12 Pie For All Seasons Recipes

A baked hot buttered rum apple pie on a wooden board.

Hot Buttered Rum Apple Pie1/19

An unconventional approach to apple pie that happily involves booze and lotsa butter. Even more memorable than the classic.

Two coconut cream pies with meringue tops, pastry crusts, and sprinkled with shredded coconut

Coconut Cream Pie2/19

A retro classic with a velvety coconut custard buried beneath billows of sweet, luscious, airy meringue and cushioned by a tender, flaky, buttery lard crust. You're welcome.

A pumpkin meringue pie in a yellow pie dish on a wire cooling rack with a spatula resting beside.

Pumpkin Meringue Pie3/19

At long last, a slice of pumpkin pie can be considered complete in and of itself—no dollop of whipped cream required. Pumpkin and meringue. So happy together.

A slice of brownie tar heel pie on a white plate topped with a scoop of vanilla ice cream

Tar Heel Pie ~ Brownie Pie4/19

Known in some parts as tar heel pie, this ridiculously rich and gooey chocolate brownie pie is crazy easy to make—and just as easy to make disappear.

A lattice-topped cherry pie on a baking sheet.

Cherry Pie5/19

We're not going to do a song and dance to try to entice you to bake this cherry pie. We don't need to. Just look at it. A stunner, right? And wait'll you taste it. Here's how to make it.

A side view of a strawberry rhubarb pie with ginger crumb topping.

Strawberry Rhubarb Pie with Ginger Crumb Topping6/19

A classic spring coupling, this melding of rhubarb and strawberries takes the form of sweet tart pie filling burbling beneath ginger-inflected goodness.

A slice of sweet potato pie on a metal platter with a knife resting beside it.

Sweet Potato Pie7/19

Sugar and spice and everything nice—that's what you'll find in this magnificently spiced traditional Southern pie.

A dark chocolate cream pie half covered with whipping cream with a bowl of whipping cream and a spatula resting beside the pie.

Dark Chocolate Cream Pie8/19

Carefully concocted to rely on less sugar than the cloying milk chocolate cream pie of our childhood, this is a far more adult-friendly, yet still spectacularly satisfying, rendition of a classic.

Flaky Pie Crust9/19

What light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and this flaky pie crust is the sun. (That's how much we love this crust.)

Four Hoosier sugar cream pies, one dusted with confectioners' sugar on a sheet of parchment.

Hoosier Sugar Cream Pie10/19

Strange how such a sweetly stunning sensation can be just sugar, cream, flour, and vanilla. Couldn't be easier—or more enticing.

A lemon meringue pie topped with clouds of toasted meringue

An almost-but-not-quite-classic rendition of lemon meringue pie that's a lot less effort than you’d expect. And more payback than you can imagine in terms of its perfectly balanced sweetly tart lemon custard.

A slice of drunken pumpkin bourbon tart on a white plate with a fork beside it and a mini pumpkin and leaves in the background.

Drunken Pumpkin Bourbon Tart12/19

Drunken pumpkin? Punken drumkin? Drumpin punkdrunk? This innocuous seeming slice boasts just a tad more tipsy-inducing personality than your typical pumpkin pie.

A peach and crème fraîche pie sitting on a window sill with a pitcher nearby

Peach and Crème Fraîche Pie13/19

Whether you seek convention or innovation, you'll find it in this haute yet humble peach pie, which draws on tradition yet still wields some surprises.

A whole s'mores pie with a bit of the marshmallow layer dripping down the side on a wooden surface.

S’mores Pie14/19

"If I could make only one pie in my lifetime, this would be the one." That's what folks are saying about this conversation-stopping version of the campfire classic.

A banana cream pie, topped with pillowy meringue in a glass pie dish with a vase of daffodils beside it.

Banana Cream Pie15/19

Behold, the pie that prompted Beth M. Howard's parents’ marriage proposal. One taste and we understood why. We think you will, too.

Lemon Chess Pie16/19

This Southern creation is a simple affair. Just eggs, butter, sugar, and, of course, lemon, it's a pleasantly homey dessert, perfect for any afternoon or occasion.