Notes about Recipes in this book

• Single-crust food processor pie dough

  • ashallen on December 23, 2021

    A good basic pie crust recipe that worked well for Canadian Butter Tarts from this book. End result was both tender and flaky. I stopped processing the dough before it started clumping in the food processor because it seemed a bit dry and I didn't want to over-process the butter lumps. I dumped the crumbs on the counter and was able to knead them into a dough without additional water. A 12 hour rest in the refrigerator really helped it come together. I used an online version of this recipe that didn't have ingredient weights and interpreted 1.5 cups flour as 7.5 oz - checking another online version of this recipe, it looks like I maybe should have used only 6.75 oz which might help explain the dryness. Recipe available online at https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/single-crust-food-processor-pie-dough

  • TrishaCP on January 01, 2022

    I’ve been using the double crust food processor dough recipe pretty regularly and the single crust is just as good. I did find you should be more cautious about processing the dough with this recipe (probably because there is less of it).

• Double-crust food processor pie dough

  • TrishaCP on August 31, 2021

    This gave me an incredibly flaky crust that held together well during baking. The first time I tried the recipe I overworked the dough, so just be very careful when pulsing it to not let it go too far. It is also easy to roll out.

• Old-fashioned shortening pie dough

  • Meags on April 26, 2025

    Great!

• Shortening and butter dough with egg

  • Meags on April 26, 2025

    Good! Eric and Aidan prefer my regular pie crust

• Cornmeal pie dough

  • Meags on April 26, 2025

    Great!

• Simple press-in pie dough

  • Meags on April 26, 2025

    Yum!

• Oreo crumb crust

  • Meags on April 26, 2025

    Delicious! I used a scant 2 T sugar

• All-strawberry pie

  • Meags on November 20, 2024

    Only meh. My regular strawberry pie is better.

• Breitbach’s raspberry pie

  • Meags on July 28, 2022

    Delicious pie! The mix of raspberry and blackberry is awesome. I cut the sugar in half.

• Vid and Annie’s fresh raspberry crumb pie

  • Meags on July 28, 2022

    This is an amazing pie! I used cherry preserves instead of the seedless raspberry jam . I also cut the 1/2 c. of sugar down to 1/4 c.

• Elizabeth’s pie

  • Meags on November 20, 2024

    Delicious! I cut the sugar and the honey down. It was perfect - tart and sweet. I used Granny Smith for the apple.

• Patsy’s blackberry-rhubarb free-form pie

  • Meags on May 17, 2026

    Delicious!! I be made as galette and regular lattice pie. For galette I used like concentrate instead of orange - great! As a regular pie, I did 3 c rhubarb, 2 c blackberries, 1 T of lemon juice, 3/4 scant c sugar - let sit 10 min, stir in 1 1/2 T cornstarch. Put in deep dish Pyrex, lattice top, bake at 400° for 30 minutes, turn 90 degrees and bake at 375° for 25-30 minutes

• Deep-dish blackberry-peach pie

  • Meags on November 20, 2024

    Good, but we prefer straight blackberry or straight peach

• Marionberry pie with hazelnut crumb topping

  • Meags on August 26, 2023

    I made this with blackberries. I cut the sugar to 1/4 c. Perfect! Nice and tart.

• Wild blueberry lattice-top pie

  • Meags on July 06, 2025

    Delicious! I used orange zest and cut 1/2 c to 1/3 c sugar

• All-rhubarb pie

  • Meags on November 20, 2024

    Great - not my favorite rhubarb pie. I forgot the butter for the top and I skipped the orange zest

• Rhubarb custard pie

  • Meags on September 21, 2025

    Delicious! I cut the sugar to 1 1/4 c. I also subbed mace for the nutmeg. I didn't have milk on hand, so I used soy milk. Really tasty pie! Would definitely make again!

