Perfect Pies: OVER 180 SWEET AND SAVORY PIES [Paperback]

Beth Allen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 28, 2003

A delicious array of over 180 recipes suitable for serving any time of the day or any season of the year. Complete with handy troubleshooting charts, Baker's Tips, over 40 piecrust recipes and over 20 toppings. Here's the how-to guide for the novice as well as the experienced baker to make a mouthwatering pie every time.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Readers Digest (April 28, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0762104112
• ISBN-13: 978-0762104116
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 9.2 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,216,328 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nice addition to any cookbook collection, March 29, 2005

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A. Baker (AZ, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Perfect Pies: OVER 180 SWEET AND SAVORY PIES (Paperback)

Lots of really great recipes that actually work. I have tried many of the recipes in this book and all of them have turned out very well. Lots of good pictures and tips . I plan to bake my way right through this book.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lots of classic recipes, December 27, 2009

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bookhound99 - See all my reviews

This review is from: Perfect Pies: OVER 180 SWEET AND SAVORY PIES (Paperback)

I like that there are recipes for fruit tarts and galettes. I've tried the Pat-in-the-Pan crust for my cherry tarts and it's turned out excellent without having to chill anything. I'm sure you can find variations of this "pate sucree" online for free but having it all in a book is nice.

There is a "Pick-A-Crust" Pie Wheel and several charts in the book that tells you which crust is best for which kind of sweet/savory fillings. These few pages are worth the price of the book alone. None of the recipes are overly fussy and that's what makes it appealing to me and can be done in one short session.

Recipes include meat pies, country quiches, french tarts, picnic pies, chocolate cream pies, custard and lemon pies, fruit and pudding pies. Includes a small sampling of slump, crisp, pandowdy, cobbler, croustade, galette, clafouti and mincemeat.