2,134 pie base recipes

Pumpkin torte: a layered fall dessert with graham cracker crust, baked cream cheese center, and a light gelatin-set spiced pumpkin chiffon top. The Thanksgiving alternative to pumpkin pie that feeds a crowd.

Easy spiced apple cake bakes a small one-bowl batter with cinnamon, ginger, and fresh sliced apples in a pie tin. Quick fall snack cake with light and dark brown sugars.

Pizza rice is a baked brown rice casserole with sauteed mushrooms, fresh tomato, garlic, oregano, basil, parmesan, and olives. All the flavors of a margherita pie in a one-dish supper.

No-bake chocolate peanut butter mud pies with oats. One-minute boil, stir in the good stuff, drop on wax paper, and let them set. Fudgy, chewy, and no oven needed.

Southwestern quiche with whole green chilies stuffed with Monterey Jack cheese, arranged in a pie crust and baked in a creamy French onion soup custard with Swiss cheese, dry mustard, and hot sauce.

Maple syrup pie with a silky stovetop custard filling poured into a pre-baked shell. Pure maple syrup, butter, and a single egg cook into glossy, caramel-deep filling in 10 minutes.

Crustless chicken pie: layers of cooked chicken, celery, parsley, and bread crumbs bound by an egg-and-broth custard, water-bath baked. A vintage savory pudding that uses up leftover roast chicken.

Savory Italian spinach torta with mozzarella, sun-dried tomatoes, and toasted pine nuts baked in a Dijon-brushed pie crust. A stunning brunch or dinner centerpiece that's golden, cheesy, and herb-filled.

Sweet potato pie with bourbon cream sauce: a spiced, custardy sweet potato filling in a flaky shell, scattered with pecans and crowned with a boozy bourbon cream. The microwave does the baking, so it's table-ready in under 30 minutes.

Half-whole-wheat apple nut cookies with diced fresh apples, walnuts, raisins, and warm spices. Cake-like, soft-textured drop cookies that taste like apple pie filling baked into a cookie. Makes 48.

A stone-baked three cheese pizza loaded with mozzarella, Swiss, and Parmesan over fresh tomato pulp and herbs. Includes step-by-step dough shaping for a crispy, bubbly, pizzeria-quality pie at home.

Retro fruit pie with sour cherries, crushed pineapple, bananas, and cherry Jello in a graham cracker crust topped with whipped cream. A vintage no-bake dessert that brings the church potluck right to your kitchen.

Duck pot pie with the flavors of duck a l'orange baked right in: a giblet stock sauce brightened with orange peel and Triple Sec, loaded with broccoli, leeks, and ginger. The crispy duck skin gets rolled into the top crust.

Sour cream lemon pie folds tangy sour cream into a stovetop lemon curd before pouring it into a pre-baked shell. The result is creamier and less sharp than classic lemon meringue, finished with whipped cream and lemon twists.

A creamy make-ahead filling for chicken broccoli pockets, loaded with cooked chicken, broccoli, mozzarella, and cream of chicken soup. Portion and freeze it now, then stuff into dough and bake hot, golden hand pies.

Giant almond Florentines bake whole 8-inch caramel-almond rounds in foil pie pans, then finish with a chocolate-coated bottom. Crisp, lacy, and dramatic. The classic European cookie scaled up to plate-size.