Mini Pies : Adorable and Delicious Recipes for Your Favorite Treats

Discover the joy of crafting small, single-serving and handheld pies hot from the oven with this adorable collection of sweet and savory recipes.The flaky crust and delectable filling of traditional pie in the ultimate grab-and-go, fun-sized desserts—mini pies! Do you love the taste of pie but prefer the cute size of a cupcake? Then toss the pie pan, grab your muffin tin and open this book. With delicious recipes, easy-to-follow instructions and stunning color photographs, Mini Pies provides everything you need to bake these adorable miniature desserts with professional results.Featuring gourmet recipes for a range of fruit, custard, nut and savory delights, Mini Pies serves up hold in-your-hand, single-serving versions of all your favorites, as well as the authors'all-new creations, including:•Apple• Cherry• Strawberry• Pumpkin• Key Lime• Lemon Meringue• Chocolate Cream• Bourbon Pecan• Honey and Pine Nut• Dilled Spinach Quiche• Onion, Olive and Thyme TartWhether you are baking a single batch to have around the house for your family or making a collection of different mini pies to offer guests at your next party, this book is packed with tips, tricks and techniques for creating crowd-pleasing mini pies. The authors guide you step-by-step through making the perfect crust, plus graham cracker, vegan, shortbread and gluten-free variations.“The cupcake is dead. Long live the pie!”—NPR's Weekend Edition TINY HANDHELD TREATS, GIANT MOUTHWATERING FLAVORS The flaky crust and delectable filling of traditional pie in the ultimate grab-and-go, fun-sized dessertsmini pies! Do you love the taste of pie but prefer the cute size of a cupcake? Then toss the pie pan, grab your muffin tin and open this book. With delicious recipes, easy-to-follow instructions and stunning color photographs, Mini Pies provides everything you need to bake these adorable miniature desserts with professional results. Featuring gourmet recipes for a range of fruit, custard, nut and savory delights, Mini Pies serves up hold in-your-hand, single-serving versions of all your favorites, as well as the authors all-new creations, including: Apple Cherry Strawberry Pumpkin Key Lime Lemon Meringue Chocolate Cream Bourbon Pecan Honey and Pine Nut Dilled Spinach Quiche Onion, Olive and Thyme Tart Whether you are baking a single batch to have around the house for your family or making a collection of different mini pies to offer guests at your next party, this book is packed with tips, tricks and techniques for creating crowd-pleasing mini pies. The authors guide you step-by-step through making the perfect crust, plus graham cracker, vegan, shortbread and gluten-free variations.

A Cute Full-Color Guide to Creating America's Hottest New Desser—Cupcake-Sized Mini Pies

What's a hip baker to do with her cupcake pan now that serving those frosted nightmares is about as cool as wearing Uggs while hostessing a Sex and the City 2 movie night? Make mini pies! Featuring 60 enticing color photographs, this book shows you how to use that same cupcake pan to bake the newest, most awesome dessert—mini pies. Offering step-by-step recipes along with tips, tricks, and techniques for mini pie success, this book teaches you how to make flaky crusts and luscious fillings that will combine into mouth-watering petite pies. You will learn how to capture all the delicious flavor of a traditional pie while gaining the adorable look and eat-out-of-your-hand convenience of a cupcake. From beloved favorites like pumpkin, apple, and pecan, to more creative flavors such as Raspberry Rhubarb Whiskey, Chocolate Chipotle, and Cranberry Almond Pistachio, Mini Pies presents recipes to please any palate.

"Do you love the taste of pie but prefer the cute size of a cupcake? Then toss the pie pan, grab your muffin tin and open this book. With delicious recipes, easy-to-follow instructions and stunning color photographs, Mini Pies provides everything you need to bake these adorable miniature desserts with professional results."--Page 2 of cover.