Southern Pies Author:Nancie McDermott From the Mississippi Delta to the West Virginia mountains and from Georgia's Sea Islands to Maryland's eastern shore, the American South is the sweetest source for a good slice of pie. Whether you're checking the day's dessert offerings at the K&W Cafeteria or savoring a sweet slice at your granny's kitchen table, nothing... more » beats Southern pie.
With more than 60 recipes for every type of pie, from egg custard and buttermilk to apple-pecan and lemon, Southern Pies helps you bring a tasty Southern baking tradition into your home kitchen. Coconut Cream Pie is the perfect heirloom recipe. Barry Maiden's Hungry Mother Spicy Peanut Pie will satisfy those who love a little salty with their sweet, and chocolate lovers will sing for a thick wedge of your Black Bottom Pie. Find recipes inside from some of the great bakers of the modern-day South: Martha Hall Foose's Sweet Tea Pie, Leah Chase's Lemon Chess Pie, and Nathalie Dupree's Peaches and Cream Pie. Don't worry, purists: recipes for straight forward apple, pumpkin, pecan, and sweet potato pies abound.
In Southern Pies, you'll learn how to make a homemade piecrust -- with butter, lard, shortening, or canola oil -- whip up a luscious meringue, and impress your friends with your Southern know-how by learning the history of every pie you bake. Southern pies have been local, seasonal, economical, and utterly delicious for generations. Today's the perfect day to start a pie-baking tradition in your own home.« less