tomorrow! I have never done anything like this... and my cooking skills have always been on the 'desperately trying to learn' level. (I will say though that my baking has always been a little bit better than my everyday cooking... probably because I am a sweets~lover & have baked since I was allowed to use the stove in the family kitchen as a child.)

Because tomorrow is going to be so busy before the bake~off... I've baked my PIES tonight.

One is finished... a sugar pie with fresh pear and blueberries...


And another is in the oven now... my hubby's favorite... peach pie...


I would like to say these are tested~family heirloom recipes... but they are both recent recipe finds. However, I have altered both of them a little bit... and did bake them both earlier this week for my hubby & his co~workers to test. (He only allowed one pie to make it to work though... can you guess which one?) They both recieved rave reviews from my judges. Now to see how they do tomorrow...

Warm sugary~sweet smiles to you all...

Betty