• Rainier cherry pie with grated top crust

  • Meags on September 15, 2025

    Delicious! I added used Rainier cherries and some backyard tree cherries

• Lattice-top deep-dish sour cherry pie

  • Meags on November 20, 2024

    Delicious!

• Dense cherry-almond coffeecake pie

  • Meags on September 15, 2025

    This pie was good, but could be great! Do not bake with a pan under it.

• All-peach crumb pie

  • Meags on November 20, 2024

    Delicious!

  • Kinhawaii on October 22, 2025

    Good but wished for even more peaches. Made this in the evening & refrigerated it overnight. Eaten the next day I really liked the lemon flavor that came through. The next day after that it was less special- he did mention it was best within a day.

• Minimalist peach crumb galette

  • Meags on November 20, 2024

    Delicious!

• Vanilla bean-scented all-peach pie

  • TrishaCP on August 31, 2021

    This is the same, or similar recipe, from his Pie cookbook, and it is such a great peach pie. The vanilla bean just works so well here.

• Pennsylvania Dutch market peach and sour cherry pie

  • Meags on September 15, 2025

    Fantastic pie! I had Bing cherries on hand, so I used those with O'Henry peaches. I cut the sugar to 1/2 c and added a little extra lemon juice. I also cut the brown sugar to a packed 1/8 c

• Nectarine and blueberry-lime pie

  • hillsboroks on July 14, 2023

    This pie is definitely a match made in heaven. The flavor of the nectarines and blueberries are really amped up with the addition of the lime zest and juice. Then when you the crunchy oatmeal crumble it all comes together deliciously. I will make this pie again and again.

• Catoctin Mountain three-fruit pie

  • Meags on September 04, 2021

    Delicious! I used peaches instead of apricots. I used 1/2 c sugar instead of 2/3 c.

• Deep-dish pluot pie with oatmeal crumb topping

  • TrishaCP on September 06, 2021

    This pie is absolutely delicious, even though I ended up using a combination of pluots and plums rather than all pluots. The baking instructions are very precise and really help you to get a crispy bottomed crust and a pie that holds together. (Note there is a version of this pie in K.H.’s pie book that uses walnut in the crumb. Need to try that in the future.)

  • Meags on September 01, 2025

    Delicious! I made it with plums from our tree. I measured 1/2 c , took 2T out of it for the cornstarch - great balance of tart and sweet. I saved out most of the fruit liquid

• Andy’s cranberry-apple pie with oatmeal crumb topping

  • Meags on November 20, 2024

    Delicious! I used the full 1/3 c sugar, 1/8 c maple syrup, and 1 T sugar with the cornstarch. I also didn't have orange zest, so I used 1/4 t or less orange extract. Definitely use the crumb topping!

• Lauren’s salted caramel-apple streusel pie

  • taste24 on December 29, 2020

    All of the components to this pie came together very nicely. I loved the instructions for the pie dough and rolling it out was a breeze. There was a ton of streusel on top - I was surprised at how much! If I make this again, I will do a little less sugar with the apples as the end result is fairly sweet... Overall a good recipe with excellent instructions.

• Skins-on apple-honey pie

  • Meags on August 26, 2023

    This was not great. The honey was overwhelming.

• Pear-raspberry lattice-top pie

  • Meags on March 16, 2025

    Delicious - I subbed Granny Smith apples for the gross pears. I used full amount of sugar (2/3 c +2 T). Next time I might use 1/2 c +2 T. I used ginger and would also like to try the cardamom option. Brought to Temple Pi(e) Day 2025.

• Triple-layer pumpkin-chocolate pie

  • Meags on November 20, 2024

    Delicious! A cheesecake pie - not quick to put together, but not too bad

  • sophie_lfm61y on April 06, 2026

    Texture is great, and I was impressed how well it came together. I’ve made it twice, wasn’t a fan of the cloves the first time around (was the only spice I could taste even with the small amount) so the next one I did I doubled the cinnamon, left out to cloves and added a pinch of ground ginger. Yum!

