The week before Thanksgiving my office held an annual pot-luck lunch… Picture a massive amount of aluminum casserole dishes and a full spread of desserts and that’s pretty much what it was. Overall I was pretty impressed with all the deliciousness – nothing like the meal my mama cooked for our actual Thanksgiving but a good bit of eating all the same. My favorite thing I ate was marked “Crack Pie.” No one had really cut into the dessert but I live on the edge and also like using the word “crack” in my day-to-day vocabulary so I cut a slice. And I went back for seconds and thirds.
Guys, this pie is money. I don’t even really know how to describe its taste and texture but it has an oat cookie-ish crust with a gooey sweet-salty center that literally melts and your mouth and makes you so, so happy. I asked my co-worker for the recipe and she emailed me this link via Bon Appétit. I scanned the recipe with greedy eyes and plotted when I could justify making the pie and eating the entire thing by myself… Then I read that the recipe came from Milk Bar. Being the small town Dallas girl I am, I had no idea what Milk Bar was. Google revealed the fame behind the NYC based bakeries and the hype behind pastry chef and Milk Bar owner Christina Tosi’s new Momofuku Milk Bar Cookbook. Guess what’s in the new cookbook? Duh, the same recipe for Crack Pie. And tons of other recipes for the bakery’s unconventional and highly addictive sweets. YUM. Crack Pie will definitely be baked in my kitchen and consumed on my couch this weekend. Don’t judge me – just make the pie. Ok?
(Image 1 via Bon Appetit, 2 via Living in the Kitchen with Puppies, 3 via The New Yorker, 4 via Alice Q. Foodie)
I made it a point to go to milk bar the last time I was in NYC. I wanted to try their cereal milk soft serve ice cream and compost cookies, both were to die for. In fact my boyfriend (who complained about going and does not have a sweet tooth) basically ate all of my ice cream when I asked him ot hold it for me while I paid. I will definitely try the crack time next time I go back!
I'm drooling…a must for the weekend!
You must try (or at least recreate) Momofuku's compost cookies, as well! They were all over the blog world a little while back, and they have ingredients like potato chips and cornflakes and chocolatey things. SO, SO good!
wait 'til you try the compost cookies!!! you can basically put anything in them and they. are. AMAZING.
I have the book on my giftguide list, so many bakers and foodies in my life.
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This looks so good. I've always wanted to try that bakery
oh my god, that place is so close to me and i've never even ventured over. MUST GO. immediately!