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Recipes tagged with: easy

Fresh Kiwi Blueberry Tart
  • Prep Time: 30 minutes plus chilling
  • Baking Time: 40-45 minutes

Fresh Kiwi Blueberry Tart

It's so pretty!  It's enticing and light, perfect for summer.

Slab Apple Pie
  • Prep Time: 1 hour for making crust, prepping apples, filling.
  • Baking Time: 1 hour

Slab Apple Pie

This is a great pie to make for a crowd. Because you cook it in a 13x9 dish, it makes more than a traditional pie, is easy to cut into many pieces AND it tastes great!

Fresh Fig Tart
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes for crust, plus chilling/baking, 15 minutes for filling
  • Baking Time: 15 minutes

Fresh Fig Tart

Mmmmm, for those of us who love fresh figs, this is a gem!  The crust has a cookie quality to it -- not too sweet -- that embraces the cream cheese filling, which compliments the fresh figs.  Then there's the chocolate drizzle, which brings it all together for an easy early fall treat.

Darby Blueberry Pie
  • Prep Time: 50 minutes
  • Baking Time: 55 minutes

Darby Blueberry Pie

Blueberry was my father's favorite pie,and Darby was his name.  It makes me happy when I bake it and remember him.  Here's to our Dads!

Easy as Apple Pie
  • Prep Time: 30 minutes (plus crust)
  • Baking Time: 50 - 60 min

Easy as Apple Pie

This is first pie I ever made, the one that got me started on a lifetime of baking pies. It’s simple, delicious and easy! I’ve made it so many times I can make it by heart.

Very Lemon Chess Pie
  • Prep Time: 15 minutes plus crust
  • Baking Time: 45-60 minutes

Very Lemon Chess Pie

It's easy! It's so good! Especially for those who love lemon, this is a filling that meets that tart-sweet-rich need all at once. It won a blue ribbon in the "other pies" category at the state fair in 2011 for my pal, Havens.

Best of Show - All American Pecan Pie
  • Prep Time: 1 hour
  • Baking Time: 45-50 minutes

Best of Show - All American Pecan Pie

It has a (now not so) secret ingredient that cuts the sugary sweetness of a traditional pecan pie and adds depth, The strips of pastry on top make it elegant and even more inviting. Took a Best of Show in 2007.

Best of Show - Pear Perfection Custard Pie
  • Prep Time: 20 minutes for filling (plus time for crust)
  • Baking Time: 50-60 minutes

Best of Show - Pear Perfection Custard Pie

"Mmmm. Mmmmm!" That's what you'll hear as people taste this pie for the first time. This is a simple yet elegant pie, made with ingredients at hand. A perfect fall or winter pie, one that will surprise you with its delicate texture and satisfying flavors. This recipe took "Best of Show" at a state fair pie contest.

Chocolate Chess Pie
  • Prep Time: 30 minutes
  • Baking Time: 50 minutes

Chocolate Chess Pie

It's easy and it's chocolate!  Made with ingredients at hand, you can have pie for dessert any time.  See 'Baker's Notes' below for a gluten-free version.

  • Prep Time: one hour
  • Baking Time: 36 minutes

Costa Rican Orange Blossom Pie

Winner of the 'Merry Month of May' pie contest!  This recipe was created to use the Costa Rican sour oranges or 'mandarinas.'. They are very sour and are used in place of lemons.

Delicate Tart Crust
  • Prep Time: 30 minutes plus 1 hour chilling
  • Baking Time: 15-20 minutes

Delicate Tart Crust

This pastry is perfect for pear tarts and other tarts that have delicate flavors and/or nuts in the filling.

Graham Cracker Crust
  • Prep Time: 20 minutes
  • Baking Time: 10

Graham Cracker Crust

Some classic pies, like Key Lime, call for a graham cracker crumb crust.  A crust like this is always good with a creamy filling, and it freezes well!

Honey Nut Tart
  • Prep Time: 30 minutes plus time to chill pastry dough
  • Baking Time: 40 minutes

Honey Nut Tart

What a gift from nature honey is!  And this tart puts honey and nuts right on top, where they belong.

  • Prep Time: 5 min
  • Baking Time: 45 min plus 3 hrs chilling time

Key Lime Pie

It is just so delicious!

  • Prep Time: 15 minutes plus chilling

Olive Oil Pie Crust

Some of us are looking for healthier versions of favorite desserts.  This crust recipe is based on olive oil and, while I've never made it myself, a friend says you don't taste the olive oil at all and it makes a delicious crust.  Let me know what you think!

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Rebecca Jo Dakota

Rebecca Jo Dakota

05. February, 2013 |

Hi Anne,
I'm going to add an olive oil pie crust recipe to the "crusts" category of Pie Pals. Let me say, however, that I've never made...

Anne

Anne

23. January, 2013 |

I would beinterested to learn how to make crust with organic flour, oil and other organic alternatives. Was butter the original...

Felicia Montoya

Felicia Montoya

19. April, 2012 |

Make sure to use sweetened condensed milk and NOT evaporated milk.