Baking is an art, without a doubt. There are plenty of hard desserts out there, and even the most standard of your average sweets often has at least one complex component. Take pies, for instance. Pie ...

Compared to cakes and cookies, making a pie can give even experienced bakers anxiety. It’s not the filling that’s tricky, it’s the crust. The simplest single-layer crust requires a bit of know-how and ...

The 3-2-1 rule is like the holy grail of pie crust shortcuts: 3 parts flour, 2 parts butter, and 1 part water. That's it. It's the kind of thing that sounds too easy to work, but it really does. Once ...

I followed Ina Garten's recipes for pumpkin, apple, and pecan pie to see which I liked best. The pecan pie tasted like a cocktail, and the apple pie was shockingly simple to throw together. I ended up ...