Dessert, Py Recipes

Cheesecake pumpkin pie layers a graham-pecan crust with a creamy pumpkin-cream cheese filling spiced with cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and cloves. Hybrid Thanksgiving showstopper.

Cranberries and pears are a great pair. They make this deliciously fruity filling, and it tastes great with the buttery and flakey pastry. It's as delicious as an apple pie.

Classic four-ingredient flaky pie dough with shortening and ice water. Makes two 9-inch crusts for double-crust pies, lattice tops, or freezer-stash backup. The base every home baker needs.

This is a very delicious chocolate fudge pie. Everyone likes it.

Baked key lime pie with a tangy custard filling of egg yolks, sweetened condensed milk, and tart lime juice in a buttery graham cracker crust. Topped with vanilla whipped cream and lime slices.

Deep pot apple pie with butterscotch chip sauce and cinnamon brown sugar pastry strips layered over cooked apples. A rustic, scoopable apple dessert served in bowls.

Paper bag apple pie: a vintage baking trick that wraps the whole pie in a brown paper bag during baking. Tender apples, golden streusel top, and an evenly browned crust without scorching.

Fresh blueberry cream pie with a tangy sour cream custard filling and a crunchy pecan streusel topping. This simple summer pie showcases ripe blueberries.

Old-fashioned raisin pie with a spiced orange juice filling, dual citrus zest, cinnamon, and cloves under a lattice crust. A sweet, fruity heirloom pie that deserves a comeback.

Best candy apple pie: a classic cinnamon-spiced double-crust apple pie crowned with a bubbling brown sugar, cream, and pecan caramel poured right over the top. Apple pie meets pecan praline.

This is a wonderful and light dessert to offer people as a contrast to the heavy holiday meals and desserts normally offered at this time.

Quick caramel apple pie with quartered caramel candies, caramel ice cream topping, diced unpeeled apples, and a pecan topping. Uses a store-bought crust for easy assembly.

Classic double-crust apple pie enriched with honey, raisins, and pecans. Cinnamon-sugar coated apples in a buttery pastry. Golden lattice top.

Decadent chocolate cream pie with a graham and Oreo cookie crust filled with chocolate ganache folded into whipped cream and studded with extra crushed Oreos.

A custard-style rhubarb pie with evaporated milk, cinnamon, and cloves poured over fresh rhubarb in a single crust. Tart, creamy, and warmly spiced. A springtime classic.

Purple plum pie loads sliced fresh plums into a deep-dish crust under a cinnamon-spiced buttery crumb. A late-summer fruit pie with jammy tart filling and golden streusel topping.