Wednesday, October 27, 2010

-closed- Pillsbury Refrigerated Pie Crusts: MyBlogSpark Review and Giveaway



What better way to celebrate than taking your family to visit a local apple orchard to pick fruit. Then, take those delicious apples home and bake the quintessential favorite - Apple Pie! It´s so easy when you start with Pillsbury® Refrigerated Pie Crusts, which deliver the look and taste of homemade without the time and stress of making a crust from scratch.

To celebrate all that apple harvest brings, Pillsbury is encouraging families to join in the fun in a number of ways this fall.

To pick the best apples for your pie, gather the family for a road trip to the local apple orchard to savor the flavors of fall. Not sure which orchard is closest to you? Log onto tasteofhome.com/appleorchards to find a list of orchards that are planning Love the Pie! baking demonstration events across the country. While there, you can learn pie baking tips and ideas from State Fair Pie Baking Champions, and pick up recipes and participate in other orchard activities.

Sadly we aren't listed on the map to go pick apples. But I did made apple treats here at home! Are you lucky enough to go apple picking in the orchards? I would love to do that.

Pillsbury Pie Crusts are an easy base for your favorite warm apple treats. Simply unroll into a pie plate, fill with your favorite variety of sliced apples and filling, and bake! From orchard to oven, Pillsbury Pie Crusts make apple pie baking simple with delicious results.

Here are a few delicious recipes to help inspire you to create delicious, homemade apple pies!

Perfect Apple Pie is the model of a classic dessert - a beautiful double-crust creation with sugary cinnamon, nutmeg and a splash of lemon juice. So easy to make, this recipe is great for beginner pie bakers looking for impressive results.

Festive Apple-berry Pie is the perfect blend of sweet and tart, with a gorgeous color palette of golden apples and dark red cranberries. Use frozen cranberries to make this dish even more quick and easy!

Topsy-Turvy Apple Pie combines two classics - apple and pecan. Invert the plate to reveal a gorgeous pecan topping. This is a dessert that both apple and pecan pie fans will "flip over".

Easy Apple Pie Foldover is a great solution for keeping the kids happy; a simple mixture of apples and brown sugar folded inside a golden brown baked Pillsbury pie crust. With four servings, it´s a modestly sized apple treat that is kid-friendly to make, and eat.

Cinnamon-Apple Pie with Caramel-Pecan Sauce truly harvests all of autumn´s bounty in a clever presentation. Ready in just under an hour - each slice is topped off with a luscious blend of butter, brown sugar, corn syrup, pecans, whipping cream and vanilla for a saucy treat.

For even more delicious pie ideas throughout the year visit Pillsbury.com/pie for fun and easy recipes to satisfy every season.

Also, visit Pillsbury.com/pie to download a printable coupon for $0.50 off a package of Pillsbury Pie Crusts today!
Join Pillsbury on Facebook at www.facebook.com/lovethepie and follow them on Twitter at www.twitter.com/love_the_pie.


Actress and busy mom, Jennie Garth, is joined Pillsbury this fall to celebrate apple harvest season. She shared tips and ideas for dressing up apple pies and making kid-friendly treats that satisfy kids after a busy day at school. Click here to watch a small clip of Jennie Garth with Pillsbury.



We were sent a Pillsbury "Love the Pie" prize pack which included a VIP coupon for free Pillsbury® Refrigerated Pie Crusts, a pie dish, and apple themed kitchen items (potholder, apple timer, apple cutter/corer, measruing cups and an apple cutting board).

I made little apple hand pie that I baked off, but they busted open so I have no photos to share. lol. Do you love baking with apples? If so, I have a great treat for you! You can win this gift pack that will help get you going in the kitchen.




One "Mommy? I'm Hungry!" reader will win a Pillsbury "Love the Pie" prize pack also!



 
(This is a must before any extra entries will be accepted!)
1. All you have to do is share your fall harvest rituals your families have, such as going apple picking or baking a pie with freshly picked apples, etc.  




Earn up to 6 extra entries by showing some "Mommy? I'm Hungry!" bloggie with these rules*!
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6.  New here today? Welcome! Please tell me how you found my blog!

7. Follow along with my recipe blog if you're hungry!

This Giveaway ends: 11:59 pm pst, Wednesday, November 10, 2010.
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I wrote this review for "Mommy? I'm Hungry!" about Pillsbury. I received free product to keep for this review from Pillsbury through MyBlog Spark. All opinions for this review are that of myself & family. Product info & stock images provided by PR or Co.

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137 Lovely Comments:

Karen said...

Our traditions are apple and pumpkin picking. And a weekend trip to VT to enjoy the foliage. Fall is my favorite season!

Shirin Rose said...

