The Magic of Mini Pies


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Miniature pies are everything good about baking—fun to make, delicious to eat, quick to prepare, beautiful to serve, and easily customizable! With a miniature pie maker or muffin tins, you can make each guest's favorite kind of pie in just the right proportions in no time. Perfect for parties, bed-and-breakfast hosts, or anyone who has a hankering for pie but doesn't want to spend hours in the kitchen, it's no wonder that mini pies and tarts are all the rage. From savory treats like Steak and Guinness Pies and Spinach Mushroom Quiches to sweet favorites like Pecan Cranberry Pies and Chocolate Raspberry Tarts, this book has something for every pie lover. Here’s a sampling of the more than 50 recipes included: Apple Pies Chocolate Chip Cheesecakes Ginger Peach Pies Blackberry Malbec Pies Maple Walnut Pies Caramel Mousse Tarts Shepherd’s Pies Spicy Chicken and Cheese Empanadas Cornish Pasties Banana Dulce de Leche Pies Blackberry Pies with Honey Lavender Cream Toffee Almond Tarts Strawberry-Rhubarb Pies Plum Tarts with Citrus Cream Peanut Butter Chocolate Pies




The Magic of Mini Pies


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Shares recipes for miniature sweet and savory pies, including chocolate chip cheesecake, caramel mousse tart, and spinach mushroom quiche.




Mini Pies


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Featuring 60 enticing color photographs, this book shows hip bakers how to use a cupcake pan to bake the newest, most awesome dessert--mini pies. Offering step-by-step recipes along with tips, tricks, and techniques, this book teaches readers how to make flaky crusts and luscious fillings that will combine into mouth-watering petite pies.




Handheld Pies


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This enticing cookbook delivers on both counts in one adorable package. Pie-lovers everywhere will be thrilled to find their favorite recipes plus fabulous new creations. Ideal for beginning and seasoned bakers alike, "Handheld Pies" proves that good things definitely come in small packages.




175 Best Mini Pie Recipes


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Mini pies are the new cupcakes and cake pops. Mini pies are one of the most popular trends in baking, leading the way in the mini-dessert craze. Everyone loves these adorable, fun-sized desserts and savory morsels that are perfect whether on the go, hosting an elegant party or just snooping for after-school snack ideas. They are the perfect example of good things that come in small packages. A novice or experienced baker will be enchanted with Hession's recipes. She shares tips and techniques from her wide experience in creating perfect mini pies, and provides recipes for a wide array of crusts including gluten-free and vegan options. Flavor combinations range from the sweet and sumptuous to the hearty and savory. Here is a sampling of the recipes: The Classics like Lemon Meringue Tartlets, New England Lobster Pies and of course, Classic Apple Pies Sweet, fruit-filled pies like Very Berry Goat Cheese Pies, Strawberry Basil Hand Pies, and Port Glazed Concord Grape Pies Custard and Caramel pies like Maple Nut Caramel, Bananas Foster or Mini Brown Butter and Golden Raisin Tartlets Holiday pies such as Festive Spiced Cranberry Pies and Pear and Gingerbread Tartlets Savory offerings such as Zesty Pork Empanadas, Potato, Leek and Gorgonzola Pies and Caramelized Cauliflower Pies with Pancetta and Sage Vegetarian Pies like Baked Brie and Tomato Jam Turnovers or Moroccan Chickpea Pies. Simply delicious recipes, luscious photos along with step-by-step photos for perfecting the perfect pie crust and easy-to-follow instructions make this the definitive mini-pie cookbook.




Mini Pies


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Filled with luscious photography, this book is a must for any pie-lover’s kitchen and will inspire cooks and non-bakers alike to turn out succulent baked treats in no time. Featuring more than 40 creative recipes for individual pies, this charming book will show you how simple it is to assemble and bake pies that the whole family will love using an electric mini pie maker. Whether you prefer fruity fillings, such as classic apple and cinnamon, tangy cranberry-pear, plum-ginger, or strawberry-rhubarb; decadent treats, such as gooey s’mores or caramel-banana pies; classic favorites such as pumpkin, pecan, or chocolate; or flavorful pies fit for a meal or snack, such as spinach and feta, ham and egg quiches, or even chili pies, there is a wide range of options to please everyone. Best of all, these delicious mini pies baked in just ten minutes without even turning on the oven.




