• Dessert,  Entertaining,  No Bake,  Pie,  Seafood

    Key Largo: Onion Crusted Yellowtail & Key Lime Pie

    This is a contributed post as a special feature to Lemon-Sugar.com.  It includes a contributed recipe from Chef Bobby Stoky, but also a Lemon Sugar original: Key Lime Pie!   Enjoy!  The Florida Keys is home to five districts, each with their own personality and attractions that make visitors feel like they are a world away. Growing up around fish, Chef Bobby Stoky quickly learned how to do it all, from catching to cleaning and even cooking them. In the summers he would dive for lobster and in…

  • Christmas,  Dessert,  Holiday,  Pie

    Sugar Cream Pie

    Sugar.  Cream.  Pie. Okay you guys, help me with this.  Who was like, “I’m gonna mix up some sugar and some cream and bake it all up in a pie?”  Who thinks that way? (Ok, maybe I do.  A little bit.) Seriously, this is just what it sounds like.  Sugar and cream in a pie crust.  And it’s fantastic.  Oh, just a custard pie, right?  I know what you’re thinking.  But it’s not. There are no eggs in this pie!  It is literally baked cream.…

  • chocolate,  Dessert,  Header,  Pie

    Chocolate Cream Pie

    Dear Chocolate Cream Pie, I love you. xoxo, Everybody Right?  Who doesn’t love a good chocolate cream pie?  Crumbly, buttery, chocolaty crust.  Creamy, silky chocolate pudding, topped with lightly sweetened, homemade whipped cream.  And chocolate shavings. It’s the best thing, ever.  And really, its very easy – a bit time consuming, but very easy.  You guys, if I can make this stuff, seriously anyone can.  Do it!

  • Dessert,  Other Desserts,  Pastry,  Pie

    Apple Frangipane Tart

    I’m so fancy. Ok, not really.  Not at all, actually.  But if I was, this is tart that would prove it. Guys, this tart is amazing.  Apples, almond filling, shortbread crust.  So, so good.  The apples are juicy and sweet, the frangipane apple custard is firm and creamy, and the crust is thick and soft.  I’m not sure how it gets any better. Frangipane is a baked almond cream.  It’s much like a custard – maybe a bit more firm, but it has that lovely…

  • Bars,  Cinnamon,  Dessert,  Garden,  Nuts,  Pastry,  Pie

    Peach Streusel Slab Pie

    Last week was just one of those weeks.  We were coming off the first week of school, which is always a bit earth-shattering as we settle back into our normal routines, but we also started our weekend with a funeral.  My husband’s grandfather passed away, which was sad and complicated and full of all the feels you would expect, and my niece was already five days old and I’d barely even held her yet because I’d been so busy.  And then, I threw my back…

  • Cinnamon,  Dessert,  Entertaining,  Ice Cream,  Nuts,  Other Desserts,  Party Food,  Pie,  Summer Favorites

    Mini Apple Crumb Sundaes

    I’m not sure that ANYTHING screams summertime dessert more than apple pie.  But even more, apple pie with ice cream?  Not much better than that.  And while I love a good pie, they can really be a major undertaking – from the crust to the filling to crossing your fingers that they set up like they’re supposed to – that’s a lot of dessert-stress that sometimes I just don’t want to deal with. I hosted my extended family gathering for the 4th of July this…

  • Bars,  Dessert,  Pie

    Salted Caramel Apple Slab Pie

      You guys, I’m coming up on my four-year blogging anniversary.  It was four years ago that I was planning my daughter’s fifth birthday party and had only just discovered food blogs myself.  Pinterest wasn’t really even a thing then.  Neither was Instagram.  In fact, it wasn’t until I was a year in to this whole blogging thing that I even had a Facebook page for Lemon Sugar, and now we’re going strong with over 28,000 friends. Love. It. To commemorate the big day, I’ve…

  • Dessert,  Pie,  Quick

    Super Simple Key Lime Pie

    You know when it’s the end of October and November is just around the corner and you’re all like, “I don’t want winter to be here,” so you think of the summery-est dessert you can and make it? Yup.  Just happened.  The end of October just screams Key Lime Pie, doesn’t it?  No? You guys, how in the world is summer overrrrrrrrr?  That had to have been the shortest summer on record.  My summer went like this:  5 year old birthday party, June at the…

  • Dessert,  Pastry,  Pie

    Peach Pie with Buttermilk Crust

    I’ve eaten approximately 167 peaches this week.  That’s because when I go shopping for produce, and I see big, fleshy, perfectly ripe, juicy peaches, I feel the need to buy three of four bags of them.  I can’t say no.  I’ve really tried.  But then, as I’m walking away, this little voice inside my head reminds me that peaches are not a year-round thing.  If I don’t eat them now, if I don’t stuff myself full of them, then it’s going to be a long,…

  • Dessert,  Pastry,  Pie

    Caramel Pecan Apple Pie

    So, you really can’t go wrong with apple pie.  Am I right?  Even bad apple pie is usually pretty tasty.  Or maybe I’ve never had bad apple pie?  Aaannnd, now that I say that, I’m envisioning really bad apple pie, so I guess I could theoretically imagine an apple pie so bad that it might not be worth the calories. But this one?  For Pete’s sake, it’s covered in a crumb topping.  And then.  THEN.  That crumb topping?  It’s topped with toasted pecans and caramel…

  • Banana,  Dessert,  Pie

    Vanilla Coconut Banana Cream Pie

    I’m pretty sure that you aren’t supposed to make cream pies when it’s 100 degrees outside…I’m pretty sure that could probably get you in big trouble in some parts of the world. But when you catch a summer cold, are stuck inside in the air conditioning with a sore throat and a fever and really need to update your blog, that’s exactly what you do.  You make a cream pie. You also dip extra bananas into the filling and eat them like a fruity-creamy fun…

  • Dessert,  Pastry,  Pie

    Rustic Apple Tart

    I hope this post makes sense.  I’m hopped up on decongestant and coffee at the moment, so my brain is working much, much faster than my fingers. I’ve had a cold for the past few days, so I haven’t felt like doing much of anything.  I really don’t get sick very often, but when I do, I’m the biggest baby that ever lived.  When I get colds like this, I don’t want to eat anything; which I realize is not conducive to healing, so I…