Sweet dough pies cajun

In Cajun Country, sweet dough pies are part of the culture and worthy of a festival in their honor.

Satisfy your sweet tooth with one of these adorable hand pies, from fruity and fun to decadent and creamy. Get the easy dessert recipes here.

This dough is traditionally used for turnovers but it can be used as pie crust. It is sweet and delicious and bakes up beautifully!

So the other day Mae, my 13-year-old daughter came home upset about girls being mean to her at school. I comforted her and explained that "Mean Girl" behavior is just a part of life and that I still had to deal with it as a grown-up. But why do I?

After pressing out the dough for her Tarte au la Bouillie (a traditional Cajun custard pie), Alzina Toups saves the scraps and makes them into cookies. "Old timers called them Pillowcase Cookies," she says. "When the oystermen went out, they'd nail a sack of them to the back of the boat. When they wanted a

This is a perfect dough for tarts. This dough doesn't have to be refrigerated for handling and can be prepared right away. I prefer filling them with figs, blackberries, or sweet potatoes ( can fill them with whatever you like). This recipe can be cut in half - See half recipe below.

It took a few tries, but I’ve finally settled on a recipe for Momma’s Syrup Pie (or Tarte au Sirop). My goal was to recreate a pie that is, on the surface, very simple: a sweet pie doug…

Sweet Pie Dough | With just a hint of sweetness the sugar only enhances the dough flavor without taking away from the pie filling.