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| Pie: 300 Tried-and-True Recipes for Delicious Homemade Pie | 
 enlarge | Author: Ken Haedrich
Brand: HARVARD COMMON PRESS
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  26 reviews
Sales Rank: 5202
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 608
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.2
Dimensions (in): 9 x 7.9 x 1.9
MPN: 52495
ISBN: 155832254X
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.8652
EAN: 9781558322547
ASIN: 155832254X
Publication Date: September 2004
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| Customer Reviews:
Stains in the library's copy September 19, 2005
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
My husband got this out of the library for me, knowing I like to cook. It's been renewed once and I'm buying a copy so I won't have to pay fines on it before I make all the ones that piqued my interest.
I started with the Shaker Lemon pie, made with sliced lemons. Easy instructions for a delicious, but chewy, pie. Then I made a blueberry pie, which my husband brought in to work to repay someone for a ride home. Someone else asked if he needed another ride anywhere!
A friend came over and we made three pies in an afternoon. One more blueberry (so I could try it) and two apple pies. I couldn't help but try the oddball apple pies, so I can say the one with the ketchup in it and the one with the Cheez-it crumb topping are quite good. It's apple picking season; who knows how many of the apple pie recipes I'll try! Next up: watermelon rind pie, then green tomato pie, for which there are at least two different recipes.
My only complaint is with the index. Why have a category labeled "pie?" It runs on forever and just confused me. And many of the sidebars (Recipes for Success) are not listed.
All I can say is....FANTASTIC!!! August 29, 2005
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Having been raised by my southern grandmother, I have spent a very long time trying to just come close to one of her delicious pies. All of that training she gave me as a child on the perfect, easy pie crust flopped each time. My filling was too runny, too sour, too sweet, too...well, just too. And, yes, I've bought every pie book possible, only to have each attempt turn out inedible and my esteem riddled with disappointment. My family had given up. That was until I bought this book.
I didn't think it possible, but everyone now thinks I'm a pie genius. My husband couldn't believe the Bumble Berry Pie with the unusual shredded top crust. He says he never wants a regular top crust on a fruit pie again. Our friends ate a whole Chocolate Brownie Pecan Pie in one sitting. And the Blackberry Silk...mmmmm. I could go on and on...and not one failure.
Thank you, Mr. Haedrich. After years of failing, I'm now remembering what it's like to sit at my gran's table and wait in anticipation for that delicious pie to come out of the oven. And now my family is doing the same.
Making pies can be "as easy as pie." August 14, 2005
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I've enjoyed the author's previous cookbooks, but this is definitely one of the best. His pie crust directions -the part most cooks find trickiest - are very clear and really work. I especially like the food processor instructions which enable you to produce an excellent pie crust in minutes. The recipes are delicious and include a wonderful variety. Today we're enjoying the Peanut Butter Cheesecake Pie with a Sour Cream-Brown Sugar topping, and it is every bit as delicious as it sounds. We've also had several of the fruit pies, and they were all very tasty. If you love pies, you'll want this book.
Great pies August 12, 2005
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Received book in rcord time and have been very pleased. I have four daughters,we had a pie making party, where I taught them how to make pie crust. We had great time and they leaned alot ( I hope ).
If you want to make good pies, buy this book! July 2, 2005
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I made my first really good piecrust using the basic recipe in this book. I have tried to make piecrust, on and off, for 35 years, and never once have I been really happy with my results! This book changed all that. Finally, I can make good pies! My husband is happy! BTW, one reviewer is correct about the amount of thickener in the fruit pie recipes. You might need to increase it some over what is written to keep the pies in this book from being somewhat (not terribly) runny. But I have always found that to be true with fruit pie recipes, everywhere. Wonder why that is?
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