Some blogging friends and I got to chatting about pie recipes one day on Twitter. Remember the movie “Waitress?”… all the pies with the funny names that the main character would bake up as she daydreamed of a life without her deadbeat husband?
If you haven’t ever seen this movie, you simply must rent it- it’s pretty hilarious. All of the pies in the movie look delicious, so some food blog buddies and I decided to get together and bake up a few pies from this movie We’re calling our event: The Great Big Pie Bake Off!
My pie recipe is called: I Can’t Have No Affair Because It’s Wrong & I Don’t Want Earl to Kill Me Pie
The instructions I found for this pie were a little sketchy, so I made the pie twice and adapted the recipe to make it work.
I wasn’t at all certain that this pie would be a hit. A graham cracker crust is filled with custard and baked until firm. Toasted meringue tops it off.
The way that it’s made, part of the thick layer of graham crust migrates a bit into the custard layer. I was a little worried about that, but it ended up turning out just fine.
My husband’s reaction after his first bite: “Wow! This is really, really good.” Not a super descriptive guy, I know… but it was rather good. It’s your basic custard pie that takes on a grahamy flavor of sorts with meringue on top. My kiddo liked it too.
This recipe can be found HERE.
Visit these blogs to see other pies baked up from the movie:
Donal: The Good Mood Food Blog - Marshmallow Mermaid Pie
Sandie: Inn Cuisine - I Don’t Want Earl’s Baby Pie
Tiffany: The Nesting Project - Falling In Love Pie
Patsy: Family, Friends & Food- Baby Screamin’ Its Head Off In The Middle Of The Night & Ruinin’ My Life Pie
I can’t seem to stop singing the “pie” song from the movie:
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I love graham crust! We should have had you cook this weekend
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I love that movie and your pie looks great!
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I adored that movie and have often thought it would be fun to make her pies. So glad you did! Your pie looks fantastic!
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Your pie turned out so pretty!
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Love the pie names! Funny!
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I think the pie looks beautiful and would love to take a big bite from it.
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I forgot how fun this movie is. I’m inspired to create my own pies!
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That is such a funny movie – how great that you all baked pies from it! The custard looks delicious.
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True dedication I tell you, true dedication. I’m so glad your pie turned out and your family thought it tasted delicious. Your meringue looks beautiful! I’ve been searching high and low for this DVD ever since we signed on to bake these pies, with no luck. Looks like I’m going to have to order it from Amazon because this is one movie I need in my permanent collection. Seeing it once just wasn’t enough. Thanks for playing along!
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Oh, I ? Waitress!!!
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That is supposed to be a heart…I guess it didn’t work.
I HEART Waitress!
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Love the name for your pie! And it looks heavenly.
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That is a fun movie. Love your pie! Looks like a winner to me! Again, it was so nice meeting you in person. Thanks for being my walking buddy:)
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That tweet was so intriguing I had to click on over!!!
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WE’re having a soup and pie contest at church in a few weeks – maybe I’ll win with this recipe!!
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Oh I loved that movie so much. Such a good idea! Too bad I missed the bake off!
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Love that movie! I always consider making cream pies and never get around to it. Glad we got to meet this weekend!
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Terrific movie and fun concept…oh and great looking pie too!
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Such a sweet movie, and that pie looks fantastic!! I love the idea of a graham cracker crust with a custard pie.
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I’ve never heard of that movie before. That pie turned out looking really good. I’d love to taste it
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Oh I loved that movie so so so much! It made me so sad to read about what happened to the writer/director/costar Adrienne Shelley.
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Oh, how fun. I haven’t seen the movie, but it sounds pretty amusing. Great job with your pie!
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Waitress was a pretty good movie. Funny! The pie custard sounds interesting and really creamy. Love the experimentation with this one.
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I haven’t seen it, but I’ve heard it’s a real treat for Pie lovers
And a great one you have here too- love custard in every form! 
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HA! Love this
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That is hilarious! What a fun idea and even better that it turned out!
and Thanks for your encouraging words, I’m needing it
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Hi there, I have just fallen in love w/ your site
I love this idea of the pies. That movie was cute! I love pie too, lol. I just linked you on my blog too 
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Your pie looks absolutely AMAZING! I am definately bookmarking your recipe so I can make this sometime soon.. Although I’m sure it will not look as appetizing as yours!
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I need to see this movie!
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