12/17/2015

Take Pie When Passed


Vegan Pumpkin pie and the turkey
    Take Pie When Pie is Passed

    and a chart of the US 10 Year Treasury Yield 
    (lower since the announcement!). 
    One interesting factors affecting mortgage rates 
    that doesn’t get much attention is the fact that the 
    Fed is continuing to use profits and proceeds 
    from payoffs of its mortgage portfolio to buy 
    new mortgage backed securities (MBS).  
    With Billions of Fed reinvestments of these
    proceeds going back into MBS markets 
    every month, this unusual source of demand for 
    MBS from the Fed purchases continues 
    to help support lower mortgage rates.
    I am saying lock on Monday



Vegan Pie by my daughter below, mine above
Recipes:
Crust
  • ½ cup unbleached flour
  • 7 Tbs. whole-wheat pastry flour
  • ½ tsp. salt
  • ½ tsp. brown sugar
  • ½ tsp. baking powder
  • 3 Tbs. canola oil
  • 1 Tbs. soymilk plus ½ tsp. lemon juice ice cold
  • 2 Tbs cheap vodka
  • 3 to 4 Tbs. water super cold
Filling
  • 2 cups canned pumpkin 
  • 1 cup  rice milk
  • ¾ cup granulated sugar 
  • ¼ cup cornstarch
  • ½ Tbs. dark molasses or to taste
  • 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
  • ½ tsp. ground ginger
  • ¼ tsp. grated nutmeg
  • ¼ tsp. ground allspice
Prepare dough day before, barely knead and refrigerate tightly wrapped
The less you handle dough the flakier it is
Oven 425°F.
Filling:
mix ingredients until smooth and blended. 
Pour into prepared crust and smooth top. 
Bake 10 minutes.
Reduce oven temperature to 350°F; 
bake until filling is set, about 40 minutes.