Best pie baking books according to redditors
We found 94 Reddit comments discussing the best pie baking books. We ranked the 20 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
We found 94 Reddit comments discussing the best pie baking books. We ranked the 20 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
What? Why sous vide cook apples before baking them into an apple pie??? Three reasons:
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Further information:
The Food Lab's Apple Pie, Part 2: Perfect Apple Pie Filling, by J. Kenji Lopez-Alt
https://sweets.seriouseats.com/2011/10/the-food-labs-apple-pie-part-2-how-to-make-perfect-apple-pie-filling.html
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The New Pie: Modern Techniques for the Classic American Dessert (2019), by Chris Taylor and Paul Arguin
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0525576444
why would anyone mangle an apple pie like that? i love baking pies, and my apple pie recipe is amazing - i poach the apples in apple cider first and it makes all the difference. everytime i serve it people tell me it's the best apple pie they'v ever had. the recipe came from this book. the only recipe that flopped was the fig & grape pie, otherwise they have all been insanely good. https://www.amazon.com/Pie-Tried-True-Delicious-Homemade/dp/1558322531/ref=sr_1_23?keywords=pie&qid=1574257670&s=books&sr=1-23
also, your daughter sounds cool.
Don't forget the stuffing. Stuffing is the best thing about Thankgiving and it's easy to make vegan. This one is delicious and simple to veganize:
https://smittenkitchen.com/2015/11/kale-and-caramelized-onion-stuffing/
Looks like you got some other great suggestions. My whole Thanksgiving is vegan, other than a turkey for the in laws, and no one even guesses.
The Vegan Pie in the Sky book has some great pie recipes too. The cappuccino mousse pie is always a big hit.
To: Wyman Manderly
From: Secret Santa
Pie: 300 Tried-and-True Recipes for Delicious Homemade Pie
I would suggest reading more about the science of baking - this book is helpful and I got it out of my library.
So you can read about the science behind baking in there. But I've found that the best way I've learned is by following recipes from cookbooks/reputable websites and then slowly learning to tweak those recipes to my liking, and then completely creating my own recipes. Don't just jump in and start throwing random things into a bowl, because while you may get lucky once or twice, you don't want to get burnt out on failing.
I'm a big cake/cupcakes/pie/cookies type of gal - so if that's the sort of baking you're interested in, I would look at these cookbooks:
PS: Bread is tricky. I have barely gotten into the "follow the recipe" stage. So if you're asking about bread, don't follow the above advice. Because I know shit about bread. From what I can tell, the science is imperative and...I know none of it.
Good luck! Keep us updated!
This recipe for a 9 inch pie comes from Teeny's Tour of Pie.
Ingredients:
Blanch and peel the peaches (score a small X on the bottom of each peach, put in a pot of boiling water for about a minute, and then dunk in ice water. The skin should slip right off.). Cut into 1/2 inch slices (you should have around 6 cups)
Preheat the oven to 400*F
Put the peaches in a medium bowl, and in a smaller bowl mix together the sugar, cinnamon, and cornstarch. Sprinkle the mixture over the peaches and toss gently to coat. Set aside to let juice.
Roll out the bottom crust and put into your pie plate. Stir the peaches one last time and then spoon the peaches into the crust with a slotted spoon.
Roll out the top crust, place over the pie, and crimp the edges. Use a sharp knife to cut out steam vents. Alternatively, you can do a lattice crust like I've done.
Put the pie onto a baking sheet and bake until the filling is thickly bubbling and the crust is golden brown. 45-55 minutes.
Let cool on a wire cooling rack, and I suggest you serve it with vanilla bean ice cream for maximum enjoyment.
It's ridiculously good. Looks like this:
http://image.delcotimes.com/storyimage/DC/20131113/LIFE/131119795/EP/1/1/EP-131119795.jpg&maxh=400&maxw=667
I'm not sure what cookbook it's from, maybe this one:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1455520519/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1455520519&linkCode=as2&tag=joythebak00-20
My boyfriend jokingly calls Anthropologie "the hipster store." I do not care, I love that place and if I ever get rich I'm gonna shop there all the time.
I love their window displays. We also found this amazing cookbook there once; we've made so many of the recipes from it and they are nearly always fantastic--very few misses.
Here are some vegan baking tips from Isa Chandra Moskowitz of the Post Pink Kitchen: Vegan baking 101 from PPK.
Another good vegan baking primer from the Kitchn.
I'd say Isa and her co-author Terry Hope Romero are the authorities on vegan baking. Check out their baking cookbooks on cupcakes, cookies, and pies.
For a 1-volume comprehensive vegan baking cookbook and traditional recipes, check out Colleen Patrick Goudreau's Joy of Vegan Baking.
For a vegan baking cookbook with unique and creative flavors, try the Cheers to Vegan Sweets cookbook.
Hope this helped! Happy baking!
