As a baker, seeing how your fruit pie turned out can be such a gut-wrenching moment. It's so disappointing to cut into a beautifully baked fruit pie just for the bottom to be a soggy mess. It's even ...

Bake in the middle of the oven for 30 minutes. Reduce the oven to 400 degrees and bake for 30 to 35 more minutes. If the crust and topping is browning to quickly, tent lightly with a foil. The pie is ...

Once baked, puff pastry becomes crispier and flakier than a regular pie crust due to its separate layers of butter and dough. These layers contain water, which turns into steam in the oven. This then ...

A thin layer of crushed graham crackers under fruit filling keeps the pie crust from getting soggy. Graham crackers soak up juices, thicken the filling and add a warm, sweet flavor to every bite. This ...

Pies are a perennial kind of dish. Whether it's the heart of summer or frosty fall, pies are welcome for any reason in any season. Besides not containing enough filling, a pie's biggest downfall can ...

My neighbors Dawn and José get special treatment when it comes to sampling new recipes coming out of my kitchen. Why? Because when I ask them for feedback on any samples, they take a formal approach.