Oh my goodness. It has been a ridiculously crazy day. I was actually feeling a little blech this morning (weather-or-stress-induced I’m sure) so I stayed home from work to take a deep breath and reorganize myself. It worked! And I have three exciting things to share …
1. Tomorrow is Wear a Dress Tuesday! Get your dresses ready … 
2. It took two days, but I pulled this deliciousness out of the oven today …
… and I’m totally sharing the recipe tonight. Be excited!
3. I put the finishing touches and HIT SUBMIT (!) on my Ministerial Profile this afternoon. This is the “resume” (essentially) that church search committees will see when I start the Search & Call process (job search). My search won’t actually start until I pass my Ecclesiastical Council in December, but it’s nice to not have this looming over my head anymore! Weeeeeee!
That deserves a glass of wine.
Out of a juice glass.
Have I mentioned that I hate moving?
Dinner was a huuuuuge batch of my dad’s fried chicken. I love finger food with lots of dipping sauces!
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Okay, so let’s get back to that Chocolate Pecan Pie of goodness, shall we?
Last week, Lindsey at The Morningstar Project e-mailed a few other bloggers and myself about possibly taking part in a pie challenge our blogs. Lindsey is getting ready to cook up a Thanksgiving feast at her house this year and has some serious pie lovers on the guest list – she thought it would be fun to do a blogging recipe exchange of sorts so she (and everyone out there in blog land) could get menu ideas!
Well you don’t have to ask me to bake a pie twice! I decided on a Chocolate Pecan Pie recipe (adapted from this recipe) using my mother-in-law’s pie crust recipe. Trust me when I say that the secret to a good pie is a good crust. The pre-made ones are good, but this one will melt in your mouth. Here we go!
Combine the flour and salt and cut in the shortening.
And pour into your pie crusts!
And the rest is history.
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This pie looks amazing. I would be lying if I said I wasn't drooling over it right now!
Looks DELICIOUS! I need to get on my pie making
Oh my goodness, this looks tasty! Will definitely have to put it on my list of things to try one day.
Oh my god I'm totally referring everyone to this crust recipe! You are going to put my pie to shame! Thanks so much for making this and adding all the wonderful photos, my family is going to be very, very happy
I love love Pecan Pie…I'm not sure if I want to mess with perfection by adding chocolate but I might just have to try it!
Also, last Christmas I was baking at my friend Mandy's house and she didn't have a rolling pin. So we used a champagne bottle. And we may or may not have drank the bottle first.
So yay for unconventional rolling pins!
Taht was your first time baking pies by yourself? I'm impressed! (They look delicious…I don't think I would have been able to stick to one slice, either.)