Our 20 Most Popular Pie Recipes

Convenience and comfort all in one dish? Sign us up. This easy take calls for frozen vegetables instead of fresh, and you can make it a day in advance.

It's hard to argue with a buttery crust and a filling made with shredded chicken, peas, and carrots. But that doesn't mean you need to always stick to the script: This recipe also offers creative variations including Curried Chicken and Mushroom-Marjoram Chicken.

Key limes are aromatic and floral-tasting, the perfect foil to a sweet graham-cracker crust. A last-minute topping of whipped cream nicely balances the tartness.

Nothing crazy here: Just a solidly delicious apple pie, made with Granny Smiths, lemon juice, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves.

Although you can certainly stick with one variety of apples, using a mix, such as Empire, Granny Smith, Gala, Cortland, and Winesap will give your pie a nice balance of tart and sweet. Golden Delicious and Braeburn are also beloved by veteran apple pie bakers.

Go ahead and take your time making homemade crust, but don't be tempted to roast and purée your own pumpkin for this pie. Canned pumpkin purée actually works best since it's consistently good.

Some versions of this tropical-tasting pie have cream on top, but this one skips it to let the custard filling be the star.

Rich and buttery, this classic has earned its place as a Thanksgiving mainstay. Serve it with freshly whipped cream to balance out the bold sweetness.

Although we've seen rhubarb sauces, muffins, and cakes, by far the most popular use for this tart fruit is in pies. This recipe features a crumb topping, which gives a pleasant contrast to the soft filling. 

Anyone who delights in a tender, flaky crust that splinters at the lightest touch of a fork will adore this lovely pie. It has a high crust-to-filling ratio. 

This pie really brings the drama, with a tart lemon curd filling and towering pillows of soft meringue that you let lightly brown in the oven before serving. Bonus: It's delicious.

Also known as Hoosier pie, this regional specialty pairs a buttery crust with a rich vanilla custard filling. It's wonderfully straightforward, as simple as it is tasty.

The beloved Southern dessert gets kicked up a notch with the addition of dark chocolate, which adds pleasant depth to the sweet filling.

Although most fruit pie fillings are vegan, the crust is usually not. That's why this recipe is such a find: it uses safflower oil instead of butter, and will please everyone at your table.

Looking for something a little different but still familiar? Try this rustic pie, which features a crumb topping and the inclusion of raisins in the filling. 

A savory filling made with bacon, ground pork, potatoes, and some spices and aromatics makes for a very satisfying meal, tucked between layers of buttery pie crust.

Come summer, there aren't many desserts that can top a peach pie. A crumble topping that includes oats add just the right texture. 

This beautiful pie starts and ends with bananas: the bottom layer consists of slightly overlapping rows of sliced bananas, then comes custard and whipped cream, and finally, there's another layer of sliced bananas.

Spicy gingersnaps stand in for the more traditional graham crackers in the crust of this cheesecake pie. They make an excellent foil for the rich pumpkin-cream cheese filling. A border of bruléed meringue takes the pie to the next level.