Shoe Pie

This Thanksgiving we were invited to the home of some friends here in North Africa. We brought a heaping mound of mashed potatoes and a shoe pie. It is a new family tradition for us, to bring shoe pie. When I told my mom about this, she asked how it was made, and I thought I would share the recipe with you all:


-First you pre-bake your crust (I used a pre-made one, had to stretch it a bit to fit the oval dish we were substituting for a real pie pan) Don't forget to put fork holes in the crust so that it doesn't bubble up. It takes about 15 minutes in a hot oven.

-Then, after the crust has cooled a bit add the contents of two cans of cherry pie filling. (you will notice that this is not enough to actually fill the crust...)

-Borrow whip cream making supplies from a kind neighbor and whip up a double batch (to fill up the space that the cherries didn't)

-Refrigerate until it is set

-Then roughly add one child's foot, complete with shoe. Make sure it goes all the way down to the crust! ...and Voila! Shoe Pie!