Easy As Pie

Pie made foolproof―all you knead is love

A warm slice of homemade pie can complete any celebration―but every baker knows that a problematic pie is enough to sour a sweet occasion. This pie cookbook gives you the support you need to start making perfect, homemade pies from scratch.

This pie cookbook gets your dough rolling, complete with step-by-step techniques for mixing, shaping, rolling, and finishing your dough. Refine your pastry base with a fail-safe, flaky, buttery crust recipe―or taste the seasons with 50 creative and classic seasonal pies.

This pie cookbook includes:

• Baked to pie-fection―Get advice in this pie cookbook on fundamental tools, common terms, and pantry essentials―as well as troubleshooting for soggy bottoms, cracked custard, and more.
• Crust you can trust―Achieve the tastiest, flakiest crust with a fail-safe, all-butter recipe, in addition to master recipes for a variety of crusts.
• Year-round yum―Enjoy a slice of every season with this pie cookbook, including beautiful, delicious pies for spring, summer, fall, and winter, as well as pies suitable for any time of year.

Master the art of pie-making and start enjoying a lifetime of fresh, homemade pie with this pie cookbook.

Saura grew up in Los Angeles, California and has been cooking in a professional kitchen setting for over 10 years. Originally drawn to the beautiful design of wedding cakes, she found her passion creating restaurant quality desserts. Saura has worked in various kitchens around Los Angeles in both savory and pastry positions. Saura now lives in Denver, Colorado with her boyfriend and bull terrier. She currently is the Executive Pastry Chef for a restaurant group in Denver and creates menus and pastries for 3 restaurants. In addition, Saura works as a recipe developer for Yummly.

Saura started a dessert blog in 2017, sweetsaura.com, where she creates and shares her favorite recipes so dessert lovers out there can easily re-create them at home.