{"id":28526,"date":"2015-08-27T18:00:09","date_gmt":"2015-08-27T23:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=28526"},"modified":"2015-08-27T15:35:28","modified_gmt":"2015-08-27T20:35:28","slug":"recipe-for-george-clooneys-favorite-pie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=28526","title":{"rendered":"Recipe for George Clooney&#8217;s Favorite Pie"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>I have good news for you today if you are a fan of George Clooney&#8217;s. Even if you aren&#8217;t a fan of his, I have good news for you.\u00a0 I have the recipe for his favorite pie, and oh my goodness, it is so good.\u00a0 Some friends and I took a road trip to Pieville this week. It was 65 miles from where I live. Pieville is really Maysville, KY, the home of the Magee&#8217;s Bakery where George&#8217;s favorite pie, &#8220;transparent pie&#8221; originated.\u00a0 When I took my first bite, I knew immediately why it is his fave.\u00a0 The little bakery was out in the country a few miles from downtown.\u00a0 It was really kind of in the middle of nowhere down a country road surrounded by gorgeous views.\u00a0 A picture of George and his wife Amal was proudly propped on a stand, and the owner said they are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">both<\/span> very nice.\u00a0 Isn&#8217;t that good to know?<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-28548\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Transparent-Pie-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Transparent Pie\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Transparent-Pie-682x1024.jpg 682w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Transparent-Pie-215x323.jpg 215w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Transparent-Pie-300x451.jpg 300w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Transparent-Pie-900x1352.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>I did some research online and found a recipe which I have already made and am sharing with you today.\u00a0 It really isn&#8217;t difficult, and you probably already have most of the ingredients.\u00a0 It tastes <em>exactly<\/em> like the pies made by the bakery.\u00a0 It is very, very rich but oh, so satisfying.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><em><strong>TRANSPARENT PIE<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>(source &#8211; www.kentuckytourism.com)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ingredientsList\">\n<li>\n<h3>1\/2 cup (1 stick) butter, melted<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>2 cups sugar<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>1 cup cream<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>4 eggs, beaten<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>2 tablespoons flour<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>1 teaspoon vanilla extract<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>1 unbaked (9-inch) pie shell<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Beat butter and sugar in a mixing bowl. Add cream, and mix well. Beat in eggs. Stir in flour and vanilla. Pour into pie shell. Bake at 375 degrees for 40 minutes or until golden brown. Yields 8 servings.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">*****<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Mr. Right will be home this week-end from his 10-week bicycle ride all the way across Canada. I want to have some special foods prepared for him because he has earned it.\u00a0 One of those special dishes will be this transparent pie (which I froze after taking the photos.)\u00a0 For his main course I am cooking up a big old steak, and making <a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2014\/03\/06\/roasted-brussel-sprouts-with-walnuts\/\">this<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2013\/08\/29\/red-potato-dill-salad\/\">this<\/a>.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>We hope you all have a great week-end.\u00a0 Thanks so much for stopping by and spending time with us.<\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Take care.<\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have good news for you today if you are a fan of George Clooney&#8217;s. Even if you aren&#8217;t a fan of his, I have good news for you.\u00a0 I have the recipe for his favorite pie, and oh my goodness, it is so good.\u00a0 Some friends and I took a road trip to Pieville [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":28549,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28526"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28526"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28555,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28526\/revisions\/28555"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/28549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}