Customer Reviews

Betty's Pies Favorite Recipes

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Forget the calories, cholesterol and carbs. This cookbook is for people who LOVE A GOOD DESSERT. Everything in here is great. The reason? Fat and sugar! The recipes are loaded. And, are you sitting down? Betty recommends that your pie crusts be made with LARD. Yeah, that old four-letter word.

This is the cookbook I pull out when I'm fixing dessert for company, folks who are too polite to ask if I used egg-substitute or non-transfat oils and who aren't afraid to ask for seconds. Every pie, cake, cookie recipe delivers, and my guests go away happy.

Save all those healthy things for everyday eating. For that once in a while smash hit dessert, you need Betty!

I love this cookbook, or rather "bakebook." Not only are the pies fabulous, but the book leads with the history of the namesake restaurant, and that, my friends, is what really endears me to this publication. If you're traveling Minnesota's North Shore (and I highly recommend that you do) you simply must stop. It's not just a meal, it's an event! You can't help but take a piece of the place and its people with you when you leave, and this book will help you keep your memories forever alive. And--for those of you who don't actually bake, but love to buy cookbooks anyway? This one is welcome and comforting, like an embrace from a dear old friend. Buy the book! :)

I bought this book because my daughter inlaw said it had the best recipe for french silk pie she has every tasted. Well, we made the pie and it was great but to sweet. So I re-did the french silk with 1/2 cup less sugar in the pie and it was better tasting then even bakers square. I haven't had a chance to try any other recipes yet. But if this recipe is anything close to the others this lady has, it will be the best book on the market. I am very happy with buying this cook book.
You will be the talk of any party or family gathering if you make this french silk pie.

This makes a perfect case for why we still need brick-and-mortar book shops! If I could have looked through this book beforehand, I would not have purchased it. There's just nothing special about this collection of recipes. Where these high ratings come from is a mystery.

I received this cookbook as a birthday gift a few years ago. I love the cookbook. My favorite pie to make is her French Silk Pie. I have been to the actual restaurant and it is wonderful. I have bought this book twice now to give as a gift.

Went to Betty's Pies and loved it so I bought the book. The book is the real recipes and a hit at get-togethers.

Anyone that has ever been up the North Shore of Lake Superior is familiar with Betty's Pies and for anyone that loves to bake pies, this book is a must have in your recipe book collection.