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Cooking on deadline: Rib-eye steaks with thyme-garlic butter

<p>What an eventful day! Mom invited my two sisters-in-law and me to her house for the day.</p><p>Plans were to bake pies and do whatever other projects we wanted to bring along. Pies sounded like an impressive option to me, especially since I just don&#8217;t find as much time to work in the kitchen as I used to. But then, that&#8217;s OK; Daniel doesn&#8217;t expect me to reach around to everything I would like to do.</p><p>Mom had plans of making five pies to send to the food pantry in a nearby town, and it only seemed like the practical thing to do to join her, furnishing some ingredients rather than just making a mega amount of pies.</p><p>One of Daniel&#8217;s favorites, which was also served at our wedding, is peanut butter pie. In fact, it&#8217;s a &#8220;Flat Rock favorite.&#8221; Our community is known to be especially fond of peanut butter pie. My personal preference is adding some banana slices for an added flavor, and, of course, I&#8217;m always looking for ways to incorporate healthier foods into our diets.</p><p>While we mixed up the dough, I tried to recall all the tips my mother-in-law had given me some time ago: Don&#8217;t over mix the dough. Instead, mix like a bowl of feathers, or, don&#8217;t make crumbs too wet.</p><p>Soon I started rolling out the crusts. Once more I was blessed with countless motherhood duties. There were dirty diapers that needed to be taken care of, little tummies to be filled, squabbles to settle, and &#8220;love tanks&#8221; that needed to be replenished. I hadn&#8217;t realized how fast the pie dough dries out if not covered. So after my return, I added some more of my egg mixture, resulting in a stiffer dough.</p><p>Oh well, it just won&#8217;t all be grade A, I decided. That&#8217;s just a part of being a mom. Of course, my mom was there to help me with whatever she could as she also worked on making a delicious lunch for all of us.</p><p>My high hopes of having pie ready for lunch was quickly diminishing. I apologetically told Daniel at noon that we weren&#8217;t just baking pie, we were primarily taking care of little ones and the pie simply wasn&#8217;t ready yet.</p><p>He told me it was just fine; he would never want me to neglect the children for anything earthly.</p><p>After lunch, while the three youngest children slept, I cooked several batches of filling for the peanut butter pies while Mom made coconut oatmeal and several fruit-filling pies.</p><p>Dear little Jesse had a bit of a rough afternoon as I spent extra time holding him. Seemingly, his vaccination shots from the day before were bothering him.</p><p>By break time at the shop where Daniel was working, I once more apologetically told him that the pies simply weren&#8217;t ready yet, to which he once more kindly assured me that it was quite alright. After the dozen pies had been made, I did feel like quite something had been accomplished, even more so than if everything had gone smoothly.</p><p>As I looked over them, the coconut oatmeal got my attention the most. They taste almost like pecan pie but then you don&#8217;t have the expense of buying pecans.</p><p>Matter of fact, this recipe is just like our family favorite pecan pie with coconut and oatmeal used instead.</p><p><strong>Coconut oatmeal pie</strong></p><p>3 eggs</p><p>1/2 cup white sugar</p><p>1/2 cup pancake syrup</p><p>1/2 cup corn syrup (I use maple syrup instead)</p><p>1/3 cup melted butter</p><p>1/2 cup shredded coconut</p><p>1/2 cup quick oats</p><p>1/4 teaspoon salt</p><p>1/2 teaspoon maple flavoring (optional)</p><p>Preheat oven to 320. Mix everything in a bowl until well blended. Pour into an unbaked pie crust of your choice and bake for 1 hour.</p><style>
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Amish Cook: Caring for kids while baking pies an accomplishment