American cocktail party pies & tarts recipes

Canned Apple Pie Filling/ Apple Crisp

Apples are a very versatile fruit. Apples are used in many pastries, pies and salads. I think apples are used…

Basic Easy Pie Crust

For my grandmother, Eva Koehler, this was what passed for "easy." For me, easy means opening the box and removing the sleeve, cutting the end and…

Orgasmic Lemon Bars

I was recently at a friends birthday party, it was a pot luck so everyone brought their own yummy creations . Anyhoo....this lady brought these…

Grandma Koehler's Pumpkin Pie

Grandma Koehler preferred the long neck green stripe pumpkin (actually a gourd) for her pies. The result was that in addition to the unique taste…

Pear Cranberry Tart

Macadamia Nut Tarts

A mini tart composed of a coconut crust and a macadamia nut filling.

Lemon Tarts

These cute little tarts are perfect for a Sunday Brunch! Source: http://www.rhodesbread.com/recipes/view/lemon-tarts

Strawberry Refrigerated Pie

I got this recipe based on Martha Stewart's pie collection of no-cook easy pie dishes. Sometimes no bake pies would come in handy. You never know…

Gluten Free Cheesecke

I have made this with several different topping, strawberries , blueberries, chocolate sauce and just plain.

Blackberry Chocolate Tart

A fairly easy and elegant dessert. Raspberries are a great substitution, for the blackberries, as well.

Mangoe Cream Pie

TheWoksOfLife gave me very easy to follow pie baking recipes like this. Try it.

Apple Pie Bars

Open Apple Tarts

Dark Chocolate Cherry Galette

Cherries and dark chocolate are an irresistible flavor combination so I put them in an easy to make galette (ie, free-form cake/pie) that I baked on…

Apple Pie

I bought almost 750gr of (non Granny Smith) sour green apples as I was craving green apples so badly. Unfortunately, I brought home really sour,…