• Sweet carrot custard pie

  • Meags on April 25, 2026

    Tastes a lot like pumpkin pie. It was tasty! I used wintered over carrots from the garden. I'm interested in trying it with fresh carrots this summer - I'm guessing more of a flavor punch. I flipped the spices - used 1/2 t cinnamon and 1/4 t allspice.

• Slow-cooker fall fruit pie

  • damazinah on October 23, 2022

    Came out very doughy. The batter mixed into the fruit never set, it was like eating barely baked cake batter.

• Snowbird Mountain Lodge’s mocha-pecan pie

  • TrishaCP on November 27, 2021

    This was so rich and delicious. It was almost like eating a brownie inside of a pie shell. The coffee flavor is subtle but definitely present. Everyone at Thanksgiving loved it, but it is very rich and very sweet so small servings are best.

  • Meags on November 20, 2024

    Very good! Could use more coffee flavor. I did use dark cocoa powder, so that may have overpowered the espresso. Maybe up it by 1 t espresso

• Cream of coconut-pecan pie

  • Meags on November 20, 2024

    Delicious! I used less sugar, and I used lemon juice instead of vinegar. Really good - easy too. Might be good as a Pecan Joy Pie - adding chocolate - either chips, melted chips or ganache layer. ** I parbaked the crust, put a layer of chocolate ganache, topped with filling and baked. Fantastic!

• Peanut butter cheesecake pie with brown sugar-sour cream topping

  • Meags on March 01, 2026

    This is a yummy cheesecake pie. Not my favorite pie from this book. It's very tasty, but nothing that I feel the urge to hoard or immediately make again. Might be a nice twist, however, to add a chocolate ganache layer to it, if it wouldn't mess up the cheesecake bake. The sour cream top does a nice job of cutting the sweetness of the peanut butter layer

• Classic chess pie

  • Meags on November 20, 2024

    Very good! Just use 1 c sugar. I didn't prebake the crust.

• Canadian butter tarts

  • ashallen on December 23, 2021

    Very tasty - I really liked the combination of maple and brown sugar flavors in the filling. I made a few with finely chopped walnuts and liked those even more! Although the vinegar added a nice edge, I didn't care for its flavor (though it softened after a day) and would leave it out of the filling next time. I used apple cider vinegar so maybe white vinegar would have been more flavorless and better. Pastry was plentiful, flaky, and buttery (yum!). I used a muffin tin that browns muffin bottoms well but the tart bottoms were pale and a bit soft in the middle, though cooked. I'd try baking them longer than 18 minutes next time and/or placing the tin on a preheated baking stone. Recipe available online at https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/canadian-butter-tarts

• Angus Barn chocolate chess pie

  • Meags on November 20, 2024

    Delicious

• Hominy Grill buttermilk pie

  • Meags on November 20, 2024

    Not good!

• Cherry custard pie

  • Meags on February 01, 2024

    Delicious! The custard is perfectly creamy. I used 1/2 c + 1.5 T of sugar. My cherries migrated from the edges during baking, but still spaced out and yummy!

• Rich lemon custard pie

  • hillsboroks on April 11, 2021

    As part of my quest to find a fabulous lemon custard pie this pie was good but not great. With some whipped cream on top the lemon flavor almost disappeared. The reason I was topping it with whipped cream is because the author specified a deep dish pie pan when a normal 9" Pyrex or Corning Ware pan would have been better. My filling ended up a good 1/2 inch below the fluted edge of the crust and serving it without whipped cream would have looked weird like I had skimped on filling the pie.

  • Meags on February 01, 2024

    A rare miss from this book. I agree with hillsboroks - lacking in punchy lemon flavor, definitely the wrong sized pie dish. The crust was too tall and got overdone as a result. Will not make again.

• Toasted almond-coconut custard pie

  • Meags on January 16, 2023

    Amazing! Coconut custard meets pecan pie!

