27 cookie pie recipes

Maple-glazed apple pie layers thinly sliced apples with a crushed gingersnap, walnut, and brown sugar mixture. A pour of hot maple syrup midway through baking soaks down through the steam vents.

No-bake frozen pumpkin pie with crushed gingersnaps, pecans, whipped topping, and pumpkin pie spice in a graham cracker crust. Creamy, spiced, and scoopable.

Frozen pumpkin mousse ice cream pie layered over vanilla ice cream in a buttery gingersnap crust, finished with caramel-pumpkin topping. A make-ahead Thanksgiving dessert.

Pumpkin oat bran muffins: high-fiber, low-fat fall muffins sweetened with brown sugar, spiced with pumpkin pie spice, and lightened with egg whites. A wholesome breakfast or snack ready in 30 minutes.

Fudgy chocolate pecan pie built on sweetened condensed milk and melted sweet chocolate instead of the usual corn syrup. The pecans stir into a rich chocolate custard for a brownie-meets-pecan-pie holiday dessert.

No-bake margarita pie with buttery pretzel crust, fresh lime filling spiked with tequila and triple sec, and clouds of whipped cream.

Summer no-cook blueberry pie made with three cups of fresh berries set under a microwave-thickened glaze. Sherry and lemon juice for depth, sour cream topping for cool tang. No oven needed once the shell is baked.

A diabetic-friendly Dutch apple pie with an oat-cinnamon crumble topping, sugar-free pudding mix, and frozen apple juice concentrate for natural sweetness. All the cozy flavors, less sugar.

Green tomato and apple pie with golden raisins, orange zest, and warm spices in a double crust. A classic end-of-season Southern way to use up the last unripe tomatoes from the garden.

Low-fat pumpkin raisin cake made with egg whites, no butter, and pumpkin pie spice. Served with a strained yogurt cream sauce for a lighter fall dessert.

Chicken tacos with rice featuring flour-dredged browned chicken simmered in chili sauce, Worcestershire, dry sherry, and chicken broth. A saucy, Mexican-inspired skillet dinner over fluffy rice.

Whoopie pies with soft, cake-like chocolate cookies sandwiching a silky cooked-flour buttercream. The old-fashioned ermine filling stays light and not too sweet. A New England and Pennsylvania Dutch classic.

Krakelingen are crisp Dutch figure-8 cookies made from a simple pie-pastry dough of butter, flour, and water, rolled into ropes and dipped in sugar. Buttery, crackly, and built for coffee dunking.

Soft maple raisin cookies with applesauce, pumpkin pie spice, walnuts, and a fluffy maple buttercream frosting. A spiced drop cookie that tastes like autumn in every bite.

Chocolate chip walnut pie with a chewy brown sugar custard, pockets of melted chocolate, and toasted walnuts in a flaky shell. Half cookie, half pie. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream.

Cherry cookie pizza with a golden sugar cookie crust, sweetened cream cheese layer, and cherry pie filling on top. A fun no-fuss dessert pizza baked on a 12-inch pan.