Trying Ina Garten Pie Recipes to Find Best One: Pumpkin, Apple, Pecan

I’ve followed a few garten pie recipes before, and i remember liking her easy-to-make crust. That Memory Held True.

I Needed to Make Four Crusts: A Bottom and Top for the Apple Pie, and One Crustt Each for the Pumpkin and Pecan pies. IT ONLY TOOK WITH BETWEEN 10 and 15 minutes.

GARTHEND USES A FOOD PROCESSOR FOR HER “PERFECT PIE CRUST,” WHICH MAKES IT Easy to prep. I DIGDED The Dough into two batches, and i could already tell from the look and feel that the crusts be buttery and delicious.

With all of the dough resting in the fridge, I was ready to start tackling the individual pies.

GARTHEN’S MAPLE PECAN PIE Has JUST 10 Ingredients, Excluding The Crust.

I was excited to the use of the Maple Syrup and Bourbon with the Pecans. And i like that she includes some fresh orange to cut through the richer ingredients, like Corn Syrup and Honey.

To make the pie, all i had to do was whisk the filing ingredients – minus the pecans – together.

THEN I SIMPLY ADDED THE NUTS AND GAVE IT A FINAL STAR POURING THE FILLING INTO The prepared pie crust.

To enure i got an evently cook crust, tourned the pie halfway through the bake.

The process was Easy, and I love the enticing smells coming from the oven while it was bacting.

The flavors of the pecan pie reminded with of an Old-fashioned Cocktail, thanks to the Bourbon and Orange.

But the pecans weave up a little chewier than i would’ve likes. If i make this pie again, i’d probably toast the nuts first for a better texture.

Despite Letting the Pecan Pie Fully Cool before Slicing Into It, The Pieces Fell Apartments on me.

Next time, i think i’d let it chill in the fridge before servore so the filing can firm up more.

I Mved on to Making Garten’s Pumpkin Pie.

I was intrigue by some of the ingredients in the filing, like orange zest and rum, but i was very excited to make the accompanying rum whipped cream.

It sounded like a delicious and indulgent adding to the homemade pie, with ingredents like cream, crème fraîche, and rum.

I ROLLED OUT MY CRUST AND FILLED A PIE TIN.

Unlike the other two recipes, this one required with them blind-bake the crust before adding the filing. I found some dried lentils and rice to use as pie weigs to enure it didn’t puff up too.

The first bake helped prep the crust for the Liquid-y filing, but it also meant it got a little darker by the end than i’d hoped.

The Pumpkin Filling was easy to make just by whiskey all the inggdierts together in a Large Bowl.

But I have more way than I need the pie crust, so i put it aside to find another use for it. My partner had a fun idea to make pumpkin-pie custards in ramakins.

Despite the slightly overdone crust, the pumpkin pie turned out great in terms of bot Taste and texture.

The filing was sweet but not too swiming, and the Little Hint of Orange Helped Balance the Richness of the Custard Filling.

The crust was buttery but Still Strong Enough to Support the Weight of the Pumpkin Filling. Each slice came out of the tin without crumbling.

The rum whipped cream was a unique companion to the pumpkin pie. I like it much better than regular whipped cream.

I SAVED The Most Intimidating Pie for Last.

I’ve Made Apple Pies Mary Times before, but i was still woried about the top crust wuld turn out and if the filing soften enough by the crusty was done bacting.

Garten’s Recipe Called for Granny Smith Apples, which tbi to be more sour and tart than sweet. The filing Also Called for Both Lemon and Orange Juices and Zest, Plus Plenty of Spices.

I was woried the pie might not be sweet enough.

The crust was so easy to roll out and transfer to the tin, thanks to the butter and vegetable shortening in the dough. IT MADE EASY WORK OF ASSEMMLING THE PIE.

The filing was Also Easy to Make After I Finished Peeling and Chopping What Felt Like 100 Apples.

Let the pie bake for About An Hour. AFTERWARD, The Top Crust Was a Golden Color, and it look and smelled incredible.

Garten’s Apple Pie Was Pretty Good, but the crust was by far the best part.

The Extra Sugar Sprinking on Top Gave it a sweeet flavor and crunchy texture. It was so good i could eat it on its ows.

The filing had just a little bit too citrus for me.

I was glad the software well with the mosy, but i think i’d precook say a little bit more next. That Wauld Hopphully Help Concentrate the Apple Flash and Keep the Filling from Shrinking So Far Away from the Top Crust.

I ALSO MIGHT SUME OF THE TART APPLES FOR A SWEETER VARIETY, AS THE COMBINATION OF THE GRANNY SMITHS AND CITRUS MADE FOR A PRETY TART PIE.

Garten’s pies all tourned outprety good, and they were easy enough to make in one day with Breaking a sweat.

I like that she adds Fresh flavors to each one of these pies. The rum whipped cream that was with the pumpkin pie was also delicious, and i think it would taste great with the pecan pie, too.

Howver, My Favorite Part of All Three Recipes, by Far, was the pie crust.

It was super quick and easy to make, and it worked well with all the different filings. I’ll be ussing this crust for all my pies -moving forward.

This story was originally published on november 19, 2023, and Most recently updated on September 16, 2025.