TWD: Thanksgiving Twofer Pie

Rob Base was right! It does take two to make it outta site. This week's Tuesdays with Dorie selection is Thanksgiving Twofer Pie as chosen by the lovely Vibi. You have to check out her blog! She lives in France and you can read her blog either in French or English. How smart is that?!

Well, that's only the second most smart thing I know about Vibi. The first is that she chose this pie. This is now my most favorite pie ever. EVER. But, I am getting ahead of myself.

First the dough. Man, was it a pain in the arse. It took the two of us to make it right (catch the theme??) and get it into the dish correctly. But, once it was in the dish, it baked up gorgeously!

The pumpkin filling was a complete breeze, I actually thought I had done something wrong it was so easy!

Then I layered on the pecans, poured on the gooey topping and popped it into the oven. After the stated baking time, my knife wasn't coming out clean so I kept it in and checked every few minutes or so until it was done. I think I added about 15 minutes to the cooking time and never had to foil the crust or tent the top. This pie was a piece of cake!

When it came out of the oven, it looked and smelled amazing! I wanted to dive right in but myself wait until it had cooled to room temperature. The top of the pie looked like a caramelized candy coated dream.

The hubs ate his with a scoop of vanilla ice cream while I enjoyed mine with a (giant) dollop of home whipped cream.

Overall, the hubs and I could not believe how delicious this pie was. At one point, I looked at him and he was staring at the pie, shaking his head. I gave him a quizzical look and he just said "How? How can the flavors go together so perfectly?"

That's when I started dancing and singing :

It Takes Two - the Twofer Remix

(With apologies to Rob Base, lyrics by me!)

It takes two to make a thing go right

It takes two to make it outta sight

It takes two to make a thing go right

Pumpkin and nuts make it outta sight!

Bake it! I want some pie right now.

I'm Rachel B and I came to get down.

I'm not internationally known.

But I'm known to whip cream into foam

Cause I get tasty, I mean outrageous,

stay away from me, the calories are dangerous.
Cause I love dinner, you know I'm a winner

If you do the dishes, I'll give you a ten'er.

My hubby loves me, coworkers adore me

They eat right and they never bore me.

I make pie all day long

The reason why, man, I don't know

So let's go, cause

It takes two to make a thing go right

Pumpkin and nuts make it outta sight

It takes two to make a thing go right
Pumpkin and nuts make it outta sight

Cut it!

Check out the other bakers (but give them until Thursday) and show some thankful love!