Welcome to Pi(e) Day hosted by Terri from Love and Confections! Pi Day is celebrated every March 14 by math fans around the world – and also bakers and pastry chefs. Pi is an non-repeating, infinite number represented by the Greek letter π, and used to represent the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. Today, March 14, 2015, is an extra special Pi Day, because at 9:26:53 AM it creates the “Pi Moment of the Century”. The first ten digits of Pi are 3.141592653 (3/14/15, 9:26 AM and 53 seconds). This exact date and time happens once every hundred years – a once in a lifetime moment for most of us. How cool is that? Today, 20 Food Bloggers have gathered and want to celebrate the fun of Pi by creating their own sweet and savory pies to share with you. Hope you have a delicious day!
Guess what today is? It’s one of those most wonderful days of the year! It’s Pi Day. I know, Pi is Greek word for the circumference of a circle. I assume Pie came from the word Pi – and so since I cannot possibly tell you about 3.1415….. I will tell you about how I and about 20 other bloggers love PIE! At the bottom of the post are a list with links to all the participating bloggers and the scrumptious pies they have prepared. I have made Kentucky Derby Pie because soon it will be time for the Kentucky Derby and at about the same time, the series finale for one of my all-time favorite shows which is set in Kentucky – it is called Justified and I will miss it greatly! Anyway, this is my homage to both.
Kentucky Derby Pie
Ingredients:
3 Extra large eggs
2 Tablespoons oil
1 Tablespoon Bourbon Whiskey
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
1/2 Cup All-Purpose Flour
¾ Cup White Sugar
¾ Cup packed Brown Sugar
1 1/8 Cup unsalted Butter, soft
12 ounces chocolate chips
1 nine-inch unbaked pie shell
Directions:
Preheat oven to 325F
Beat eggs in a large mixing bowl until foamy (it’s about 3 minutes), add oil, vanilla, and whiskey just until incorporated.
In separate bowl whisk flour and both sugars together then beat into the egg mixture then add butter and incorporate all.
Gently stir in chocolate chips by hand.
Pour mixture into the unbaked pie shell (that is in an accommodating pie dish).
Bake for about an hour – or until a sharp knife comes out of the center of pie clean.
If your crust starts to get too brown, put some foil around the crust so it won’t burn.
Set dish on a wire rack and allow to completely cool before serving.
Enjoy! Now, take a look at the wonderful sweet and savory pies below! Happy Pi Day!
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- Apple Pear Pie with Crumble Topping from Baking and Creating with Avril
- Apple Rhubarb Strawberry Pie from Food Lust People Love
- Buffalo Chicken Shepherd’s Pie from Healthy. Delicious.
- Chocolate Mousse Pie from A Day in the Life on the Farm
- Chocolate Silk Pie from Famished Fish, Finicky Shark
- Coconut-Pistachio Pie from The Spiffy Cookie
- Curried Lamb Potpie from Culinary Adventures with Camilla
- Fresh Strawberry Pie from Taste Cook Sip
- Hillbilly Apple Pie from My Catholic Kitchen
- Kentucky Derby Pie from Kelli’s Kitchen
- Mixed Berry Slab Pie from Making Miracles
- Peach-Blueberry Pie from The Redhead Baker
- Salted Honey Pie from girlichef
- Sicilian Ricotta Pie from Cake Duchess
- S’Mores Brownie Pie from Cheese Curd in Paradise
- Strawberry Daiquiri Pie from Love and Confections
- Thin Mint Pie from Amy’s Cooking Adventures
- Top Secret Derby Pie from A Kitchen Hoor’s Adventures
- Triple Berry Pot Pie from {i love} my disorganized life
- Vegetable Pot Pie from Sew You Think You Can Cook
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Yours looks oh so tasty! I’ll have to try that one next time I make a Derby Pie.
I have never had a Kentucky Derby Pie but it sounds delicious!!! Happy Pi Day Kelli
Thank you!
OMG Kelli, I’m going to have to make this! The hubby’s family will go nuts! I’m going to miss Justified too, although really, it’s Raylan I’m going to miss. Now he’s yummy! 🙂
Ha! I”m a Boyd girl – you know, mean with a heart of gold….I love a good bad boy! Thanks for coming by!
Oh, heck yes! I love this, Kelli!
Thank you!
Love the Kentucky Derby Pie…., yours looks delicious!! Sometimes I add bourbon 🙂
I like to do that too – thanks for dropping by!!
Thanks for joining in today! This pie looks insanely delicious!
Thank you Terri! I am now headed around to visit all the great posts!
I am ready for this pie! Cannot wait to make it.
Thank you!
You had me at bourbon! And chocolate! Can’t wait to try this!
It is very scrumptious – thanks for dropping by!
What a fabulous pie for Pi(e) Day! I think I’ll dream of having a slice for the rest of the day. Happy Pi(e) Day, Kelli!!
Thanks Lora!
Now this is my kind of pie! Did I tell you that I was invited to the Kentucky Derby last year? A big long story, and totally bummed that I couldn’t make it, but I’d much rather sit home and eat a slice of this pie. (That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.) Oh, and I’ve been thinking about starting Justified from the beginning….worth it?
OMG YES!! My daughter didn’t think she would like it, but seriously she is as hooked as me now – And Rocket loves to dance to that hillbilly music at the beginning! 🙂 He knows his ancestors……..and he’s got some hillbillies on my side. 🙂 Thanks for the compliments on the pie!
This looks amazing! Chocolate + bourbon = amazing!
Thank you!!
Holey Moley…this sounds amazing! And please don’t remind me about Justified leaving us. I gotta admit…I’m worried if our boys (or Ava) are gonna make it out alive! And girlichef, Justified is SO worth it!
I know – I don’t know if they’ll make it out Jen – but they just have to!! 🙂 Thanks for the compliment on the pie!
yum yum yum yum!!!
Thank you!
Fantastic looking pie! So much fun to celebrate PIE with you and the rest of this group! I love your fun little plate you have the single piece of pie on – CUTE! 🙂
Thank you! I bought a set of 6 of these along with banana split dishes to match at a flea market years ago!
I’ve never heard of Kentucky Derby Pie, which makes me sad because now I know what I’ve been missing all these years. I’m pinning this one directly to my Recipes to Try board! (As well as Pies and Tarts, of course.)
Thank you Stacy!!
I’ve never had a derby pie! Shameful too because the derby is usually the same weekend as my birthday so you’d think I would have made it my bday dessert at some point.
It’s really great!
I’ve learned more about pi in this blog post than I ever did in high school math, Kelli! And I’ve never heard of Kentucky Derby pie – it looks so delicious I’m wondering where it’s been my whole life! It’s amazing how the batter bakes up crisp on top and the chocolate chips create that gorgeous, chocolatey layer right in the middle.
It is amazing! So delicious – I’m thinking of making it again! 🙂
I didn’t even know what a derby was!! But if there is a pie as good as this, I am in 😀
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
I knew you would like it because it has chocolate chips! 🙂
Oh man this looks awesome. (Love your plate, too!)
Thanks Lauren! I have matching banana split dishes to go with them! 🙂 Thank you for stopping by!