I think that I love pie even more than cakes. A part of the reason is how much easier they are to whip up than a layer cake, especially when you have a no-fail recipe for pastry such as my oil-pie ...

Mastering the art of a great pie crusts is one of the essential steps on the way to being a true at-home baker, and once you do, you've got a particularly useful (and versatile) tool in your kitchen ...

When I think of the quintessential pie, I think of the classic flaky crust. But there’s a world of fantastic crust types out there. Even within the flour-butter-liquid genre, you have everything from ...

butter and flour in a glass bowl with iced water next to it - P-fotography/Shutterstock Using warm ingredients may be one way you're ruining your pie crust. Although ...

I made sweet potato pies using recipes from chefs Trisha Yearwood, Carla Hall, and Alton Brown. Yearwood's pie was simple but a bit watery, and Brown's fell apart as I ate it. I thought Hall had the ...