Cutie Pies for Kids

by Jennifer Adams

Overview

ACCORDING TO NATION'S RESTAURANT NEWS, pie is the top food trend of 2011 and "mini" is the top buzzword. So what better than a book about mini pies for the "mini" food-lovers in your life? Author Jennifer Adams ushers in the hottest new trend in the food world with Cutie Pies for Kids, a collection of mini-size dessert favorites. With 26 recipes, from creamy pies to fruit pies to extravagant pies like Chewy Gooey and Baked Alaska, Cutie Pies for Kids has every kind of pie you'd want, but in adorable miniature form.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781423620501
Publisher:	Smith, Gibbs Publisher
Publication date:	08/01/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB
Age Range:	6 - 12 Years

About the Author

Jennifer Adams is the author of more than two dozen books, including the board books in the bestselling BabyLit series, which introduce small children to the world of classic literature..

Zac Williams is a partner at Williams Visual, a creative communications company. He has been the principal photographer of more than 200 books. He enjoys exploring food and culture through writing and photography. He is also the author of Little Monsters Cookbook and Little Aliens Cookbook. Zac lives with his wife and three children in Pleasant View, Utah.

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Mini Mini Chocolate Chip

1 recipe homemade or readymade piecrust (page 8)

1 large package chocolate instant pudding mix

3 cups milk (2 percent)

Whipped cream

Mini chocolate chips

Fit 8 mini pie pans or other mini ovenproof molds with piecrust and bake according to directions. Set aside to cool.

In a bowl, mix together pudding mix and milk. Whisk for 3 to 5 minutes while pudding thickens.

Pour chocolate pudding into prepared crusts in mini pie pans. Place in the fridge to set for at least 1 hour.
To serve, top each pie with whipped cream and garnish with mini chocolate chips.

Makes 8 mini pies

Table of Contents

HEY CUTIE! • 6

Creamy Pies

Monkeys Go Bananas! • 12

Circus Peanut Butter Cup • 15

Mini Mini Chocolate Chip • 16

Beach-Style Lemonade • 19

Asian Dragon Gingersnap • 20

Pirate’s Limey • 23

Fruity Pies

Very Blueberry • 24

Strawberry Kisses • 27

Cran-Cherry • 28

Fruity Tartlets • 31

Country Caramel Apple Crumble • 32

Peachy Keen • 35

Four-and-Twenty Blackbirds • 36

Frozen Pies

Construction Cookie Dough • 39

Candy Cane Lane • 40

Somethin’ Fishy • 43

Garden Grasshopper • 44

Too Too Berry • 47

Extreme Pies

Gooey Swamp • 48

Jack-o-Lantern • 50

Little Critters Pecan • 53

S’more, Please • 54

Safari Toffee Brownie • 57

Chocolate Satin and Ribbons • 58

Alien Invasion Pistachio • 61

Whoopie Pies • 62