256 butter pie crust recipes

Old-fashioned chess-style custard pie with butter, eggs, evaporated milk and vanilla baked into a single crust. Sweet, silky filling that sets to a glossy finish. A Depression-era Southern classic.

Pineapple cream pie with a buttery oil-pastry crust and a no-cook filling whipped from butter, powdered sugar, eggs, and crushed pineapple. A creamy, frothy retro chiller from the icebox era.

Rum pecan pie with a brandied butter crust, layered chopped pecans under a mosaic of pecan halves, and a dark rum and maple-kissed filling. Holiday dessert with a grown-up flavor twist.

Finnish blueberry yogurt pie (mustikkapiirakka) with a press-in butter shortbread crust and a tangy lemon-vanilla custard. Fresh blueberries bake right into the filling for the iconic dessert of every Finnish summer.

Sheila's apple pie tops green apples with a buttery batter made from pancake mix, sugar, egg, and butter. The unconventional shortcut topping bakes into a tender, cake-like crust over tart apple filling.

French lemon pie is a simple rustic tart: a whole wheat butter crust filled with a buttery fresh lemon custard and baked golden. Tart, glossy, and finished in an hour with pantry basics.

Sylvia's Apple Pie features a no-fuss oil-based crust pressed right into the pan, piled high with cinnamon-sugar apples and dotted with butter. No rolling pin needed for this old-fashioned classic.

Chocolate mocha pie with a silky French silk-style filling whipped from butter, chocolate, and instant coffee, set in a crunchy walnut-chocolate crust and crowned with coffee whipped cream. A make-ahead showstopper.

Chocolate chip pecan pie that mounts chips and pecans into the bottom of an all-butter homemade crust before pouring the gooey custard over top. The chocolate melts into pockets you hit with every fork.

Favourite sour cream apple pie tosses tart apples in a vanilla sour cream custard, then crowns it with a crunchy walnut-cinnamon sugar topping. No butter in the topping means a cleaner, crispier nut crust.

Frozen peanut butter ice cream pie with a chocolate wafer crust, toasted cashews, and clover honey. Top each slice with warm fudge for a no-bake dessert that hits creamy, crunchy, and chocolate-deep in one bite.

Sugar-free chocolate banana cream pie with a no-bake peanut butter and crisp-rice crust, sliced bananas, sugar-free chocolate pudding and a light whipped topping. Press it, layer it, freeze it. No oven, no refined sugar.

No-bake chocolate mousse pie made with blended cottage cheese, skim milk, and cocoa on a cinnamon-graham cracker crust. Light, creamy, and high in protein. A smarter way to satisfy a chocolate craving without heavy cream or butter.

Yankee maple sugar apple pie sweetens tart apples with a full cup of soft maple sugar instead of granulated. Just cinnamon, a hint of flour, and dotted butter under a cream-washed top crust deliver heritage New England flavor.

Impossible breakfast pie with sausage, mozzarella, and scallions in a self-crusting Bisquick and sour cream batter. Crustless quiche that forms its own base.

Tarheel pie is a rich, fudgy chocolate chip pie that bakes up like a gooey brownie in a crust, melted chocolate folded into the batter with coconut and a double hit of chocolate chips. Best served slightly underbaked.