Easy as Pie is a good primer for anyone who is beginning their foray into baking or just new to baking pies. The book begins with some pie basics and a step-by-step guide to crusts. This is probably the most important part for anyone to read since I strongly believe that a crust can make or break a pie. From there, the recipes are split by season. Spring and summer pies cover the traditional fruit pies as well as a few pies to beat the heat. Fall and Winter covers several apple and pumpkin pie variations as well as some other sweet and savory varieties. Anytime pies journeys into some fun and unexpected pies such as PB& J Pie and Whiskey-Butterscotch pie as well as several meat pies. For Thanksgiving, I tried the recipe for the Cranberry-Pear Galette. The directions kept it simple and easy to understand. I went with the suggested almond shortbread crust as well, which I wouldn't have done on my own. The galette came out a good consistency and tasted great as well. My suggestion for this book would be more pictures of the finished products or even some more step-by-step pictures.
This book was received for free in return for an honest review.
This book was received for free in return for an honest review.
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