{"id":4641,"date":"2024-03-06T11:40:41","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T15:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/experience.syracuse.edu\/the-peel\/?p=4641"},"modified":"2024-03-06T14:16:51","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T18:16:51","slug":"3-pie-recipes-to-try-for-pi-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/experience.syracuse.edu\/the-peel\/2024\/03\/06\/3-pie-recipes-to-try-for-pi-day\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Pie Recipes to Try for Pi Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>March 14 is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.piday.org\/\">National Pi Day<\/a>! Not everyone loves math, but everyone loves a sweet treat, so celebrate Pi Day the fun way by trying out some of these easy, mouth-watering pie recipes.<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.allrecipes.com\/recipe\/9174\/peanut-butter-pie\/\">Peanut Butter Pie<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/experience.syracuse.edu\/the-peel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-01-31-at-10.55.51-AM-500x461.png\" alt=\"Peanut butter pie\" width=\"500\" height=\"461\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4642 alignnone\" srcset=\"https:\/\/experience.syracuse.edu\/the-peel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-01-31-at-10.55.51-AM-500x461.png 500w, https:\/\/experience.syracuse.edu\/the-peel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-01-31-at-10.55.51-AM-768x707.png 768w, https:\/\/experience.syracuse.edu\/the-peel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-01-31-at-10.55.51-AM.png 1014w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Ingredients<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd cup creamy peanut butter<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd cup confectioners&#8217; sugar<\/li>\n<li>1 (16-ounce) container frozen whipped topping, thawed, divided<\/li>\n<li>1 (9-inch) prepared graham cracker crust<\/li>\n<li>15 miniature chocolate-covered peanut butter cups (such as Reese&#8217;s), unwrapped<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Instructions<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Mix cream cheese, peanut butter and confectioners&#8217; sugar together until smooth. Fold in 1\/2 of the whipped topping, then spoon the mixture into graham cracker crust.<\/li>\n<li>Spread remaining whipped topping over the peanut butter mixture and garnish with peanut butter cups. Chill for at least 2 hours or overnight before serving.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.allrecipes.com\/recipe\/15880\/key-lime-pie-vii\/\">Key Lime Pie<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/experience.syracuse.edu\/the-peel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-01-31-at-11.01.22-AM-500x491.png\" alt=\"Key lime pie\" width=\"500\" height=\"491\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/experience.syracuse.edu\/the-peel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-01-31-at-11.01.22-AM-500x491.png 500w, https:\/\/experience.syracuse.edu\/the-peel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-01-31-at-11.01.22-AM-768x754.png 768w, https:\/\/experience.syracuse.edu\/the-peel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-01-31-at-11.01.22-AM.png 956w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Ingredients<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>3 cups sweetened condensed milk<\/li>\n<li>\u00be cup key lime juice<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd cup sour cream<\/li>\n<li>1 tablespoon grated lime zest<\/li>\n<li>1 (9-inch) prepared graham cracker crust<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Instructions<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).<\/li>\n<li>Combine condensed milk, key lime juice, sour cream and lime zest in a bowl; mix well. Pour into graham cracker crust; place pie on a baking sheet.<\/li>\n<li>Bake in the preheated oven for 5-8 minutes, until tiny pinhole bubbles burst on the surface of the pie. The filling will be wobbly but not browned.<\/li>\n<li>Transfer pie to a wire rack to cool, then thoroughly chill pie in the refrigerator before serving, about 1 hour. Garnish with lime slices and whipped cream, if desired.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.allrecipes.com\/recipe\/232160\/sweet-blueberry-cream-cheese-pie\/\">Blueberry Cream Cheese Pie<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/experience.syracuse.edu\/the-peel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-01-31-at-11.05.49-AM-500x415.png\" alt=\"Blueberry cream cheese pie\" width=\"500\" height=\"415\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4644\" srcset=\"https:\/\/experience.syracuse.edu\/the-peel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-01-31-at-11.05.49-AM-500x415.png 500w, https:\/\/experience.syracuse.edu\/the-peel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-01-31-at-11.05.49-AM-768x638.png 768w, https:\/\/experience.syracuse.edu\/the-peel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-01-31-at-11.05.49-AM.png 840w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Ingredients<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>1 cup all-purpose flour<\/li>\n<li>\u00be cup chopped pecans<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd cup butter, melted<\/li>\n<li>4 cups blueberries<\/li>\n<li>1 cup white sugar<\/li>\n<li>2 tablespoons cornstarch<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon lemon juice<\/li>\n<li>1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened<\/li>\n<li>1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk<\/li>\n<li>\u2153 cup lemon juice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Instructions<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).<\/li>\n<li>Mix flour, pecans and butter in a bowl. Press dough into a 9&#215;13-inch baking dish to form a crust.<\/li>\n<li>Bake in preheated oven until golden brown, about 30 minutes. Allow crust to cool completely.<\/li>\n<li>Meanwhile, heat blueberries, sugar, cornstarch and 1 teaspoon lemon juice in a saucepan over medium heat until berries burst and juice thickens, about 10 minutes. Allow blueberry sauce to cool completely.<\/li>\n<li>Beat cream cheese until fluffy. Add sweetened condensed milk and blend well. Stir in 1\/3 cup lemon juice. Pour cream cheese filling into cooled crust and spread blueberry sauce over cream cheese. Chill in refrigerator for at least 2 hours before serving.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>We hope you try out at least one of these deliciously simple pie recipes. See? Math can be pretty sweet!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Written By Madison Manczko \u201924, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 14 is National Pi Day! Not everyone loves math, but everyone loves a sweet treat, so celebrate Pi Day the fun way by trying out some of these easy, mouth-watering pie recipes. Peanut Butter Pie Ingredients 1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened \u00bd cup creamy peanut butter \u00bd cup confectioners&#8217; sugar 1 (16-ounce) container&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":324,"featured_media":4659,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[300,405,406],"class_list":["post-4641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beyond-the-hill","tag-food","tag-recipe","tag-recipes"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/experience.syracuse.edu\/the-peel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/experience.syracuse.edu\/the-peel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/experience.syracuse.edu\/the-peel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/experience.syracuse.edu\/the-peel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/324"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/experience.syracuse.edu\/the-peel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4641"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/experience.syracuse.edu\/the-peel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4645,"href":"https:\/\/experience.syracuse.edu\/the-peel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4641\/revisions\/4645"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/experience.syracuse.edu\/the-peel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/experience.syracuse.edu\/the-peel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/experience.syracuse.edu\/the-peel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/experience.syracuse.edu\/the-peel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}