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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Easy Banana Cream Pudding Pie with Cream Cheese Crust
There’s plenty of bananas in every bite and there’s something about bananas, Nilla wafers, and whipped topping that goes together so perfectly and with a salted caramel drizzle,…

Orange Lime Pie with Meringue Topping
Ingredients 18 cinnamon graham crackers, broken up 1 stick unsalted butter, melted 4 eggs, separated 1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk 1/4 cup fresh squeezed lime juice 1/4…

Fresh Fig Galette
Almond meal is nothing more than finely ground almonds; it adds a rich, crumbly texture and nutty flavor to the crust of this free-form tart. Ingredients 6.75 ounces…

Sour Cream Apple Pie
Ingredients 2 eggs 1 cup (8 ounces) sour cream 1 cup sugar 6 tablespoons all-purpose flour, divided 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/4 teaspoon salt 3 cups chopped peeled…
Sour Cream Peach Pecan Pie
Fresh peaches, good Southern pecans and real vanilla make this pie a special summertime treat. Ingredients Pastry for single-crust pie (9 inches) 4 cups sliced peeled peaches 2…

Chocolate Potato Chip Pie
Ingredients Double recipe of potato chip pie crust 2 (10 ounce) packages of dark chocolate chips salted caramel, to taste Preparation Preheat oven to 350 F. Arrange the…
The Ultimate Chocolate Pie
Ingredients Crust 2 cups chocolate wafer cookie crumbs 1/2 cup finely chopped toasted pecans 1/4 cup sugar 1/2 cup butter, melted Vegetable cooking spray Filling 3/4 cup sugar…
Fried Apple Pies
There’s enough filling to make a second batch of these delicious pies, or you can freeze it for later. Serve warm or at room temperature. Ingredients Dough 2…
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