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Impossible Pie

When I read of the  Impossible pie , I wanted to make it for Mother's Day, as a remembrance of my preschooler getting the meaning of possible wrong but I dont want to correct her with just with one word. Back to the pie, friends loved it. I think if you belonged to the soft crust or the custard or the coconut crunch lover group, you will like it, overlap is bonus joy. I fell 2 tbsp short of butter, Wonder how the taste or texture would have been different.

The thing we call custard

Usually when I am making a dessert to take it to friends, I make it in a big dish as it is easier to transport. The making of  pots de creme  called for individual ramekins but I used the smaller anchor baking dish and one ramekin so we can check how the dessert tastes before the rest have it. 'set but center should jiggle', how much of center? Individual ramekin wasnt getting set. At one point of time while the bowl reached the point I was looking for, the sampler didnt. After a bit of cooling, I had a spoonful of it, let my husband have a spoonful of it and then something took over me and I left two spoonfuls so it could be chilled before 'serving'.  Come to think of it, the sampler was so my husband could have some sweet dessert to himself. But I have seen when it comes to 'cream', I eat ravenously. While eating faster than I could admire the dessert, I realised it tastes like  Custard , way better for the no stirring needed when baked. The batter had taste...