Red Currant Cherry Almond Pie

Juicy red currants have a perky berry flavour that is often used only for jellies. Can you believe that some people find the seeds too crunchy for a pie? Slivered almonds provide perfect camouflage, making this a must-try recipe for fruit pie fans.

Onion Tart

This is a delicious combination of crisp crust and rich, mellow onions in sour cream.

Prizewinning Apple Pie

On Thanksgiving weekend The Village at Blue Mountain, Ont., fills with the fragrance of freshly baked apple pies. For this Quintessential Apple Pie Contest, bakers from this apple-growing region that rings Georgian Bay carry their pies – double crust, single crust, lattice top, streusel and more – to the judging tables. Baking enthusiast Brenda Hall of Collingwood, Ont., took first prize with this pie, which she called “Grandma Thompson's,” a classic double-crust pie that's not too sweet but full and juicy with freshly harvested local McIntosh apples. For a fall pie, re-roll the pastry scraps and cut out maple leaves to arrange over the top crust.

Pear & Almond Mascarpone Tart

Old-Fashioned Blueberry Pie

Silver Spoon Butterscotch Peach Pie

Taste this lattice-topped pie, honed into delicousness with butterscotch.

Wanda's Pie in the Sky Ambrosia

Wanda Beaver, a graduate of the Ontario College of Art and owner of Wanda's Pie in the Sky in Toronto, has transformed the old-fashioned pie into a thing of beauty. Wide-fluted lattice tops and generously sized pies are her trademarks, as are her creative combinations of fruit. Here, it's peaches with raspberries and blueberries. Her secret? "All our pies are handmade, and all our ingredients are fresh." That sounds like a recipe for success.

Beef Kidney Pie

Mini Snowflake Cream Puffs

Plum Platz

The filling in this pie-cum-cake varies. Rhubarb is the spring favourite, and plums are a juicy fall alternative.