Pie & Tarts Recipes

We have all of our favorite pie recipes, including: cherry, blueberry, peach pie, spiced apple, pumpkin pie, and even cream pie recipes like coconut and banana. There's also savory meat pie recipes like hearty chicken pot pie, shepherd’s pie, and breakfast quiches.

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Perfect Pumpkin Pie
Canned pumpkin purée is quick and easy to use. Don't substitute fresh pumpkin purée in this pie; it will be too watery.
Sweet Potato Pie
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This family recipe for sweet potato pie comes courtesy of actor Danny Glover.
For Perfect Piecrust, Follow These Tips from Our Food Editors
For dough done right, take our test kitchen's lead.
Pecan Pie
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Rich, buttery, and oh-so-simple, the classic pecan pie has earned its place as a Thanksgiving mainstay. It's also a wonderful choice to make ahead of time since it will need several hours to cool before serving. Dollop with freshly whipped and barely sweetened cream to balance out the bold sweetness of this pie. 
Easy Pie Crust
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Prep now and enjoy wonderful pies all season. Make the crust and topping in advance and keep them in the freezer for up to three months, then defrost fully before using.
Old-Fashioned Apple Pie
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The words "apple pie" conjure warmth, aroma, taste, and togetherness. This apple pie recipe is filled with Granny Smith apples and is tucked into a buttery pie crust. To make this apple pie recipe even sweeter, serve it with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
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The Finishing Touch: Pie Crust Wash
This simple technique helps you get a perfect, golden brown pastry crust every time.
Five-Spice Pumpkin Pie with Phyllo Crust
Try this deep-dish pumpkin pie when you need to please both traditional and modern palates at the Thanksgiving table. Adding Chinese five-spice powder to the filling may seem unorthodox, but two of its components (cinnamon and clove) can already be found in standard pumpkin-pie spice. The dramatic crust is delightfully easy to create—just brush butter onto sheets of store-bought phyllo and layer them at different angles in the pan. Finish with freshly whipped cream, and you'll have one mighty fine, crowd-pleasing dessert.
Shepherd's Pie
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40 Sensational Thanksgiving Pies and Tarts
Pate Brisee (Pie Dough)
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All Pie & Tarts Recipes

Perfect Pie Crust

The perfect pie crust is tender, light, flaky, and golden and lends itself to all of the Thanksgiving favorites.

Cinnamon-Swirl Apple Slab Pie

This fun, cinnamon-scented twist on apple pie can feed a crowd while wow-ing them at the same time. The same homemade pie dough forms both the base crust and the topping—the magic happens when a sweetened cinnamon-butter is spread on half of the dough and rolled up like a log and chilled. Once sliced into swirly rounds, they're shingled on top of the baking sheet of spiced apples and baked until golden brown and bubbly. You can find a step-by-step photo guide to assembling the top crust here. 

Classic Cream Puffs

The foundation of the perfect cream puff is light, airy pâte à choux, which is made with eggs, flour, and butter. Once the cream puffs are shaped and baked, they're filled with a rich homemade pastry cream.

Cherry-Cheese Strudel Pie

This strudel-inspired confection is a total crowd pleaser. A custardy mix of cream cheese, ricotta, and egg—marbled with a swirl of tart cherry sauce—bakes up into a delicious filling. The bottom crust is made with store-bought puff pastry. It stays light and airy thanks to blind-baking, while scoring it gives the edges a rustic braided look. 

Coconut Custard Pie

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We skipped the cream on top to let the tropical custard filling be the star.

Libby's Famous Pumpkin Pie

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This recipe for Libby's famous pumpkin pie is courtesy of Libby's.

Basic Pie Dough for Apple Pie

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This recipe makes enough dough for one double-crust pie or two single-crust pies. For more baking help, go to How to Make Apple Pie.

Test Kitchen's Favorite Pate Brisee

To avoid creating water pockets in your brisee (which will wreak havoc in your dough), make sure to strain the ice out of the water before drizzling it in and processing.

Classic Chicken Potpie

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A buttery crust is always a winner, but when it comes to potpie, it's what's inside that counts. Try this classic version; then explore these fresh filling ideas: Curried Chicken; Mushroom-Marjoram Chicken; Tomato-Corn Chicken.

Brown-Butter Bourbon Pecan Pie

In this classic with a twist, the complex flavors of brown butter and bourbon breathe new life into sweet and nutty pecan pie. Traditionalists and modernists alike will appreciate the enhancement of familiar flavors, especially when finished off with a dollop of whipped cream.
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Best Apple Pie

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To ace this American tradition, we combine different varietals of apples that each have their own nuanced flavors and textures in the filling for this apple pie. The sublime result is a bold, aromatic filling bubbling inside a golden-brown double crust. This pie takes about an hour of hands on making and an hour to bake but allow time for the apples to meld with the sugar and spices before prepping the filling and making the pie—and allow plenty of time for the pie to cool before slicing and serving.
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Key Lime Pie

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You don't need to travel to the southernmost point of Florida to enjoy a slice of this tart pie. Learn how to make your own key lime pie at home, complete with a graham cracker crust, with this master recipe.

Our Favorite Pie Crust

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The pastry blender is a useful tool to evenly incorporate ice water into the flour-and-butter mixture. Adding just a little ice water at a time ensures that the dough attains the right texture.

Cheddar-Topped Shepherd's Pie

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Old-style pubs have it right: Sitting down to a generous helping of shepherd's pie is a true pleasure; making it is happily simple. We've added sharp cheddar to our mashed potatoes for a snappy topping.

Apple Pie

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Baking a pie from scratch takes a little patience, but watching your friends and family enjoy the results makes it all worthwhile.

Pie Crust for Sweet Potato Pie

Use this pie crust to make desserts like our Sweet Potato Pie with Pecan Topping.

Emeril's Pecan-Chocolate Chip Pie

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For a sure-fire winner this time of year, nothing beats pecan pie. Let your little helpers add the pecans and chocolate chips, then measure and mix the easy filling ingredients.

Pumpkin Pie

For the best flavor, use a sugar pumpkin to make a homemade Pumpkin Purée. This variety of pumpkin, also known as "New England Pie" and "Sugar Pie" weighs from five to eight pounds and is known for its sweet, fine-grained flesh.

Pate a Choux

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Use this pate a choux recipe to make mouthwatering pastries such as profiteroles, cream puffs, and eclairs.

Basic Pie Crust

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Use this recipe when making our Coconut Custard Pie.

Mile-High Apple Pie

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Resist the urge to cut into this pie before it has cooled completely so the juices have time to thicken. This pie tastes even better the day after it has been baked.

Double Crust Apple Pie

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Like a lot of filling to pastry in your apple pie? Try this fall recipe that's filled with three pounds of apples. We like to use an assortment of different varieties such as Granny Smith, Rome, Fuji, and Jonagold.

Alexis's Sweet Potato Pie

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This scrumptious sweet-potato pie, created by Martha's daughter, Alexis, strikes all the right balances: its consistency is dense but not heavy, and its flavor sweet but not saccharine. When buying fresh sweet potatoes, choose small- to medium-size examples with smooth, unbruised skins. Martha made this recipe on episode 705 of Martha Bakes.

Classic Pumpkin Pie

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To concentrate the flavor of pumpkin pie, the pumpkin flesh is roasted before being pureed. Fresh whipped cream is a cool counterpoint to the filling's ginger, nutmeg, and cinnamon.
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