Summer Pies! Strawberry, Rhubarb, Lavender & Blueberry

Fresh strawberries and blueberries, rhubarb, raspberry and lemon. It is high pie season! Summer pies are classics - have you baked one yet? We look forward to summer pies all year, and we're starting to amass a small but reliable collection of recipes and tips. Take a look at our recipes below, and tell us, what is your favorite summer pie?

Good Pie Recipes
• Abby's Blueberry Pie
• Ginger Pumpkin Pie with Graham Cracker Crust
• Blueberry Lavender Cream Pie
• Basic Pie Crust
• Spring Recipe: Meyer Lemon Shaker Pie
• Strawberry Pie
• Kentucky Derby Pie
• DIY Graham Cracker Crust
• Rhubarb Lavender Crumble (easily adaptable for pie crust instead)

Good Pie Tips and Discussion
• Baking Holiday: Celebrating Pi Day with Pie
• Theme Parties and Pie Socials
• Good Question: Chocolate Pie for Pie Day?
• How Americans Enjoy Their Pie
• Duh! Tip: No-Drip Custard Pie Filling

Good Pie Tools
• Pie Crust Bag
• Fiesta Pie Bakers
• Perforated Pie Pans
• Best Product: Hess Pie Plates
• Solid Brass Pie Crimper
• Tupperware Pastry Sheet

Comments (8)

Rhubarb!

I don't particularly care for pie but my mom's apple pie filling (made from scratch and canned) is to die for! And that lavender-blueberry pie is tempting. It's so pretty!

wild blueberry, peach, buttermilk

I made the lavender blueberry. Too much custard. I liked the idea of the lavender custard but in reality didn't do much for me so I decided it wasn't worth the work.

I would eat any, and all of, the above!

strawberry!

My two faves are
1) Amanda Hesser's grandmother's blueberry pie - it has a scrumptious cream cheese filling underneath the berry topping. Also you cook the filling and pie shell separately so the berries are all plump and shiny instead of looking kind of wrinkled and foamy like in the above photo.
AND
2) Peach caramel pie from Bon Appetit:
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/PEACH-LATTICE-PIE-232395
It's the best peach pie I've ever eaten.

I use Rose Levy Berenbaum's pie crust recipe for everything. Her secrets are, butter, cream cheese, and apple cider vinegar.

Oh also I love cherry pie but I haven't found the perfect recipe yet. I'm somewhat challenged by the fact that the sour cherries normally used in pie are not readily available at my grocery stores.