Cajun sweet dough pie recipe

In Cajun Country, sweet dough pies are part of the culture and worthy of a festival in their honor.

After pressing out the dough for her Tarte au la Bouillie (a traditional Cajun custard pie), Alzina Toups saves the scraps and makes them into cookies. "Old timers called them Pillowcase Cookies," she says. "When the oystermen went out, they'd nail a sack of them to the back of the boat. When they wanted a

These Louisiana Sweet Potato Hand Pies are made using a sweet pie crust (almost cookie like) and a fall-spiced sweet potato filling.

This authentic Cajun sweet dough pie recipe comes straight from the Sweet Dough Pie Capital of the World, Grand Coteau, Louisiana

In one bowl sift and combine all dry ingredients. In another bowl cream sugar and margarine.Add egg and cream again. Combine dry ingredients with creamed mixture alternating...

This is a perfect dough for tarts. This dough doesn't have to be refrigerated for handling and can be prepared right away. I prefer filling them with figs, blackberries, or sweet potatoes ( can fill them with whatever you like). This recipe can be cut in half - See half recipe below.

This dough is traditionally used for turnovers but it can be used as pie crust. It is sweet and delicious and bakes up beautifully!

This dough is traditionally used for turnovers but it can be used as pie crust. It is sweet and delicious and bakes up beautifully!

In Grand Coteau, Louisiana, stop first at The Kitchen Shop, presided over by Nancy Brewer and Jesse Poimboeuf, and hope and pray that Nancy is just pulling a tray of her special sweet dough pies out of the oven and that the fresh-made lemonade has gotten plenty cold. She is likely to have pastries filled