Best Summer Squash Pie Recipes

SUMMER SQUASH PIE

Steps:

• Line unpricked pastry shell with a double thickness of heavy-duty foil. Bake at 450° for 5 minutes. Remove foil; brush lightly with egg. Bake 5 minutes longer. Remove to a wire rack; reduce heat to 350°, In a large nonstick skillet, saute zucchini and yellow squash in oil for 10 minutes or until very tender. Sprinkle with seasonings; spoon into pastry shell. Top with tomatoes. Combine the cheese and mayonnaise; spread over the top. , Bake at 350° for 25 minutes or until golden brown. Refrigerate leftovers.

AUNT MARIAN'S SUMMER SQUASH CUSTARD PIE

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 400 degrees F. Line a 9-inch pie pan with crust, then crimp the edges decoratively.
• To prepare the zucchini, trim the ends and cut each squash lengthwise into quarters, turning each squash into four long strips. Cut away the pointed edge of each strip, removing and discarding the seeds. Line up the strips and cut each one crosswise into 1/2-inch chunks. You should have about 6 cups of chopped zucchini.
• In a medium saucepan with a tight-fitting lid, bring 3/4 cup water to a rolling boil. Add the chopped zucchini, cover, and cook until the zucchini is tender and bright green, softened, but still holding its shape without turning to mush, 4 to 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and drain well.
• In a small bowl, combine the sugar, cornstarch, nutmeg, and salt. Stir with a fork to mix everything well. In a medium bowl, combine the cream, eggs, butter, vanilla, and vinegar. Using a whisk or a fork, stir to combine everything well. Add the sugar mixture and stir to dissolve the dry ingredients and mix everything together into a thick, smooth filling.
• Transfer the zucchini back to the empty saucepan and mash it to make it as soft and smooth as possible. Drain off any extra liquid that the zucchini releases. Measure it out, so that you have about 2 1/2 cups. Fold the mashed, drained zucchini into the filling and stir to mix everything together well.
• Pour the filling into the piecrust. Place the pie on the middle shelf of the oven. Bake for 10 minutes. Reduce the heat to 325 degrees F, and bake until the filling is firm and nicely browned, and a knife inserted in the center of the pie comes out clean, 30 to 40 minutes.
• Place the pie on a cooling rack or a folded kitchen towel and let cool to room temperature. Serve at room temperature or slightly chilled.

YELLOW SUMMER SQUASH DESSERT PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Defrost pie shells.
• In a large bowl, mix eggs,sugar, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg real good with a wire whisk.
• Add the grated squash and still to blend together.
• Pour in the evaporated milk, water, and whole milk. Mix well, stirring with a big spoon.
• Pour into pie shells. Sprinkle with nutmeg or brown sugar.
• Bake 400 degrees about 25 minutes or until a knife comes out clean.

SWEET SUMMER SQUASH PIE

Steps:

• 1. grease a 9x13 inch pan , steam squash 15 minutes or until tender. place in prepared pan.
• 2. mix all purpose flour cinnamon, eggs, ginger, and brown sugar and 1 cup of the granulated sugar (set aside another cup of granulated sugar) mix until well blended( flour is much easier to work with if sifted with the sugar ginger and cinnamon. pour over squash
• 3. in a big bowl mix together one cup each of flour sugar and butter then simply pour mixture over the top of squash mixtuer as you would a cobbler ten bake an hour to an hour and a half

COCONUT SUMMER SQUASH PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven 350 degrees.
• Place ingredients in blender and blend until they are mixed good.
• Pour into pie shell, not baked.
• Bake for 25 minutes then remove from oven and sprinkle with 1/4 cup coconut. Put back into oven and brown coconut.