Edit: Pandora's Mystery Summer Box of Goodies and I forgot about Interests of Cooking and Baking. :)
I highly recommend the book if you like pies. I don't think that all of the recipes are home runs, but many are. There are a ton of creative recipes inside, and it is totally worth the money IMO. I made the Bourbon Pear pie for my coworkers and it was a huge hit.
Find a good vegan cookbook. Heck, find three or four of them. I like the Veganomicon, which is a great general reference, but you can find one for everything, from pies to soul food to sandwiches.
Cookbooks will do two things for you. First, they'll provide a resource if you start to feel cravings for food you used to rely on: if you get desperate for burgers, or chicken parmesan, or mousakka, you'll find a great alternative that scratches that itch. Second, they'll provide an excellent resource to browse through and find recipes you'd never have thought of on your own. Expanding your palate is a surefire way to improve your diet.
You should buy this cookbook and start making your own!
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/155832254X?ie=UTF8&force-full-site=1&ref_=aw_bottom_links
I've made probably 15-20 different pies out of it, and haven't found a bad one yet. You'd have to convert all the measurements, though :/
Yes, I know. The big houses publish around 30 Big Cookbooks a year but there are small publishing houses that are putting out smaller cookbooks like this one http://www.amazon.com/Four-Twenty-Blackbirds-Pie-Book/dp/1455520519/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1416611612&sr=1-5&keywords=Brooklyn+cookbook. I've seen them at the Pro Food Shows but for the past year I've been able to pick up some nice books with the proof reader page in them. Either way I love it! My Paris Kitchen just came out in April http://www.amazon.com/My-Paris-Kitchen-Recipes-Stories/dp/1607742675/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1416611794&sr=1-1&keywords=My+Paris+Kitchen+cookbook
I couldn't find the recipe on Ken Headrich's site, but it looks like it's from his book Pie. Here is the filling recipe from a blog I found!
Firstly: Good luck! You're doing well already, and you'll get to where you want to be in time.
Have you got any vegan recipe books? Easy Vegan and 500 Vegan Dishes both have fairly simple but tasty dishes. I don't think they tend to need very exotic ingredients.
Easy Vegan:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Vegan-Cookery-Ryland-Peters-Small/dp/1845979583
500 Vegan Dishes:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/500-Vegan-Dishes-Deborah-Gray/dp/1845434161
And do you feel that vegan meat alternatives aren't as easy to buy, or maybe aren't as good, as the vegetarian ones? You say that you eat the Linda McCartney pies, so I guess you've seen other products in that range too. But Fry's Vegetarian is great, and I've recently heard really good things about Vegusto meat alternatives - their Farmhouse sausages in particular, but also their burgers (you'll probably have to order off their website though).
Fry's Vegetarian:
http://www.frysvegetarian.co.uk/
Vegusto:
http://vegusto.co.uk/
I guess you probably know about Holland and Barrett stores? They're good for getting some of the more exotic ingredients, but they also have meat alternatives and such. Also, they have a few microwaveable meals - pasties and that sort of thing - which are quite nice. You can also often get microwaveable burritos, and probably other similar things, in the frozen section.
Also here are a couple of easy meals I like:
(1) Buy refried beans (http://www.oldelpaso.co.uk/products/refried-beans/975cedfc-f177-4eda-a689-192c4ec346af/) and put it in tacos (along with corn, lettuce, tomato, and whatever else you like). (The refried beans are seriously good.)
(2) You can make falafel easily (http://www.alfez.com/moroccan_lebanese_cuisine/products/all-products/falafel.html) and eat it with houmous, because everyone likes houmous.
If you're mainly looking for sweeter things:
Co-operative custard donuts and jam donuts are both apparently vegan (and delicious). You can buy vegan ice cream in the frozen section of Holland and Barrett (and maybe at Tesco or other supermarkets) - Swedish Glace is pretty incredible, and most people say it's as good as ordinary ice cream. You can also get vegan cheesecake in Holland and Barrett, again in the frozen section. Also buy Lotus Caramelised Biscuit Spread and put it on Tesco Oaties (well, that's a combination I like, but I guess you could mix it up...).
Or if you wanted to bake, these are three really good books:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Vegan-Cupcakes-Take-Over-World/dp/1569242739
http://www.amazon.com/Vegan-Pie-Sky-Out-This-World/dp/0738212741
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Vegan-Cookies-Invade-Your-Cookie/dp/160094048X
(The cookie book is by far the easiest, and uses the least exotic ingredients. On the other end of the spectrum is the pie book, which uses things like coconut oil and agar agar - the first of which you can get at Holland and Barrett but the second of which you'd have to order online.)
Also, just by the way: 'What Fat Vegans Eat', a facebook page, gives you a constant stream of delicious-looking vegan food.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/194567900666819/?fref=nf
I have a cookbook obsession, I have roughly 500 that are somewhat organized so I feel like I can be of great use here. I will break it down by type to make it easier.