Pies Are Awesome


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World-renowned pie artist Jessica Leigh Clark-Bojin shares her easy, approachable, and never-before-seen pie art techniques, delicious recipes, and 28 pie art designs centered around holidays and life occasions. Let pie baker extraordinaire Jessica Leigh Clark-Bojin take you by the oven mitt and spirit you away to a delicious, magical, new world of pie-sibilities in this first of its kind pie art book! Whether you are a master baker, a little pie-curious, or just want to drool over the pictures while you lounge in your fuzzy socks, Jessica will show you just how easy it is for you to become your own pie-oneering pie artist! The pie art projects in this book are centered around some of our most popular and cherished celebrations in the hopes that they will encourage you to develop your own tasty new traditions with friends and family. The ample step-by-step photos take you through Jessica’s easy-to-follow, groundbreaking pie art techniques, while the friendly and funny (and a bit geeky) writing style encourages experimentation and creative discovery. With Pies Are Awesome, get ready to wow the pants off your crew at your next game night, baby shower, birthday party, or any of the social occasions that call for pie . . . which is, let’s face it, all of them. From decorative patterns to more elaborate themes, the pie art designs in this book, ranging from easy to difficult, for novice and experienced bakers alike, include amazing-looking and -tasting pies to celebrate: Birthdays (children and adults) Weddings Baby Showers New Year's Eve/Day Super Bowl Lunar New Year Valentine's Day Pi Day St. Patrick's Day Easter Mother’s Day Father’s Day Fourth of July Bastille Day Diwali Halloween Day of the Dead Thanksgiving Hanukkah Christmas Pies Are Awesome also includes tricks for working with your own tried-and-true dough recipes and store-bought dough; modifications to personalize projects; and online resources for printable templates, pie communities, friendly challenges, and more.




The Cast Iron Pies Cookbook


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An elegant presentation of more than 100 sweet and savory pies tailor-made for everyone’s favorite cooking tool—the cast-iron skillet! The Cast Iron Pies Cookbook presents a mouthwatering collection of over a hundred pies, perfect for cast-iron skillets. This definitive cast-iron pie book features recipes such as: Deep-dish Apple Pie Maple Pumpkin Pie Chocolate Mousse Pie Salted-Caramel Pecan Pie Tex Mex Quiche The Cast Iron Pies Cookbook also includes gorgeous food photography and a wide range of recipes for fruit, nut, and cream pies, as well as quiches, tarts, galettes, and more. With tips and tricks dedicated to the care and keeping of your cast-iron tools, this is the perfect pick for up-and-coming chefs and experts alike.




Pies & Tarts


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This stunning cookbook contains 100 mouth-watering recipes for pies and tarts, themed by size: individual tartlets and handheld pies, medium ones for lunch and dinner, and big, celebratory pies for larger gatherings. Pies and tarts can be guilty pleasures, crowd pleasers, seasonal winners and heroes of the picnic or lunchbox. It’s impossible to think of an autumnal lunch without apple pie, a summer feast without a glorious berry tart, or a birthday without a showstopping chocolate tart. These classics, given a contemporary spin, sit happily alongside recipes for empanadas, lattice-topped pies, slumps, and galettes. There are sweet and savoury recipes for every season, and ideas for super decorative pastry-work, as popularised on Instagram. The book also includes pastry-making tips and tricks, and building-block recipes for a variety of doughs and crusts, to help get you started.




Pressing the Issue


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The Agatha Award–winning author of Grilling the Subject returns to the Cookbook Nook in Crystal Cove, where the annual Renaissance Fair serves up a helping of crafty courtiers, damsels in distress, and medieval murder . . . As the annual Renaissance Fair comes to Crystal Cove, Jenna Hart’s Cookbook Nook is packed with tasty treats and all things medieval, while her pal Bailey is ready to swoon over her upcoming nuptials at a local vineyard. But when the two friends discover the body of the vineyard’s owner bludgeoned by a winepress, all their merriment fades, along with their hopes for a vintage year. Which churlish varlet did the deed? Was it the victim’s errant brother, who stood to inherit the vineyards? Or the owner’s crestfallen ex-girlfriend? Mayhap it was the newly arrived comely wench, or her jealous husband. Fie on them all! Verily, Jenna can’t rest until justice is served, and she vows to track down the killer. But can she sniff out the truth before the villainous culprit strikes again? Includes tantalizing recipes! Praise for Daryl Wood Gerber and the Cookbook Nook Mysteries: “There’s a feisty new amateur sleuth in town and her name is Jenna Hart. With a bodacious cast of characters, a wrenching murder, and a collection of cookbooks to die for, Daryl Wood Gerber’s Final Sentence is a page-turning puzzler of a mystery that I could not put down.” —Jenn McKinlay, New York Times bestselling author of the Cupcake Mysteries and Library Lovers Mysteries “In Final Sentence, the author smartly blends crime, recipes, and an array of cookbooks that all should covet in a witty, well-plotted whodunit.” —Kate Carlisle, New York Times bestselling author of the Bibliophile Mysteries “Readers will relish the extensive cookbook suggestions, the cooking primer, and the whole foodie phenomenon. Gerber’s perky tone with a multigenerational cast makes this series a good match for Lorna Barrett’s Booktown Mystery series . . .” —Library Journal “So pull out your cowboy boots and settle in for a delightful read. Grilling the Subject is a delicious new mystery that will leave you hungry for more.” —Carstairs Considers Blog