Pies, Tarts, Crisps and Cobblers
A pie is a pastry recipe and a filling recipe that happen to share a page. People routinely use one person's crust with another person's filling, and then cannot reconstruct the combination.
Crisps and cobblers are the shortcut for the same fruit when you do not want to make pastry, which makes them worth filing together.
11 recipes to start from
Each one opens as a recipe page here, with the ingredients and timings, and credits the creator who published it.
01
20 Minute Air Fryer Peach Crisp
caileeeats.com · 20 min · makes 3
Made with peaches, old fashioned oats and maple syrup. 20 min, makes 3, 11 ingredients.
02
Apple Crisp Bars
cakemehometonight.com · 2h 15m · makes 9
Made with apples and ground cinnamon. 2h 15m, makes 9, 12 ingredients.
03
Peanut Butter Pie
cakemehometonight.com · 7h 30m · makes 10
Made with chocolate sandwich cookie crumbs, cream cheese and heavy cream. 7h 30m, makes 10, 13 ingredients.
04
Sourdough Pop Tarts
countryroadssourdough.com · 1h 40m · makes 8
Made with sourdough discard, fruit preserves and sprinkles. 1h 40m, makes 8, 12 ingredients.
05
Oatmeal Cream Pie Recipe
countryroadssourdough.com · 40 min · makes 12
Made with sourdough discard, molasses and cinnamon. 40 min, makes 12, 18 ingredients.
06
Blueberry Pie Crumble Bars
eatwithclarity.com · 40 min · makes 16
Made with quick oats, maple syrup and cinnamon. 40 min, makes 16, 14 ingredients.
07
Strawberry Pie
funmoneymom.com · 2h 15m · makes 8
Made with strawberries, corn starch and pre-baked pie crust. 2h 15m, makes 8, 6 ingredients.
08
Impossible Pie
funmoneymom.com · 1h · makes 10
Made with shredded sweetened coconut and ground cinnamon. 1h, makes 10, 10 ingredients.
09
Hot Honey Chili Crisp Lobster Rolls
grillnationbbq.com · 22 min · makes 4
Made with lobster tails, garlic and paprika. 22 min, makes 4, 16 ingredients.
10
Cherry Cobbler
jenneatsgoood.com · 45 min · 6-8
Made with maple syrup and frozen pitted cherries. 45 min, 6-8, 13 ingredients.
11
Pecan Pie Bark Recipe
lifestyleofafoodie.com · 20 min · makes 10
Made with graham cracker and pecan halves. 20 min, makes 10, 6 ingredients.
What makes these different to organise
- The crust and the filling are separable. Note which pairing you actually used, because it is rarely the one printed together.
- Blind baking is the step that decides a soggy base, and whether a recipe needs it depends on the filling, not the crust.
- Fruit is seasonal and variable. The same recipe with under-ripe fruit needs more sugar and less thickener, so note the adjustment.
- These take longer than they look because of chilling and cooling. The real total is rarely the published one.
How to build it
- Record the crust and filling pairing, even when they came from different places.
- Note whether you blind baked and how it turned out.
- Write down the fruit adjustment you made. Next season's fruit will be different again.
- Keep the no-pastry versions tagged. They are the weeknight answer to the same fruit.
Frequently asked questions
Why is my pie base soggy?
Usually a wet filling in an unbaked crust. Whether a recipe needs blind baking depends on the filling more than the pastry, so note what worked for the combination you used.
Can I use a different crust with a filling?
Commonly, and most people do. That pairing is the thing worth recording, since the recipe card will only ever show one half of it.