Glazed Maple Apple Pie is the perfect fall dessert. Get a double dose of maple with your apples; in the filling and in the glaze. The pretty maple leaf border is a special finishing touch. Pie, pie, pie. I can’t get enough pie! The only thing better than a perfect All American Apple Pie is …
These Sour Cherry Hand Pies are made with flaky cream cheese dough, almond frangipane filling and a dollop of sour cherry preserves. Make your own preserves or use store bought pie filling. This recipe combines three of my favorite things; pie crust, sour cherries and almond frangipane! The kernal at the center of a cherry …
Click on the video to see How To Make a Lattice Pie Crust. You might be surprised how simple it is weave a beautiful lattice top pie. Cut the strips thinner for a more intricate look or slightly thicker for a more rustic look. You will see a short ad before the video starts. Thanks …
Despite the old saying “easy as pie” many people are reluctant to make their own pie crust. Even people who do lots of baking often buy pre-made dough. I have no idea if packaged pie dough is any good because I’ve honestly never used it. But I am sure that homemade Perfect Pie Crust is not …
Fried Peach Hand Pies are sinfully delicious! Anything made with flaky pastry filled with tequila-spiked peaches then deep fried and coated with spiced sugar has to be good. I usually try to write a little about each recipe I post, either an explanation of how the recipe was developed and perfected, or maybe a bit …
Strawberry Hand Pies are the perfect early summer treat. Roasting the strawberries for the filling intensifies the flavor. Grab a pie and dig-in, no utensils required! When strawberries come into season I mostly prefer to eat them out of hand. Here in the northeastern U.S., we get to enjoy local strawberries for just a few short weeks. Once I …
I love old-fashioned Buttermilk Pie. I’ve updated the recipe by adding blackberries and perfuming the filling with a hint of cardamom. Yes, another recipe for one of my favorite ingredients, buttermilk. This is a super-easy recipe. In fact it’s even easier than I originally thought. I intended to blind bake the crust before filling it …
Ok, I’m definitely betraying my age and misspent youth by admitting this, but I can’t hear the words “Banana Cream Pie” without thinking of Gilligan’s Island. I can’t (and don’t want to) count the hours I spent watching reruns of that show. To this day I can sing the entire theme song, word-for-word. I have to …
Chicken Pot Pie has got to be one of the all-time great comfort foods. Warm chicken stew under a flaky pie crust sprinkled with sea salt, yummm. I know this is a baking blog, but I do cook savory food at home as well, and Chicken Pot Pie is a pie, after all. A great …
Old-fashioned Rhubarb Pie just might be my favorite fruit pie of all. I love the tart-sweet flavor and beautiful pink color of pure rhubarb pie filling. In my “Perfect Pie Crust” post I end the article with a paragraph about the importance of patience in baking. You’ll see here how I didn’t take my own …