The key to making tasty pie fries is using a good tasting crust. They have such a high crust to filling ration that a bland crust will make the whole thing taste just ok. I highly recommend making the crust from scratch it will make a big difference. I have linked to my favorite vegan crust recipe, but if using your own recipe instead add a couple of tablespoons of extra sugar to the dough to make it a bit more flavorful. Also, although my favorite parve pie crust has egg yolks in it, this is not the recipe to use a pie crust with egg. The egg will cause the dough to spread a bit while baking and the shape of the fries will not be as dramatic.
Pumpkin Pie Fries
Servings
Ingredients
- 1 recipe of pie crust for a double crust pie
- 2/3 cup pumpkin butter homemade or storebought
- 1 egg*
- pumpkin pie spice and coarse sugar for sprinkling on the fries
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350. Divide the dough in half. Roll out each half into a 10 inch circle on a lightly floured piece of parchment paper. The crust should be ¼ inch thick, if the circles are slightly smaller than 10 inches that is fine as long as the thickness is right. Spread the pumpkin butter evenly over one pie crust, leaving a ¼ inch border around the edges. Top with the second crust.
- Using a pastry cutter (or sharp knife) cut the dough into ¾ inch strips. Cut the strips in half to make fry shapes. Transfer the fries to a parchment lined cookie sheet. Combine the egg and one tablespoon of water and beat with a fork to mix. Brush the fries with the egg wash and sprinkle with the pumpkin pie spice. Generously sprinkle the fries with coarse sugar.
- Bake for 16-18 minutes, or until the fries are golden brown. Let cool before serving.
- Dip in this flavorful Cinnamon Pastry Cream if you like.
- *to make these vegan omit the egg wash and simply brush the fries with water to help the sugar and spices stick.
Be careful with that store bought pie crust. Many of them have lard in them.
I had some leftover pie crust in the freezer and used that for this recipe. It came out terrific! Probably only made half the recipe but it was worth it!
You don’t want to use margarine in this recipe because the crust will spread too much and the end result will not look like fries. I would stick with the shortening.
In the recipe for the pie crust it says 3/4 cup tablespoon(6 ounces) that means I could use 6oz margarine.
I loved the pumpkin pie fries