429 pie base recipes

No-roll apple pie with a press-in-pan oil crust and a sweet streusel top. Cinnamon and ginger spice six cups of sliced apples for a beginner-friendly pie that skips the rolling pin entirely.

Crustless German chocolate pie with toasted walnuts and a fudgy, brownie-like center. One bowl, no rolling pin, and an overnight chill that turns each slice into something between a pie and a flourless torte.

Pastry for Double-Crust Pie & Single-Crust Pie recipe

Gluten-free pancakes blend millet flour and rice flour with applesauce and apple juice concentrate for sweetness. No oil, no dairy, no refined sugar, ready in under 30 minutes.

Orange creamsicle pie: a frozen graham-crust pie blending vanilla ice cream with thawed orange juice concentrate. The childhood ice cream truck favorite, sliceable on a plate.

Mango-coconut pie layers a graham cracker and toasted coconut crust with a vanilla bean coconut custard, diced fresh mango, and whipped cream. A bright mango coulis poured over each slice doubles down on the fruit.

No-bake pumpkin layer pie with sweet cream cheese and whipped topping over a graham cracker crust, plus a thick spiced pumpkin pudding layer. A lighter holiday alternative.

The easiest brownie pie you'll ever make: boxed brownie mix poured into frozen pie shells with chopped nuts and baked slightly underdone for a fudgy center. Makes 2 pies. Serve with mocha ice cream.

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.

The following is a Sugar Pie recipe that came from Northern Indiana and is an old Amish recipe. It is very, very good - and different. This will not be a firm custard, so don't despair if it doesn't look like the custard pies you are accustomed to!

Rich chocolate cream pie with a hint of cinnamon, cooked slow in a double boiler and crowned with golden meringue. Old-fashioned diner-style pie from scratch.

Flaky pie pastry using both shortening and butter for the best of both worlds. Stand mixer method cuts fat into flour in 30 seconds. Makes two crusts.

All-purpose pie pastry combining vegetable shortening and butter for the best of both fats: shortening for tenderness, butter for flavor. Makes enough for two double-crust pies.

Reduced fat pumpkin pie made with fat-free sweetened condensed milk and egg whites only. Same warm spices, same creamy texture, with significantly less fat than traditional pumpkin pie.

Master magic lemon pie sets sweetened condensed milk with fresh lemon juice and zest, no cooking required for the filling. Crowned with a billowy meringue over a cinnamon-graham crust.

Susan's chocolate chess pie sets a velvety cocoa custard of butter, sugar, eggs, and evaporated milk into two flaky shells. The Southern dessert with a crackly top and fudgy center.