Bake on a baking sheet on the center rack until the dough is set, about 20 minutes. Put a piece of parchment paper or foil over the pie shell and fill with dried beans or pie weights. Freeze the pie shell for 30 minutes.Īrrange a rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 400 degrees F. Tuck the overhanging dough underneath itself to form a thick edge that is even with the rim. Transfer the dough to a 9-inch pie pan and trim the edges, leaving about an extra inch hanging over the edge. Roll the dough on a lightly-floured surface into a 12-inch circle about 1/8-inch thick. Transfer the dough to a work surface. Form the dough into a disk, wrap with plastic wrap and refrigerate until thoroughly chilled, at least 1 hour. Add the butter and pulse until it resembles yellow cornmeal mixed with bean-size bits of butter, about 10 times. Add the egg and pulse 4 to 5 times until the dough forms a ball. (If the dough is very dry add up to a tablespoon more of cold water.) Now, let's celebrate The Kitchen is My Playground's first blogiversary with cupcakes! Barefoot Contessa's Coconut Cupcakes, to be exact.For the pie crust: Pulse the flour, sugar, and salt in a food processor fitted with the metal blade until combined. I'm excited to see what adventures The Kitchen is My Playground's second year holds! I truly read and appreciate each and every one, and treasure them like gifts. And thank you for all your wonderful comments. Thank you so very much for reading my little space in blogland. I've had tons of fun 'meeting' readers and other bloggers. trying to figure out this adventure called blogging. and, sometimes, a bit of frustration (especially with the photography part!!) . Now, though I haven't done very well working through my "50 Recipes for 2011" project list, I've had tons of fun taking on many other cooking adventures throughout The Kitchen is My Playground's first year.
"50 Recipes for 2011" Project - I better get cooking! I'll be up soon." At about 3:00 in the morning of February 6th, The Kitchen is My Playground was born. I replied, "I'm going to play around with this blog stuff just a little bit more. thought, I wonder what this button does? Thought, what would I call my blog?Īround 10:00, my husband Mark said goodnight. thought, hmmmm, I might be able to figure this out.
#Barefoot contessa coconut cream pie tv#
On the evening of February 5th, 2011, while watching TV with my husband, I decided to just poke around Blogger for a bit and explore these things called blogs. I mentioned the idea to a few friends, and they whole-heartedly encouraged me to start a blog. decided perhaps a blog would be a better way. I tried sharing the first couple of recipes (that very same week - yes, quick turn-around, but remember school was canceled for a week and I was bound to my house), and, well. They then, in turn, requested updates and that the recipes be shared as I worked through them. To get myself started, I made a list of recipes to get to during 2011 (my "" list) and shared it out with my Facebook friends. Inspired by Julie, I decided I should cook my way through my own family's cookbook (though not as ambitiously as Julie, who only gave herself a year!).
#Barefoot contessa coconut cream pie movie#
Trapped in my house by a freakishly big storm for North Carolina (that led to school being cancelled for a week, mind you), I watched the movie "Julie & Julia" - you know, the one about a woman named Julie who decides to cook her way through Julia Child's cookbook and start a blog about it? Well, I had just published a family cookbook and given it as a Christmas present to all the ladies in my family. During one such snowstorm late last January, this was the case for me.
Time to do what you weren't planning to do. Plans and normal routines get put on hold. Enough to completely bury my car so it wasn't even a slight bump in the vast sea of white. I had every intention of moving back to Vermont after finishing graduate school in upstate New York. For example, that's how I ended up moving to North Carolina. Wow, what a year it's been! I thought it would be fitting, on this day, to share with you the story of how The Kitchen is My Playground came to be.Īs have several big changes in my life. Today is The Kitchen is My Playground's 1st blogiversary.
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