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Suzi and I are in Maine. Eating pie and hiking to stay calorie-neutral. While we are gone, we are giving you a tour of the best pie cookbooks for your enjoyment. Ken Haedrich’s Apple Pie Perfect is a treasure with 100 apple pie recipes. Yes, 100. And you’ll want to try them all.

In the fall, we turn to pie. Especially apple pie. We all have that one apple pie recipe that is constant in our lives, perhaps one from childhood that has stayed with us for decades. We know what to expect, the snap of that particular crust, the aroma of cinnamon, the syrupy liquid as you cut open the pie — never able to get a pristine first piece out, but who cares. It’s apple pie.

Now, Suzi and I have our own special apple pie, a jalapeno and apple pie that you can see right here. The recipe comes from Ken Haedrich, America’s Pie Master. Ken has a dozen books in his portfolio including the invaluable Pie and this book, Apple Pie Perfect from 2002. Apple Pie Perfect has 100 recipes for pie and pasty in eleven tidy chapters.

There’s a collection of recipes, Apple Pies of Fall and Winter, that you can indulge in all this season, warm, rich and comfy:

My Mom and Dad’s Brown Sugar Apple Pie [we made it, I’ll post it!]

Apple Pear Crumb Pie

Apple Cobbler Pie

Cheddar-Crusted Apple Pie

For next summer you can try the recipes in the chapter Distinctly Summer Apple Pies:

Apple and Elderberry

Apple Strawberry with Mint Jelly

Apple Strawberry Rhubarb

If you like apple flavor, and want to double down, there are ideas for you in Very Apple Apple Pies:

Shaker Boiled Apple Cider Pie

Pumpkin Applesauce Pie

Oatmeal-Raising Apple-Apple Butter

We often think of cake as the way to celebrate a special occasion. But, instead, you can consult Special Occasion Apple Pies:

Sausage, Apple and Prune

Vanilla Bean Apple Cherry

Wine Country Green Grape and Apple

Tipsy Apple and Dried Cranberry Pie with Grand Marnier

These days, “pie” can actually mean a lot of things. Like not pie, but “pieish” So in Apple Pie on the Fringes, you can find:

Apple Cheesecake Burritos

Apple and Brie Hand Pies

Apple and Pear Hand Pies with Raising and Walnuts

Apple Pie Perfect projects aroma page after page. Have you ever thought of taking a cookbook, a single cookbook, and doing every single recipe? Apple Pie Perfect is that kind of book.