Contents

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 1
Crusts and Toppings

Plain Pie Pastry

Vinegar Pie Crust

Cream Cheese Crust

Chocolate Cookie Crust

Gingersnap Crust

Graham Cracker Crust

Mrs. Rowe’s Meringue

Weepless Meringue

Sweetened Whipped Cream

Caramel Sauce

Chocolate Sauce

CHAPTER 2
Fruit, Berry, and Nut Pies

Apple-Dapple Pie

French Apple Pie

Caramel Apple Nut Pie

Crabapple Pie

Granny Smith Apple Pie

Fresh Peach Pie

Mrs. Brown’s Grape Pie

Damson Plum Pie

Blueberry Pie

Strawberry Pie

Blackberry Pie

Gooseberry Pie

Simple Cherry Pie

Spicy Pumpkin Pie

Sweet Potato Pie

Butternut Squash Pie

Mrs. Brown’s Winter Squash Pie

Chestnut Pie

Hickory Nut Pie

Mincemeat Pie

Green Tomato Mincemeat Pie

CHAPTER 3
Cream and Custard Pies

Virginia’s Almost Impossible Coconut Pie

Original Coconut Cream Pie

Coconut Custard Pie

White Christmas Pie

Susan’s Banana Cream Pie

Classic Banana Cream Pie

Sour Cream and Raisin Pie

Strawberry Sour Cream Pie

Never-Fail Lemon Pie

Key Lime (or Not) Pie

Chocolate Chess Pie

Tar Heel Pie

German Chocolate Pie

Willard’s Chocolate Pie

Chocolate Meringue Pie

Smoothest Ever Peanut Butter Pie

Peanut Butter Custard Pie

Cinnamon Sugar Pie

CHAPTER 4
Frozen and Icebox Pies

Frozen Strawberry Daiquiri Pie

Frozen Strawberry Margarita Pie

Watermelon Pie

Peanut Pie

Mudd Pie

Grasshopper Pie

Layered Ice Cream Pie

Caramel Coconut Pie

Make-Your-Own-Flavor Chiffon Pie

CHAPTER 5
Pies for the Cupboard

Brown Sugar Pie

Brown Sugar Pie from the Attic

Shoofly Pie

Brownie Pie

Pecan Fudge Pie

Raisin Pie

Lemon Chess Pie

Old-Fashioned Monterey Maple Syrup Pie

INDEX