Pocketbooks and Pie Crusts

So. Just like that, I added five hours to my tutoring schedule per week, and my writing time, er . . . just got cut down. Adding a high school composition class for ten weeks to homeschoolers, which starts next week, will not help.

But hey - a persons got to do what a persons got to do for their pocketbook, and I am no different from lots of other writers who hold down day jobs and write on the side. Few writers are able to devote all their job to writing. It's a dream we all harbor deep in our hearts, but the reality is much dirtier.

In the meantime, I have started bullet journaling to better organize my world, AND I at least have built a repertoire of quicker, easier recipes to throw supper on the table. (Having a son with a girlfriend who LIKES to cook helps as well.)After all, even on the days I am home writing, the last thing I want to do is cook long, time-consuming meals. Neither do I wish to spend that hard earned money on take-out or fast food.

On my last last blog I shared my Chocolate Buttermilk Pie recipe, which is great comfort food even if its not good for your waistline. I mentioned I froze my pie crusts ahead of time so that I always had them handy. Doing so is a great time-saver.

So this week, after several requests, I am sharing my frozen pie crust dough recipe. And, let me say up front, I have no idea where I got this recipe from, so credit, unfortunately, cannot be given.

Feel free to right click and save the recipe below for your personal use!

Also the recipe calls for 20-25 crusts, but I half the recipe and do ten at a time. I have done 20-25 before, so it is doable. I just don't go through them fast enough to do the larger amount.

Needless to say - these are a great timesaver and are tasty too - nice and flaky. Nothing is quite as good as homemade pie crusts!

Enjoy!

Donna Hechler Porter has always had stories in her head. When they were not swirling and gnawing, she had her head in a history book - both fiction and non-fiction. Now, she puts her love of old things, including her genealogy, to good use by writing both genealogy books and novels. She has published five historical novels, several of which have won awards, four genealogy books on her family history, and several smallish books including a book on the 1778 Big Siege of Fort Boonesborough and a book with tips and tricks for bringing history to life for young people. A graduate of Texas A & M University, Donna recently embarked on a career in real estate. She lives northIeast of Houston with twin sons who are launching into the world on their own and way too many animals that are not. She dreams of life in a log cabin in the woods, even as she is addicted to antique and thrift shopping.

If you live in southeast Texas and would like Donna to come speak at your reading, genealogy, or history club, please contact her. She is more than likely to say yes!