Wordless Wednesday (or Sludge Pie)
Sludge pie: in our house when a kid asks “Mom, can you make me some pie?” they don’t mean a regular pie with a nice neat pie crust, they mean throw together some biscuit-y ingredients, put fruit in it, and throw it in the microwave for 10 minutes. Sludge pie is more of a tart type thing, or maybe a shortcake. Whatever it is is sure is messy to eat and the kids adore it.
To make it you can use your favorite biscuit mix or pie crust–whatever you have on hand, it doesn’t matter because the kids don’t notice. 🙂 The point is to fill it with fruit with a little bit of sweetener and stick it in the microwave.For this particular one I mixed some about 5 parts flour, 1 part water, 1 part oil with a little bit of baking powder and sweetener. I used my fingers to shape it in the bowl then poured in frozen berries (or peaches and pears for Rachel) and a little bit of honey. The texture when microwaved is very similar to an apple dumpling. This is not a science–it is more of a fun project and mommy thing than a culinary delight (although it is “nummy.”)
Interesting, I’ve never seen that before. But definitely a neat idea!
Happy WW 🙂
I have made something like that with bisquick. I don’t know what I would call it either, and I guess I bake it, never thought of using the microwave!!
Ummm, that looks yummy and the kids love it…but it looks like maybe something exploded in your microwave….wait, is it something I made? And I too never use the microwave for useful food like this!