Make Any Situation Better by Baking up a Pie (2024)

The perfect pie often starts with a good homemade pie dough. This recipe is practically foolproof.

Get the recipe for Easy-Peasy Pie Dough.

These picnic-ready hand pies combine fresh peaches with warm cinnamon and a lemon-sugar glaze. They’re the ultimate summer treat.

Get the recipe for Spiced Peach Hand Pies.

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This may be the hands-down best way to use heirloom tomatoes. Tomato pie is traditionally made with mayo, cheese, onions, and homegrown heirlooms, and ours adds a salty kick with bacon.

Get the recipe for Southern Tomato Pie with Bacon.

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This classic mid-century American dessert is, as Jocelyn Delk Adams puts it, "like a reverse lemon meringue pie." Instead of a traditional crust, the sweet meringue, baked until crispy, takes its place. This makes it exceedingly light and sweet—and also gluten-free!

Get the recipe for Strawberry-Lemonade Angel Pie.

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Don't ditch the lemon after baking the pie! Instead, garnish with remaining lemon zest.

Get the recipe for Meyer Lemon Pie.

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Make this stunner of a fruit pie the next time you're feasting a crowd. We recommend this crumbly confection topped with a heavy pour of the accompanying Brandy Caramel Sauce.

Get the recipe for Apricot-Almond Slab Pie with Brandy Caramel Sauce.

Bake this delicious pie for your next potluck—or whenever!

Get the recipe for Mixed Berry Pie with Rye Crust.

Get your strawberry fix courtesy of this crowd-pleasing pie featuring a jamlike filling.

Get the recipe for Strawberry-Almond Crumble Pie.

The secret to this super-homey chicken pot pie? Cooking it in cast-iron. The stove-to-oven versatility and meat-searing qualities of cast iron make it the ideal vessel for every step of this dish.

Get the recipe for Our Best-Ever Chicken Pot Pie.

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Think of this as almost an upside-down pie. The sweet apples caramelize in a pan, then the crust is placed on top, before the whole thing is baked, and then flipped over to serve. It's easier than you think, and guaranteed to impress.

Get the recipe for Maple-Apple Tarte Tatin.

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Indulge in this pie, inspired by the winning pie at the 2006 North Carolina State Fair.

Get the recipe Cherry-Berry Jumble Pie.

If you haven't tried a classic rhubarb pie, then this is the moment to drop what you're doing, order any ingredients you don't have, and start cooking as soon as possible. Tart and delicious, rhubarb makes an ideal pie filling.

Get the recipe for Rhubarb Custard Pie.

This no-bake pie is a chocolate lover's delight. This pie receives a major facelift with the help of Oreos and Cocoa Puffs.

Get the recipe for Cocoa Puffs and Banana Pie.

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If you're looking to feed a crowd, you can never go wrong with a slab pie. This pie, with tart and tangy Key lime filling, whipped cream, and candied lime zest on top, will be gone in no time!

Get the recipe for Key Lime Slab Pie with Candied Lime Zest.

This recipe certainly isn't traditional, but it's still absolutely delicious. No one will be able resist this fruit-filled dessert—especially when it's filled with vanilla ice cream.

Get the recipe for Cherry-Cinnamon Sugar Pie-wiches.

Brown butter pairs with a mix of baking apples in this double-crust dish to evoke a nostalgic, caramel apple-like flavor. Here, it's used to great effect in both the filling and the crust, taking that most American of pies and making it into a caramel-apple flavored masterpiece.

Get the recipe for Brown Butter Apple Pie.

Lovers of the classic cake take note: Now you can have it in pie form. This version—deconstructed with a chocolate crust—takes the cake.

Get the recipe for German Chocolate Pie.

Is there a better combination of flavors than salty and sweet? We didn't think so either. This simple slab pie will give fans of the flavor pairing everything their hearts could want: salted caramel packed with snacky co*cktail peanuts for a dessert that's just about as rich as you could hope for.

Get the recipe for Peanut-Salted Caramel Slab Pie.

This Indianan sugar cream pie came out of the Shaker and Amish communities, as a treat in winter months when fruit was unavailable. Dusted with nutmeg, it's a delicious treat!

Get the recipe for Sugar Cream “Hoosier” Pie.

Serve up these starry sweets on the 4th of July or Memorial Day. Of course, they're just as good any other day of the year too!

Get the recipe for Mini Stars Berry Pies.

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