Pies & Tarts
Apple squares, peach cream pie, and orange cream pie offer different fillings within the pie and tart collection. Pastry and crumb bases provide structure while fruit, cream, or other ingredients shape the finished slice.
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Pastry Crusts
A pastry or crumb crust sets the foundation for its filling. Butter dough, chocolate crumb crust, and rough puff preparations offer different textures for pies and other baked dishes.
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Dark Chocolate Salted Caramel Pie
There are three layers of decadent lusciousness here: The first is a bliss-inducing dark chocolate ganache, which tastes like the inside of an expensive French truffle. Second, a…
Chocolate Strawberry Oasis Pie
Ingredients For Crust Nonstick vegetable oil spray 6 tablespoons (3/4 stick) unsalted butter 1 ounce bittersweet (not unsweetened) or semisweet chocolate, chopped 7 ounces chocolate wafer cookies (about…
Crack Pie
The recipe lives up to its name and everyone should try this pie at least once. It’s a fairly involved recipe from Christina Tosi’s Momofuku Milk Bar cookbook,…
Blackberry Cream Cheese Pie
Ingredients Blackberry Filling 4 Cups Blackberries, fresh or frozen 3/4 Cup Sugar 3 Tablespoon corn starch 3 Tablespoon butter, melted 1 Tablespoon Lemon Juice 1/4 Teaspoon cinnamon 1/4…
No Bake Chocolate Strawberries and Cream Pie
An amazing no bake pie with a chocolate crust filled with a creamy strawberry filling. It gets topped with fresh strawberries and drizzled in chocolate and will be…
Tomato Zucchini Tart
Ingredients Pate Brisee Dough 1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour 1/2 cup unsalted butter (1 stick), cold & cut into very small cubes 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt 1/8-1/4 cup…
Caprese Tart with Roasted Tomatoes
Ingredients For the Roasted Tomatoes 10 tomatoes, sliced into 1cm slices 2 tablespoons olive oil 5 sprigs fresh thyme sea salt flakes pinch of sugar black pepper For…
Red Velvet Graham Cracker Crust
Ingredients 2 cups Red Velvet Graham Crackers crumbs finely ground 1 stick butter melted Preparation Grind up red velvet graham crackers into food processor. You want a fine…
Crumb Crust
Ingredients 1 1/2 cups crushed cookies or crackers, such as: vanilla wafers, graham crackers, gingersnaps, saltine crackers, or round buttery crackers 1/4 cup sugar 1 teaspoon kosher salt…
Strawberry-Lemon-Buttermilk Icebox Pie with Baked Gingersnap Crust
Ingredients 1 (14-oz.) can sweetened condensed milk 1 tablespoon loosely packed lemon zest 1/2 cup fresh lemon juice 1/2 cup strawberry jam 3 large egg yolks 1/4 cup…