Bibles
Bread
Caramels/Candys/Ice Cream
Jack of all trades
Pastry/Pies
Textbooks
I'm sure I am leaving out a bunch of great ones but if I had to suggest just 1 to anyone it would DEFINITELY be The Art of French Pastry. Best for somebody who has done basics already and looking to try a little more. Even as a professional baker I find myself coming back and just reading the little spots like how he burned himself on his caramel. Great, great book!
Buy this book. You're welcome.
Sorry for the lack of recipe, but it's from my favorite pie book, Art of the Pie. Homemade all-butter (Kerrygold) crust with red currants from the farmer's market.
Vegan Desserts by Hannah Kaminsky
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Even better than app, there is a book for this. Refreshing, you should read it:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Leftover-Pie-ways-reduce-waste-ebook/dp/B073RP6HTK
It depend on the pie wether or not I blind bake. The sugar only goes on the rim and top crust.
If I blind bake I usually brush with egg white to not allow the filling to seep into the crust and make it mushy.
If you want the best resource for pie baking I would totally recommend this book
pie by Ken Haedrich
I know you're gone already, but that is actually a cook book that we have. We are a pie family; we had wedding pies instead of a cake.
The Bread Baker's Apprentice by Peter Reinhart is my number one recommendation for bread. Im also a big fan of Tartine Bread by Chad Robertson. His first book, Tartine is also great btw. I would skip out on Tartine Book No.3 though which seems to have too many errors for my liking. Flour Water Salt Yeast by Ken Forkish is also one of the better bread baking books out there.
For general baking, im a big fan of Bouchon Bakery. And one book that will surely help you improve as a baker and I highly recommend you cook through is The Art of French Pastry by Jacquy Pfeiffer. Its like a pastry arts class in a book. I am actually cooking my way through this. If you have a serious sweet tooth, Momofoku Milk Bar by Christina Tosi will probably be what you're looking for. And as someone else recommended, the Baked books are all great.
For cakes, it has to be The Cake Bible by Rose Levy Bernanbaum. This is probably the best cake book of all time. I would supplement this with Toba Garrett's Professional Cake Decorating book.
For pies, my favorites are Four and Twenty Blackbirds and Hoosier Mama. One that I haven't tried but am planning to buy is First Prize Pies. If the book lives up to their reputation, it should be an excellent book.
For plated, more ambitious desserts, I like Payard Desserts. I refer to this when I want to impress company.
Buy this if you're a big sweet and/or savory pie person. Their chicken pot pie and shepherd's pie are both absolutely amazing. Really, any pie in this book has been amazing.
Barry Lewis (used to be called My Virgin Kitchen). Great, fun videos with really easy to follow instructions. He started the channel to teach himself how to cook so you kind of learn along with him. His cookbooks also give really simple but tasty recipes plus a useful glossary of what various cooking terms mean. I've just started to get more into cooking and found his stuff so useful!
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https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAzyupPG4vdo8jd9nJ13LAw
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https://smile.amazon.co.uk/My-Virgin-Kitchen-Delicious-recipes/dp/0007544790/
It was pretty good! I haven't had strawberry rhubarb in a while, but I think it's pretty comparable tart-wise.
Here's the filling! (I got the recipe from this book)
Mix rhubarb, raspberries, granulated and brown sugars, arrowroot, cinnamon, cardamom, and salt in a large bowl and toss to combine. Stir in the egg and bitters. Pour the filling into the pastry shell, arrange lattice on top.
Bake at 425F 20-25 minutes on lowest rack of oven, until pastry is set and beginning to brown. Lower temperature to 375F, move pie to center oven rack and bake another 30-35 minutes until the pastry is a deep golden brown and juices are bubbling throughout.
Enjoy!
The Pie and Pastry Bible is good. "Pie" is good as well and has less complex (but still great) recipes.
I'm a big fan of the Four & Twenty Blackbirds Pie Book. https://www.amazon.com/Four-Twenty-Blackbirds-Pie-Book/dp/1455520519
you really need to confirm this? save you time - your right!
Now buy this book http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pieminister-A-Pie-All-Seasons/dp/059306805X and spend your commutes to learn how to be a piemaster. This will benefit humanity more.
I used the "fancy chocolate chess pie" recipe from Ken Haedrich's "Pie", which I love.
Someone else has already transcribed and published the recipe: https://pieadaygiveaway.com/tag/chocolate-chess-pie/
Good luck!
"Crack" pie is pretty good. It's kind of like a pecan pie without nuts, so a custardy sweet filling.
I'd also recommend the book "Pie" , which my friends and I have taken to calling the Pieble. It's quite the tome and has a bunch of good recipes.
You could always go for the loveable gag gift and get him this:
http://amzn.com/0307405095
I know you wanted to make raspberry pies and I thought once you did that you might like to make other types so I got this!