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- Cinnamon Brioche Cruffins
  
  Posted at 12:05 pm by NativeNM, on December 30, 2021
  The first time I ever tasted a Cinnamon Brioche Cruffin was during our Wyoming vacation in September. Persephone’s Bakery in Jackson Hole serves up some of the best pastries you will find anywhere. On our Wyoming holiday we started each day at Persephone’s Westbank to have breakfast with Joe having a savory breakfast with eggs and I with a pastry and coffee. My favorite thing was the Cinnamon Brioche and I vowed that one day I would recreate it. I had no idea how much work goes into making this irresistible flaky dough but it was so worth it. The outside layer is crisp with buttery layers rolled up together with cinnamon sugar. It’s one of the most delicious pastries I’ve ever tasted and one of my biggest accomplishments if I do say so myself!
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  Posted in Bread, Breakfast, Cakes, Cupcakes and Muffins, Dessert, Recipes | 3 Comments | Tagged Brioche Dough, Cinamon Roll, Cinnamon Brioche Cruffins, Cinnamon Cruffins, Cinnamon Sugar, Copycat Persephone's Cinnamon Brioche, Croissant, Morning Roll, Muffin, Pastry
- Honey Pinon Pie with Red Chile
  
  Posted at 10:08 am by NativeNM, on December 17, 2021
  A couple years ago Joe and I drove through Pie Town, NM; you might remember me mentioning it from our travels to the Gila Cliff Dwellings and the Catwalk Recreational Trail. It’s an enchanting little town who’s claim to fame is three pie restaurants with a long history of selling pies since the 1920’s. They are Pi-O-Neer, Pie Town Cafe, and The Gathering Place. On our visit we stopped at the Pie Town Cafe and had a slice of Apple Cranberry Pie and a slice of Pecan Pinon Pie. Talk about WOW, that slice of Pecan Pinon Pie was something I had never tasted before, the filling was similar to the texture of a pecan pie but the taste indicated there was honey or possibly maple syrup along with or in place of corn syrup. That pie has never left my memory and today I finally made the Pinon pie of my dreams. I set out to test the different versions that might taste similar to Pie Town’s pie. I mixed a teaspoon of corn syrup with honey and another teaspoon with maple syrup. I set it in front of Joe and had him taste to find out his thoughts on what tasted best to him and I did the same. We both agreed that the honey combined with corn syrup was the one. From there I decided to give it a little kick by adding some red chile flakes to the filling. After all I’ve already made an Apple Green Chile Pie with Pine Nut Streusel and that turned out amazing. I am happy to say my Honey Pinon Pie tasted way better than I ever imagined. You never know what will inspire you when you travel off the beaten path. Pie Town is one of those places!
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  Posted in Pies and Cobblers, Recipes, Red or Green | 4 Comments | Tagged Honey Pinon Pie, Honey Pinon Pie with Red Chile, New Mexico Honey Pinon Pie, New Mexico Pinon Pie, New Mexico Pinon Pie with Honey and Red Chile, Pine Nuts, Pinon Nuts, Pinon Pie
- Apple Cranberry Pie
  
  Posted at 10:05 am by NativeNM, on December 3, 2021
  For many years Apple Cranberry Pie has been one of our favorite holiday pies. Regardless of whether it’s Thanksgiving or Christmas, this pie nearly always ends up on the menu. It’s a recipe that I’ve been using since I picked up the 1988 edition of Southern Living’s Annual Cookbook. The original recipe included apples, cranberries and blackberries, however over the years after trying different berry combinations, my family preferred the apple and cranberry filling best. In October during apple season I tend to pick up a variety of apples to make pie filling to put up in the freezer. I also keep frozen cranberries on hand to use just in case I can’t find fresh. I’ve found that pie filling maintains best when vacuum sealed and will keep in the freezer for up to 2 month’s which makes pie making so much easier. This year I made enough filling for 2 pies. Whenever I bite into a slice of pie it becomes my favorite at that moment. I’m a pie fanatic and although no one would ever say my pies are pretty, I’ve never had a complaint about how they taste.
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  Posted in Pies and Cobblers, Recipes | 6 Comments | Tagged Apple Cranberry Pie, Apple Pie, Cook's Illustrated Foolproof Pie Dough, Cranberry Pie, Frozen Pie Filling
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Monthly Archives: December 2021

Cinnamon Brioche Cruffins

Posted at 12:05 pm by NativeNM, on December 30, 2021

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Honey Pinon Pie with Red Chile

Posted at 10:08 am by NativeNM, on December 17, 2021

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Apple Cranberry Pie

Posted at 10:05 am by NativeNM, on December 3, 2021

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