Pies & Tarts
Pies and tarts are some of the simplest, quickest ways to enjoy seasonal fruit at its best. These easy recipes will help you get started making the most of local fruit.
How to Make Homemade Pie Crust
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.
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.
All About Pie Crusts
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.
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.
How to Make Perfect Pie Crust
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.
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.
How to Crimp Pie Crust
"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.
"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.
Old-Fashioned Apple Pie
This basic - and delicious - apple pie makes great, tasty use of a bounty of apples.
This basic - and delicious - apple pie makes great, tasty use of a bounty of apples.
How to Dress Up Apple Pie
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.)
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.)
Blueberry Pie
A simple recipe for easy, delicious blueberry pie.
A simple recipe for easy, delicious blueberry pie.
Buttery Pie & Tart Crust
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.
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.
Fresh Black Cherry Tart
Black cherries are scarcely better than when eaten fresh -- and this tart handles them minimally.
Black cherries are scarcely better than when eaten fresh -- and this tart handles them minimally.
Gingered Rhubarb Tart
The warmth of ginger complements the sour rhubarb in this tart.
The warmth of ginger complements the sour rhubarb in this tart.
How to Make a Lattice Pie Crust
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.
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.
Peach Crostada
Make an easy free-form Peach Crostada with this simple recipe.
Make an easy free-form Peach Crostada with this simple recipe.
Peach Pie
This is summer pie at its simplest: a flakey crust filled with fruit tossed with sugar and a thickener.
This is summer pie at its simplest: a flakey crust filled with fruit tossed with sugar and a thickener.
Pear Tart
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.
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.
Spiced Blueberry Pie
Just a hint of warm spices add a fun twist to this homey blueberry pie recipe.
Just a hint of warm spices add a fun twist to this homey blueberry pie recipe.
Summer Stone Fruit Tarts
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.
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.
Sweet Short Crust
This easy, short crust is simple and perfect for making seasonal fruit tarts.
This easy, short crust is simple and perfect for making seasonal fruit tarts.
Whole Wheat Buttermilk Tart Crust
Make a delicious whole wheat crust for a pie or tart (sweet or savory) with this easy recipe.
Make a delicious whole wheat crust for a pie or tart (sweet or savory) with this easy recipe.