Friends and pie lovers, it’s that wonderful time of year when food bloggers from all over the world celebrate the beauty of old-time pie by swapping recipes! And this year my pie came from S.S over at A Book of Cookrye, Ozark Pie! The timing was exceptional because I has been looking for a new show to watch and Ozark Pie was just the push I needed to start binging the Netlix show Ozark.

It’s always nerve wracking to see what pie you get.  There’s always a fear that it might be something utterly horrible.

But as with the last recipe I got from SS, this one was an absolutel belter.  So without any further preamble

Now, you may be wondering what is an Ozark Pie? Well for a start it’s not really a pie.  It’s a very thick batter mixed with apples and nuts.  I used walnuts but the recipe doesn’t specify so you can use what you like, or what you have.

I was going to start bitching here about weird measurements by the cup are for things like apples and walnuts but…

This was 2 small apples:

Now let’s get back to that batter.  It was STIFF.  I could barely stir it, And trying to mix the apples and walnuts into it was hard work!!  But I eventually managed to get it somewhat mixed and into the pie dish.  The result was not pretty!

Up close it was even worse. It looked liked a plate of sick…

Hmm…yes, but how?    I put it in the oven and hoped that the magic alchemy is cooking would turn this toad into a prince.

But…about twenty minutes into the cook, something did start to happen. First there was a glorious smell of baked apples and sugar and….pie!!!!

And a few minutes later look what came out of the oven!

The batter was just the right level of sweet, the apples were juicy, the walnuts were toasty!!!!

We loved this pie! It was really delicious and very simple to make.

Shame not everyone felt the same way!

Ozark Pie – The Recipe

Well, for those of you who do not prefer French Toasts Sticks, here’s the recipe:

Thanks to SS for the fab recipe and Yinzerella for organising!  Why not head over to see what they, and all the other Pieathletes cooked up! Also make sure to swing by Vintage Recipe Cards to see how my pick of Rum and Butterscotch Pie turned out!

The Pieathletes

(at the time of posting this list is incomplete and some of the links don’t work.  I’ll refresh and add over the next day or so because it is now nearly the end of my day but many of the athletes will only be waking up about now)

Have a great week friends, and remember…eat pie!