With the help of food processors and refrigerated roll-out crusts, almost anyone can create a flaky homemade pie — if they have the right pie pan. Every home baker should have at least one basic 9-inch pie dish. A metal pan will hold your crust in shape and bake it more quickly. If you use a glass pan, you’ll add a few minutes to the baking time, but your pie will bake more evenly. You’ll be able to watch the crust turn from pale yellow to perfect golden brown.

The most impressive way to present a pie is to serve it in a stoneware or porcelain dish. You can choose from colorful contemporary stoneware or more traditional fluted dishes. An added advantage is that stoneware can go from freezer to oven to dishwasher. If you do choose stoneware, you’ll also want to get a crust shield from Bed Bath & Beyond’s baking tools department. These are useful with all kinds of pie tins but are essential with stoneware.

Once you’re comfortable handling unbaked pie dough you can find creative ways to use it. For example, pumpkin pies and custard pies are served open, with no top crust. However, you can decorate them by cutting cookie shapes out of pie dough and baking them on top of the filling. You’ll find cookie cutters with our other decorating tools. Check out the 30-piece set by Our Table™, which includes holiday and seasonal shapes that make great pie toppers. Have you thought about serving individual tarts instead of one large pie? They are elegant, easy to serve, and much easier to make than you’d expect. Just take a ball of chilled pastry dough and use your fingers to spread it over the bottom and sides of the tart pan. We offer several sets of fluted tart molds by Mrs. Anderson’s Baking®.

Transporting pies to a bake sale or friend’s dinner party is a tricky proposition. We sell a number of different pie carriers with locking lids and carry handles to keep your beautiful crust and luscious filling in place. A covered pie dish from OXO is perfect for home use. Bake and serve your pie in the glass pie dish, then use the snap-on plastic lid to protect it in the refrigerator.

The easiest way to make a pie crust from scratch is to use one of our food processors or electric mixers. Traditionalists will be glad to know that we also carry an old-fashioned pastry cutter, brought up to date with stainless steel. Come to us for other essentials such as rolling pins, canisters, measuring cups, and sifters, too. Shop at Bed Bath & Beyond and find all your kitchen needs under one roof or on one convenient website. Remember that you can get free shipping on all orders over $39. Let us help you make happy baking memories.