Pies and Tarts

Greek Custard Pie (Galaktoboureko)

January 11, 2012 |

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It’s funny, I do so much baking and have a never-ending list of recipes that I want to try and experiment with, but on some days it’s like I hit a total roadblock. I’m not sure what I want to make, nothing sounds good to me on that particular day, and I’m just sort of [...]

Sweet Potato Pie

November 10, 2011 |

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Sweet potato pie is a Thanksgiving staple on many tables, but for whatever reason my family never served it. I always wondered what it would taste like, I figured some sort of cross between that always-famous marshmallow-topped sweet potato casserole and a pumpkin pie. This year I decided to put the curiosity to rest and [...]

Classic Apple Pie

September 28, 2011 |

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Ahh, apple pie. Nothing quite says fall like apple pie. I first made a homemade apple pie a few years back, and shared the results with you. It was my first-ever homemade pie and I totally adored it. However, as my baking prowess began to grow and I started to experiment with different recipes and [...]

No-Bake Creamy Peanut Butter Pie

August 12, 2011 |

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This peanut butter pie is for Mikey. I don’t know Mikey, but his wife, Jennie, runs the food blog In Jennie’s Kitchen. I have never met Jennie, although we have communicated online and I shared a guest post on her site a couple of years ago (see: Polenta Pizza). This past Sunday, Mikey collapsed and [...]

Top 10 List: Favorite Pie & Tart Recipes

July 25, 2011 |

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One thing that many people enjoy during the summer is going out to orchards or local farms and picking fresh fruit – berries and rhubarb in the summer, and then lots of apples as the weather starts to cool and summer turns to fall. And what better way to use up all that wonderful fruit [...]

Frozen Chocolate-Peanut Butter Pie

July 20, 2011 |

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I simply cannot resist any dessert that has even the slightest thing to do with peanut butter. If Oreos and cream cheese are involved, all the better. Which is why as soon as I laid eyes on this dessert I knew I had to have it. It wasn’t a question of if, it was a [...]

Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie

June 22, 2011 |

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Rhubarb is relatively new to my palate, and I have enjoyed experimenting with it over the last year or so. I especially enjoyed the rhubarb pie-tartlets I made a few weeks ago. Loved those little pastries! Since I’m new to rhubarb, I had never experienced a strawberry-rhubarb pie until last summer. For as long as [...]

Fresh Strawberry Pie

June 14, 2011 |

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Anyone that hails from Pittsburgh most likely holds strawberry pie very close to their heart. Our hometown diner chain has sold strawberry pies for as long as I can remember. Big, fresh strawberries in a thick strawberry glaze piled into a pie crust and adorned with big swirls of whipped cream. A slice of that [...]

Rhubarb Pie-Tartlets

May 25, 2011 |

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Are you ready for a big foodie confession? The first time I ever ate or baked with rhubarb was last year. (I’ll wait while you pick your jaw up off the floor…) It’s crazy, isn’t it?! Somehow, it had never been on my radar. My mom and grandma were never big pie bakers when I [...]

Chocolate Bourbon Walnut Pie {Kentucky Derby Pie}

May 6, 2011 |

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Ahh, the Kentucky Derby. The gorgeous horses. The big, elaborate hats. The mint juleps. It’s an American (albeit a bit southern) tradition. Me? I of course will go straight to dessert. I have heard stories about the legendary Derby Pie, made famous by the Melrose Inn in Prospect, Kentucky, and decided that any recipe with [...]