Pies & Tarts

Get great pie crust recipes, tips on how to make perfect pie crust every time, and guides to crimping and lattice making below to make the best crust for your favorite pie recipes.

"Crimping" pie crusts seals the edges of double-crusted pies and makes all crust edges pretty. Find a method and look that suits you from among the possibilities below.

A true lattice pie crust - with the top pie crust a cris-cross of strips of dough - involves actually weaving the strips together, not just placing them over one another. Sound fussy? Too complicated? See how easy it actually is here.

Making homemade pie crust is easy, if you know what to look for at each stage. This step-by-step guide to how to make homemade pie crust shows you just how it should look at each stage.

Homemade pie crust can be flakier and tastier than anything you buy pre-made, you just need to keep these simple tips in mind to make sure your favorite pie crust recipe turns out perfectly every time.

See how to make an ultra-tender and super-flaky pie crust - just add vodka!

This Blueberry and Jam Tart is simple as can be - graham cracker crust, blueberry jam, and fresh blueberries!

A simple recipe for easy, delicious blueberry pie.

Blueberry Turnovers are an easy and delicious way to enjoy blueberries.

Bourbon Pecan Pie is a sweet little twist on a classic pecan pie.

Pies and tarts are wonderful ways to use local, seasonal produce. This easy one-crust recipe makes a flaky, buttery crust good with both sweet and savory tarts and pies.

Make homemade pumpkin pie sing with a bit of cardamom.

A bit of ground dried chile adds a lovely little kick to classic pumpkin pie.

This Classic Pecan Pie is amazingly easy to make from scratch.

This Deep Dish Blueberry "Pie" only has a top crust and is sheer perfection with a scoop of ice cream.

Black cherries are scarcely better than when eaten fresh -- and this tart handles them minimally.

The warmth of ginger complements the sour rhubarb in this tart.

This easy graham cracker crust has a kick of candied ginger in it - perfect with summer fruits.

Ginger adds a great kick to classic pumpkin pie.

Graham Cracker Crusts are the easiest of crusts to make - see how with this simple recipe.

This Homemade Pumpkin Pie recipe uses real roasted pumpkin for real live pumpkin flavor.

Take your favorite apple pie recipe and give it a quick make-over with these easy and delicious additions to dress up apple pie. (Try my favorite Old-Fashioned Apple Pie Recipe to play with if you don't already have your own.)

This basic - and delicious - apple pie makes great, tasty use of a bounty of apples.

Make an easy free-form Peach Crostada with this simple recipe.

This is summer pie at its simplest: a flakey crust filled with fruit tossed with sugar and a thickener.

This simple pear tart is a delicious way to use pears of any sort. Even Bartletts, which usually fall apart when cooked, will attractively keep their shape in this tart.

Sour cherries are only available for a few weeks a year and are perfectly delicious tucked into these Sour Cherry Turnovers. This recipe makes 6 turnovers, but doubles or triples easily.

Just a hint of warm spices add a fun twist to this homey blueberry pie recipe.

This luscious winter squash pie is a fabulous use of roasted winter squash.

Any summer stone fruit - peaches, nectarines, plums, apricots, pluots - works in these easy, free-form tarts (called galettes in France). Feel free to experiment with combinations of fruit.

This Walnut Chocolate Pie is delicious - basically a pecan pie made with crunchy, healthful walnuts and deep, dark chocolate.

This Walnut Pie is delicious - basically a pecan pie made with crunchy, healthful walnuts.

This easy, short crust is simple and perfect for making seasonal fruit tarts.

Make a delicious whole wheat crust for a pie or tart (sweet or savory) with this easy recipe.

Make a flaky whole grain pie crust with whole wheat pastry flour.