The Pie Recipes

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• ½ cup stone-ground cornmeal
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
• ½ pound (2 sticks) cold unsalted butter, cut into ½ inch pieces
• 1 cup ice cold water combined with 1 tablespoon cider vinegar (you will not use all of this liquid) and ½ cup ice
• 1 egg, room temperature
• ¼ cup brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, melted
• 3 tablespoons maple syrup
• large pinch of salt
• ½ teaspoon vanilla
• 1 tablespoon cognac or bourbon (whatever you will use in the filling)
• 1 cup walnut halves (if you don’t have walnuts, use pecans or cashews or a combination)
• 2 cups total, canned pumpkin or squash or a combination of both
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 2 tablespoons maple syrup
• 1½ teaspoons cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
• ½ teaspoon ground ginger or 1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger
• ⅛ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 tablespoons semolina flour OR 1½ tablespoons cornstarch
• 1 cup buttermilk OR ½ cup milk plus ½ cup sour cream
• 1 tablespoon cognac or bourbon
• 3 large eggs, beaten