Candy roaster pie

Last fall, I posted about the heirloom Candy Roaster Squash, which is native to the Southern Appalachian Mountains, here and a Candy Ro...

This better-than-pumpkin-pie-recipe is made using Candy Roasters- one of my favorite kinds of winter squash. You could use other kinds of winter squash (like butternut, acorn, etc) , but we've had the best results using

I have been promising the candy roaster (alternative to pumpkin) pie recipe for months on my facebook page, and I was finally able to catch my mom in the pie-making process:-) Here is the recipe along…

I first learned about North Georgia candy roaster squash at our farmers market last November. A local farm, Harlem Valley Homestead, grows them and had them for sale. They suggested I try making a 'pumpkin' pie with it.

On the NC Candy Roaster,There's a Squash that's Pink and Bright Where the pumpkins all are tasty and the pies are nice and light. Would you like to hear the story about not only the very first pumpkin pie I ever made, but also about the most delicious pumpkin pie I have ever tasted? It starts with me not liking pumpkin pie. They are boring, the texture is weird, and any pie that I have to cover in chemical filled cool crap whip is - in my opinion - not worth eating. But I hear about all…

You can use this recipe for other winter squashes besides the candy roaster - adjust sweetness to your liking. This recipe is designed for homemade squash puree, but if canned pumpkin is all you’ve got, you may need to increase the amount of milk.

I have been promising the candy roaster (alternative to pumpkin) pie recipe for months on my facebook page, and I was finally able to catch my mom in the pie-making process:-) Here is the recipe along…

This past Thursday we had friends over to help us make some pear wine (which looks like this is going to take a couple of weeks of work before the juice gets to the point of becoming wine and can be bottled and than aged for about a year). Because of the visit and because we have a lot of this rare heirloom squash called Candy Roaster we decided to make a pie. And boy was it easy to do. I have never made a squash pie from scratch. I had heard horror stories about way too wet filling and…

This was originally a Southern Living recipe for Banana Bread. I had made several Candy Roaster Squash pies, had some leftover puree, froze some for later, and decided to use the balance for bread. Originally, I had in mind using the flavors of orange and fresh ginger. After looking at a number of Squash Bread and Pumpkin Bread recipes, nothing was really ringing my chimes. Then I remembered the banana bread recipe my husband loves so much, which is flavored with cream cheese and toasted…