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 an orange stoneware pie plate, sitting on a cooling rack with a pie server.

Pumpkin Meringue Pie3/19

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

Slices of tar heel pie on individual white plates, each 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 chocolate brownie pie filling is impossibly fudgy, so much so it's simply too gooey to consume out of hand

A whole cherry pie with a lattice crust on a baking sheet on a wood table.

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 strawberry rhubarb pie with ginger crumb topping with some filling oozing from the pie.

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 large metal plate with a napkin and a knife.

Sweet Potato Pie7/19

Sugar and spice and everything nice—that's what you'll find in this magnificently spiced traditional Southern pie from baker extraordinaire, Cheryl Day.

A dark chocolate cream pie partially covered with whipped cream and a knife and a bowl of whipped cream on the side.

Dark Chocolate Cream Pie8/19

Not so cloyingly sweet than the chocolate cream pie of our childhood, this dark chocolate beauty is a spectacularly satisfying remake 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.

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 s'mores pie on a wooden table with some topping leaking from the pie.

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.