Mini Pie Magic

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.

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

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 contain everything that is great about baking. Not only are these types of pies delicious to eat, but they are incredibly fun to prepare as well! Throughout this cookbook, you will discover how to prepare your own mini pie recipes completely from scratch. You will discover how to prepare delicious mini pies such as:

Pie baking has never been easier with this gorgeous dessert cookbook full of swoon-worthy recipes and expert advice on baking the perfect pie crust. Here are recipes for fifty perfect pies, including apple (of course), five ways with rhubarb, lemon chiffon, several blueberry pie variations, galettes, and more. Learn the tricks to making enviable baked goods and gluten-free crust while enjoying Kate Lebo's wonderfully humorous, thoughtful, and encouraging voice. In addition to recipes, Lebo invites readers to ruminate on the social history, the meaning, and the place of pie in the pantheon of favorite foods. When you have mastered the art, science and magic of creating the perfect pie in Pie School, everyone will want to be your friend.

“Too darn cute to pass up. Half-pint-sized lemon meringue pies. Orange marmalade pop-tarts. Man, everything really is cuter when it’s bite-sized.” —Sauce Magazine What’s better than small treats? Eating with your hands! 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. Savory pies also make an appearance: grab a Bacon, Egg, and Cheese Breakfast Pie on the way out the door in the morning! Ideal for beginning and seasoned bakers alike (a chapter on crusts offers all the instruction anyone needs to make delicious, flaky pastry with ease!), Handheld Pies proves that good things definitely come in small packages. “This book continues to ride and perhaps push along the trend of cute li’l desserts . . . [Billingsley] and Handheld Pies do their best to hold readers’ hands through the process, with plenty of tips in the chapter, ‘Equipment, Ingredients, and Techniques.’” —Pittsburgh Post-Gazette “Umm . . . Pies? In my hand? Sold. Tiny treats in any form are hard for me to resist. And so was this cover. The book is divided into freeform pies, structured pies and jar pies. Too cute.” —Bakerella

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

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