American Pie: Irresistable Recipes for Fillings and Crusts from Four Generations of Champion Pie Bakers - Tapa blanda

45 luscious recipes, for 360 slices of America's Favorite Dessert

Seasonal Fruit

Apple Pie with White Wine

Springtime Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie

Butterscotch Peach Pie

Jessie Lou's Favorite: Pineapple Meringue

Cream and Custard

Aunty Baby's Grasshopper Pie

Wisconsin Sour Cream Raisin Pie

East Texas Millionaire Pie

Nut and Chocolate

Aunt Dear's Pecan Cream Pie

Southern Peanut Pie

French Chocolate Silk Pie

Old-Fashioned

Buttermilk Pie

Hoosier Cream Pie

Drunken Chess Pie

Brown Sugar Vinegar Pie

Plus Basic, Butter, Old-Fashioned Lard, Gingersnap, Pecan, and 6 more easy-to-make crusts. Whipped Cream and meringue toppings. Instructions for blending, rolling, and baking. Filling tips. Equipment necessary for perfect pies. And, when leftovers are too good to waste, important information on How to Eat Pastry Scraps.

Theresa Kennedy is the author of Cooking with Five Ingredients or Less. She has been the family baking archivist since first tasting her mother's Sunday Dinner Lemon Meringue Pie.