• Creamy coconut custard pie

  • Meags on October 06, 2023

    This is fantastic and easy! I didn't prebake the crust. Turned out fine. I accidentally left the mixer running the whole time as I added in the ingredients, instead of adding all the ingredients and just mixing until combined. Still worked.

• Tyler pie

  • Meags on November 20, 2024

    Fantastic! I cut the brown sugar. I used cinnamon.

• Creamy maple-yogurt pie

  • Meags on March 16, 2025

    Yum! It's like a light cheesecake! Maple flavor is very subtle.

• Banoffee-peanut butter pie

  • Meags on August 06, 2022

    This was a surprisingly good pie! I sliced the bananas thinly. I do not usually like things made with bananas, but my husband and son do, so I made it. Even I had to admit, it's pretty tasty. Best chilled.

• Vanilla pastry cream

  • Meags on April 06, 2024

    Delicious! Do not mix with whipped cream.

• Chai latte pastry cream

  • Meags on April 06, 2024

    This was very tasty - I used three bags of Trader Joe's chai. Maybe try four next time. I didn't use whipped cream at all. Made a graham cracker crust.

• Vanilla cream pie

  • Meags on November 20, 2024

    Fantastic! Just put all the pastry cream in shell. Top with whipped cream w/o added pastry cream.

• Peanut butter cup cream pie

  • taste24 on January 13, 2021

    This recipe is fantastic! It was not too sweet, and we really liked the addition of the chopped up peanut butter cups on top of the ganache layer. Next time, I think we will add a little salt to the pretzel crust or elsewhere - for whatever reason, the saltiness from the pretzels didn't shine through as much as we hoped, though the crust was marvelous and a perfect choice for this pie. The peanut butter pastry cream was easy to make and thickened quickly - I found it strange that we were not instructed to put the pudding through a fine mesh strainer, but we followed directions and didn't. The result was thick, but it didn't seem wrong once the pie was assembled and eaten. Delicious!

• Black bottom peanut butter cloud pie

  • lavenderfields on September 03, 2025

    This was not cloud-like as advertised, quite heavy actually. Maybe I shouldn't have used natural peanut butter? Quite sweet even after I added 1/4 tsp salt to the filling mixture and used dark chocolate. Again it irks me this book doesn't give measurements by weight!

• Coffee mud pie with an Oreo crust

  • Meags on February 01, 2024

    Wow!!! Delicious!! I couldn't find straight coffee ice cream, so I used Safeway's Java chip. Perfect! The entire thing is amazing! And, while we were expecting a diabetes bomb, it managed to hold back. I don't know if I was a little light handed in my layers, but it was sweet without being overly so. Will definitely make again!

• Dulce de leche and peanut butter cup pie

  • Meags on November 20, 2024

    Really great!

• Oatmeal-butterscotch chip cookie pie

  • Meags on November 20, 2024

    Excellent!

• Joe’s stone crab Key lime pie

  • Meags on November 20, 2024

    Great! Don't use Safeway crust. 3/26 update - came in third at Pi(e) Day at work with this

• Orange pie with a pistachio crumb crust

  • Meags on July 19, 2025

    Good, but not tart enough. It got better the next day, but probably not one I'll make again.

• Ricotta pie with chocolate and toasted almonds

  • Meags on November 20, 2024

    Delicious! Aidan made for my birthday. Almost a cheesecake type pie

• Arborio rice pie

  • Meags on November 12, 2024

    Yum! This is one recipe when it would be helpful to parbake the crust. I would up the vanilla by a half teaspoon.

• Chocolate ganache

  • Meags on November 20, 2024

    Wow! Fantastic and easy!

• Oatmeal crumb topping

  • Meags on November 20, 2024

    Delicious! I did not use the food processor

• Cornmeal streusel

  • Meags on November 20, 2024

    Yummy!