"A boy doesn't have to go to war to be a hero; he can say he doesn't like pie when he sees there isn't enough to go around" - Edgar Watson Howe

They say there's no better way to a man's heart than through his stomach. There might be some truth to this especially when the man loves pie! And it's kind of crazy when you find yourself perusing the internet to find yummy, scrumptious and different pies to make to appease your man's sweet tooth. Well, this is something that I've been doing. And honestly, I think finding the perfect pie to make is actually more difficult than making the pie itself!

So today I found myself perusing the internet for a pie to make for my honey. I happen to find it on a blog with step by step directions and pictures. I made my way to the store in the freezing cold to pick up the much needed supplies that I could not find in my house (mostly because I only go shopping when I need something!). When I began melting the peanut butter cups (that's right, peanut butter cups) I got the bright idea to be like everybody else and blog about the recipes I make. Bam! Enter my new blog "the world through my pies..." Luckily, I'm not very far behind in my pie making but for the sake of blogging about all the pies I make for my man the first two will be included here with links to the recipes and what I thought of them. And here we go...

Pie #1
The first pie I ever made for my darling dear pie lover was a banana cream pie from scratch. (mostly from scratch! I did cheat with the pie crust but who doesn't???)

http://allrecipes.com//Recipe/banana-cream-pie-i/Detail.aspx

I quickly learned that making pudding from scratch takes FOREVER! I'm slightly convinced that I'm still making it right now and I made this pie MONTHS AGO! But I also learned that homemade pudding from scratch is faaaaaaaar better tasting than pie from a box. That means I give this pie high marks even though I'm not a banana fan. My only gripe: for some reason my decorative bananas that were oh so carefully placed on top as decoration, ended up looking like mushrooms by the time I delivered the pie. Luckily, they tasted like bananas still!

Pie #2
I think it's safe to say that this is the BEST PIE EVER and I say this after only making one other pie. I would seriously eat this pie all day. I can't even describe the deliciousness but here's the recipe:

http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/food/recipes/double-cherry-pie-538571/

I can honestly say that I made this entire pie from scratch! And I would DEFINITELY make it again. Actually I almost made it tonight but I opted for something else which you will read about later. This pie didn't last very long (not that the last one did either but so far this is record timing). All I can say about this pie: MAKE IT! and when you make it, please send me some :)

Now that I got the two initial pies out of the way, let's start the real thing... with pictures :)

(oh! and for the record, I don't think my man would be a hero when it comes to pie but I'm absolutely positively okay with that because that's less pie in the world for me to eat!)