My oh my it's time for Pie!!!! Did you know that today is National Pie Day? Well, it is so what better way to celebrate than with a slew of pies. Making Pie is a easy as 1-2-3 which is why the American Pie Council chose January 23rd to celebrate this delicious dessert. So in honor of National Pie Day, I'm sharing all of my favorite pies in one place. I have holiday pies, baked fruit pies, no bake pies and a few mini pies. Hopefully there's something for everyone.
Fresh Fruit Peach Pie:This Fresh (no bake) Peach Pie is layered with fresh peaches, a shiny peach glaze and filled in a homemade flaky pie crust.
Summertime Strawberry Pie:This is my family's absolute favorite Strawberry Pie! Fresh strawberries piled high in a flaky crust and topped with a homemade strawberry glaze, and fresh cream.
Southern Buttermilk Pie:Buttermilk Pie is an old fashioned southern style custard pie with a lightly brown, crispy-sugary topping.
Old Fashioned Chocolate Meringue Pie:The best Old Fashioned, Diner Style Chocolate Meringue Pie. A Rich homemade chocolate pudding pie filling topped with a fluffy meringue.
Minny's Favorite Chocolate Pie:Minny's famous chocolate pie minus the terrible awful from the book and movie The Help!This fudgy - chocolate pie was a big hit in our house, just like in the movie. Everybody loved the chocolaty middle and crackly topping.
Honey Pecan Pie:Miss Kay's Honey Pecan Pie adapted from Miss Kay's Duck Commander Kitchen Cookbook.This recipe is my new favorite southern pecan pie.
French Coconut Pie:A simple baked coconut - vanilla - custard pie with a sweet, buttery, crackly topping
Old Fashioned Peanut Butter Pie:This decadentpeanut butter pie has four delicious layers, a crumbly peanut layer in the bottom of the pie crust, then a homemade vanilla custard is added. The pie is finished off with a fluffy meringue and additional peanut butter topping.
Old Fashioned Coconut Cream Pie:This Old Fashioned Coconut Cream Pie reminds me of the cream pies that you get at an old fashioned diner. If you've been looking for a great old fashioned coconut cream pie recipe, I got you covered.
Old Fashioned Banana Cream Pie:This diner style banana cream pie has a scratch vanilla pudding, layered with bananas and topped with a fluffy meringue.
Amish Apple Crumb Pie:Sliced apples seasoned with cinnamon, sugar, vanilla and apple cider are piled high into a pie shell and topped with a delicious brown sugar crumb topping.
The Best Apple Pie:This Classic Apple Pie🍎has a flaky crust with a delicious filling made from apple cider, vanilla, spices and two varieties of apples (golden delicious and granny smith).
Overnight Apple Slab Pie:The filling in this Overnight Apple Cobbler is mixed and refrigerated overnight, then baked low and slow.The result is one of the best flaky apple cobblers you've ever tasted.
No Bake Cherry Cheese Pie: a delicious creamy and sweet cream cheese filling in a graham cracker or Nilla Wafer crust, topped with cherry fruit filling.
Whopper Candy Pie:This no-bake whopper candy pie is made with only 6 ingredients,instant chocolate pudding, milk, cool whip and whoppers candy filled into a graham cracker or Nilla wafer crust.
Creamy Frozen Key Lime Pie:his cool and creamy no bake key lime pie is the perfect summer treat!
Blueberry Banana Cream Pie:Sliced bananas layered in the bottom of a graham cracker crust, topped with a cream cheese - dream whip layer, a blueberry pie filling layer and topped off with whipped topping and fresh blueberries! The best part about this recipe is that is makes 2 pies!
Mini Pumpkin Ice Cream Pie:Rich and creamy mini pumpkin ice cream pies that come together quickly and easily with Breyers vanilla ice cream.
Creamy No Bake Eggnog Pie:This creamy No Bake Eggnog Pie is perfect for the holidays! Creamy, delicious and so simple to make.
No Bake Lemon Fruit Tarts:Mini fruit tarts filled with a no bake lemon cream mousse, topped with fresh peaches and berries.
No Bake Strawberry Kool-Aid Pie - Creamy, cool, and delicious made with only 4 ingredients!
Lightened Up Pumpkin Pie:Lightened up Classic Pumpkin Pie using Truvia Baking Blend.
Southern Sweet Potato Pie:Sweet Potato pie is a traditional Southern dessert, served at Thanksgiving or Christmas in place of Pumpkin pie. This sweet potato pie is made with the help of a pre-made pie crust.
Coconut Pecan Pie:This Coconut Pecan Pie reminds me of a chess pie with pecans and sweetened coconut added. My favorite part of this pie is the crispy, crunchy topping.