My family and I used to go apple and pumpkin picking every fall near our home! My dad and I would use the apples to make apple pie and applesauce (for Hannukah which usually falls right after Autumn is over!) Now that I've moved out I don't go anymore, which makes me so sad! I'm hoping to start that tradition again with my new family!

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Kara said...

Our ritual is making EVERYTHING from scratch. We make homeade dressing, mashed potatoes & my favorite, homeade rolls!!!

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Nicole-Lynn said...

What a generous giveaway! My family didn't have any rituals, but I plan to start my own! I'd like to make a homemade apple pie every fall, and during the holiday season. I love to bake and it's great to use what's in season!

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Unknown said...

Our family's fall rituals are making caramel apples, going to the corn maze, and taking pictures of the kids in all the beautiful fall leaves.

Mama's Big Savings said...

My oldest daughter and I love to bake. so we bake pumpkin rolls every year the first week of November. We make about 30. YUM

Wehaf said...

We have some apple trees in our backyard, so we pick apples and make applesauce.

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Erin said...

Oh mercy - what if we don't have any harvesting rituals? We just buy the apples at the farmer's market and bake away! Apple pie is my absolute favorite!!!

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scottsgal said...

we go a couple weekends to our favorite farmstand for homemade apple cider donuts
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tristatecruisers said...

We make pumpkin pies, have a halloween party, and take the kids trick-or-treating :)

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Kristen said...

We pick persimmons and try a new recipe every year.

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Unknown said...

We love to go apple picking and then make caramel and candy apples.
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First Time Homemakers said...

We like to go up to Apple Hill in the foothills and bring home some apples and pies!

Tamara B. said...

Every fall my daughter and I will spend a day making apple pies. We share them with our neightbors. Nothing is more fun than spending the day with my daughter and her being a teenager now time with her is hard to get.
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shirley said...

In the fall we pick apples, pears, and pick up walnuts, all for cooking this winter.
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Marlene McGarrity said...

For the Fall we do the following:

1. We make donuts and apple pie.

2. Have a leaf collecting party. We live in NYC and having a tree is rare, but we have a large oak tree that let's go of many leaves. So we invite people over to rake and drink hot cider and cinnamon or plain donuts and pie. We also take our Christmas picture on this day because it always looks great with the colorful autumn leaves. Also The yard gets clean and I am happy!

3. We pick and then carve pumpkins.

4. We decorate like crazy for Halloween - lots of 5 foot skeletons hanging off our house.

Debbie said...

I would love to go apple picking, but have never done that. We do go to a church-run "pumpkin patch" most years to pick out the perfect carving pumpkins.

Anonymous said...

we pick up pecans,my husband shells them and I use them for the Holidays to make all kinds of baked goods, especially pecan pie.
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Mindi said...

Our fall ritual is to take a drive through the country to look at all the pretty leaves and changing of the season!
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Dragonfly Sweetnest said...

We always love to go on walks in the woods as a family the kids have a blast with this every year.

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Amy said...

We love homemade apple sauce in the crockpot as a fall tradition.

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carrie said...

We always go apple picking. This year was a bust as it poured rain as soon as we got there. We still picked, trudging through mud.

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janetfaye said...

Our Fall tradition is making Apple and Pumpkins pies.

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Jeannette said...

no real traditions here yet. i wanted to go apple picking this year and do it yearly, but we'll see. that would be a tasty tradition!

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Unknown said...

favorite fall activities include pumpin patches, hay rides, playing in the leafs, fall themed crafts, outside treasure hunt!
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Yona said...

Apple picking and going to the local Apple Festival - that is our Fall family tradition. Email: yona(at)pricelesswriters.com

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Mai said...

My family likes to walk around a prominent garden center nearby where we live!

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atlmuzikfanzinc said...

our fall tradition is to go to the circus because that's the time it usually comes in town

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mandala said...

We bake pumpkin pies and make a trip to visit relatives/close friends to share the pies.

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HomemadeBaby said...

We really love fall, and we try to take advantage of the good weather as much as possible - trips to the orchards with pumpkin and apple picking, hayrides, cider and cider donuts! Also making apple pies, apple crisp, and roasting pumpkin seeds!
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LAMusing said...

In Southern California fall can be 80 degrees :) But the first cold night we make apple cider and pretend we have seasons
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degood said...

We always take a family trip to a pumpkin patch at the end of october.

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lmurley2000 said...

we always go to the pumkin patch, they sell everything their that we need, apples, peaches.

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Unknown said...

We have a fall ritual of visiting a farm with a pumpkin patch to get pumpkins, a hayride, warm apple pies, and take pictures of it all! This year, there was a pony ride, too. Tons of fun! aitmama {{at}} gmail {{tod}} com

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