Tuesdays With Dorie - Goin’ to the tropics!
Welcome, baking fans! Today’s lovely baking spectacular is brought to us by Dianne of Dianne’s Dishes. She chose the Florida Pie, which is a key lime type pie with coconut cream and meringue, guaranteed to make you feel as though you are somewhere far away, lying on a beautiful white sandy beach, snapping your fingers for another fruity concoction to be delivered to you…………………… oh, sorry, I was temporarily transported back to the days of b.c. - Before Children.
Now, 2 out of 4 members of this house recommend coconut to their family and friends - the other two, well, they don’t. So I cut the recipe into about a third and rummaged through my baking pans and found the cutest little tart pans. Conveniently, I had enough graham cracker crumbs to fill the little tarts with the perfect amount of crust.
Nest step: the filling.
I couldn’t find key limes so I substituted regular lime juice. I skipped the coconut filling in 2 of the tarts, and added it to the other two. Here’s one of the coconut tarts - do not adjust your screen - picture is a little blurry.
And one without any coconut:
And, all together now:
The conclusion? They were amazing both ways. David and my mom liked the plain lime, and my dad and I liked the coconut. Well, we’re both a little nuts anyways - yuck, yuck, yuck.
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on May 13, 2008 on 2:56 pm
I love your key lime tarts! Great job!
on May 13, 2008 on 4:22 pm
I love the shape of your tarts - beautiful!
on May 13, 2008 on 5:32 pm
love your little pie tarts! great idea in order to make the two variations.
on May 13, 2008 on 7:39 pm
Great idea to please the coconut lovers and the ones who don’t! Love the pie tarts!
on May 13, 2008 on 8:16 pm
Good Morning! Cute! FYI… Key Limes spotted at Sunflower Market!
on May 13, 2008 on 8:50 pm
Those tart pans are so cute. You are too kind to make it both ways.
on May 13, 2008 on 8:59 pm
haha. bc=before children. so funny. Your pie-tarts are so cute. Great job!
Clara @ I♥food4thought
on May 13, 2008 on 10:50 pm
Oooo I love your little tart shapes. So sweet!
on May 14, 2008 on 6:09 am
Very cute little pans! Great job!
on May 14, 2008 on 3:05 pm
Adorable tart pans! Really adorable! So glad everyone enjoyed their version of them!
on May 14, 2008 on 3:28 pm
your tarts are really cute…love the shape!
on May 14, 2008 on 9:37 pm
Your tarts look great!
on May 15, 2008 on 7:11 am
I love the triangle tarts!
on May 16, 2008 on 4:25 pm
These look fab! And isn’t it great we can check out each other’s efforts? Hx