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FAQs
Follow these steps and you'll impress your friends and family this season with tantalizing mile-high pies!
- 1 - Cold dough equals flaky crust. ...
- 2 - Overfill your pies on purpose ... ...
- 3 - Bake on the low rack. ...
- 4 - Hold down your pre-baked crusts. ...
- 5 - Hold off on slicing your pie.
What is the number one selling pie? ›
The clear winner for the United States as a whole was (not surprisingly) apple pie with more than 27% of sales going to the traditional flavor.
What is the number 3 favorite type of pie? ›
3. Apple. There are five states they prefer apple pie to other flavors.
What makes a great pie? ›
10 Easy Tips to Make the Best Pies
- Keep ingredients cold. ...
- Refrigerate the dough after every step. ...
- Handle the dough as little as possible. ...
- Use as little flour as possible when rolling out the dough. ...
- Bake plain crusts or filled pies in a hot oven to set the crust's structure. ...
- Vent double-crust pies.
What is the cardinal rule of pie dough making? ›
The cardinal rules of pie dough: Keep it cold, work fast, and don't overwork your dough.
What is the least popular pie? ›
The least popular types of pies were salted caramel, gooseberry, blueberry and peach, all being the most popular in only one state each.
What is America's favorite pie? ›
The clear winner for the United States as a whole was (not surprisingly) apple pie with more than 27% of sales going to the traditional flavor.
What is the most expensive pie ever made? ›
The Guinness world record for the most expensive pie cost customers to the Fence Gate Inn, Lancashire, UK £8,195 (then $14,260) or £1,024 (then $1,781) per slice when ordered by eight guests on 14 November 2005.
What do judges look for in a pie contest? ›
Pies should have generous, well distributed fruit as well as, good color and definition. Crust & Filling: The judges will evaluate two primary components of a pie – individually and then as a combined entity. These two components are the crust and the filling.
How do you judge a good pie? ›
Taste the bottom crust (to see if it's baked), the top crust (to see if it's tender and flaky) and the crimp (to see if it's scorched). Sample the filling to see if its flavor and texture are appropriate. If it's a fruit pie and you can't tell which fruits by tasting, that's a pie with a problem.
Judging criteria involved eight categories, including appearance, consistency of filling, bottom crust, top crust, color/appearance of pie edge, taste, and more. We were served eight pies in total and I can attest that each and every one of them was absolutely delicious and looked beautiful.
What is Florida's favorite pie? ›
Key lime pie was invented in Key West, where Key limes are anything but scarce. Key limes are different from regular limes. Key limes are more aromatic, smaller, seedier and are more tart than regular limes. Key lime pie is the Sunshine State's official state pie.
What's the best pie in the world? ›
- Perfect pies from around the world. Africa Studio/Shutterstock. ...
- Borek, various locations. hlphoto/Shutterstock. ...
- Saskatoon berry pie, Canada. Brent Hofacker/Shutterstock. ...
- Butter pie, England. AS Foodstudio/Shutterstock. ...
- Vlaai, Netherlands. Picture Partners/Shutterstock. ...
- Egyptian goulash, Egypt. ...
- Peach pie, USA. ...
- Kreatopita, Greece.
Which pastry is best for pies? ›
Shortcrust pastry is the best for pies that fully encase a filling as they tend to be firmer and less likely to leak. Puff pastry is great if you prefer just a pastry lid on top of the filling. Ready rolled shop-bought pastry are easy to handle and quite reliable - even professional chefs appreciate the convenience!
What are 3 tips for making pie crust? ›
7 pie crust tips for tender, flaky results every time
- 1Keep the dough ingredients cool.
- 2Use a light touch.
- 3Hydrate the dough (but not too much)
- 4Chill the dough.
- 5Keep the dough from sticking.
- 6Roll the dough out evenly.
- 7Relax.
What are the pies strategies? ›
In the strategy presented, the mnemonic PIES is used to describe a 4-step process for solving word problems in which the acronym is described as P=Picture (draw a simple sketch) based on the situation described by the word problem), I=Information (circle key words in the problem and write next to picture), E=Equation ( ...
How do you slice a pie perfectly? ›
The Secret of the Third Cut
The law of clean pie slicing states that it's always easier to lift out that tricky first slice when a second slice has also been cut. So, use your chef's knife to cut the first slice—but don't remove it. Then be sure to make that third crucial cut, marking the second slice.
What are the rules for pie eating? ›
Contestants must place their hands behind their backs while eating the pie. Contestants must not touch / eat any pie until the start signal is given. The first person to finish his/her pie will throw their hands in the air to end the contest and be declared the winner.