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Keia Mastrianni's avatar

This is delightful! I was wowed by Nicole's use of instant pudding mix in her book too.

Btw, I use a crumb crust for an eggnog custard pie around Christmas. I think it's possible to bake a custard in a crumb crust without it becoming a soggy mess. Parbaking helps. Minding the thickness of the crust helps. But I do think it sacrifices the texture of super crisp bottom in favor of something more merged (?) together, but it can still be delicious.

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rebekah turshen's avatar

my mom's lemon meringue with the vanilla wafer crumb crust is my favorite!! it's merged in that good way.

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Bronwen Wyatt's avatar

This does sound so good!

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Bronwen Wyatt's avatar

This makes so much sense!! I shall be brave and give the baked custard + cookie crust another try

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Melanie J Alexandrou's avatar

So interesting about the modified cornstarch! Off to see if I can find it in the UK

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Bronwen Wyatt's avatar

Folks also use it in cakes too, though I haven’t tried it! The idea is it allows you to incorporate more moisture in a recipe and have a softer crumb

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Jennae F's avatar

I *love* that cookbook! Her recipes are just stuff I want to eat. Bonus that they are also so fun to make. Thank you for the recipe, I will definitely try it!

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Bronwen Wyatt's avatar

It’s such a good book!!

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Glenda's avatar

Ohhh I am tempted to try it in vegan form, since there will be vegan guests on TG. This looks very good!!

One question, kinda adjacent, but since you mentioned - what ratio clearjel to heavy cream would you suggest for stabilizing?

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Bronwen Wyatt's avatar

Also would love to hear how it comes out veganized if you try it

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Glenda's avatar

Found it, thank you!

I will be sure to comment back if I end up making it, I’m just kinda all over the place on what to make and just know I’ll get overwhelmed at the last minute with indecision 🤣

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Bronwen Wyatt's avatar

So I haven’t tried it myself but if you follow the link to the King Arthur blog post they go into detail about that!

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Karen Huff's avatar

This looks great! I am shocked that you've never had instant pudding before. My mother made lots of non-instant puddings and I always HATED the skin on top. Instant pudding was not only faster to make, it also didn't develop the dreaded skin, so doubly nice in my young opinion.

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Bronwen Wyatt's avatar

I don’t think my mom purchased anything but the Handi Snacks pudding cups! The only pudding we ever made from scratch was oddly Bird’s Custard. I could polish off a whole serving by myself in one sitting.

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Bronwen Wyatt's avatar

“Scratch” I should say lol

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rebekah turshen's avatar

i was about to ask if you've used bird's! i only did once to follow a strict book recipe for an event and now i can't remember if it gets cooked or not!

i've been pouring over everyone's pumpkin pie recipes bc i always make sweet potato and i'm finally granting my husband's wish this year, just can't decide what method/combo to use w/ my regular pie crust.

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Bronwen Wyatt's avatar

Birds gets cooked on the stovetop, if my memory serves me right!

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Misty's avatar

Hi! I made this last night and I’m so pumped to take it to a friendsgiving today! Thank you so much for the recipe!! Side note to anyone looking for Instant Clear Jel in NYC- they have it at Kalustyan’s in their in house line, and in various sizes (!) bc of course they do 💕

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Raina's avatar

Could you just use instant pudding in a pinch?

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Megan LaBbq's avatar

I am vague insta parasocial friends w Nicole! Lol, I could msg her a link to your article!! I bet she’d be soooo down to yap, she’s the coolest!!!

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Bronwen Wyatt's avatar

Oh that’s sweet! I texted her about it lol, it was more a little wave to her 👋🏼 thank you though!

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Megan LaBbq's avatar

Well hey, a direct line is even better than vague internet friends who’ve yet to meet irl, lol! She’s so fun.

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Nikki Nolan's avatar

you’re so awesome

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Bronwen Wyatt's avatar

Me???

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