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Nearly one out of five (19%) of Americans prefer apple pie, followed by pumpkin (13%), pecan (12%), banana cream (10%) and cherry (9%) pie just isn't for after-dinner dessert. 35% of Americans say they've had pies as lunch (66%) and midnight snacks (59%) pie was the winner with 29% when asked what dessert Americans would prefer a friend or family member bring to their house for a holiday dinner.

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Pie Project

Nearly one out of five (19%) of Americans prefer apple pie, followed by pumpkin (13%), pecan (12%), banana cream (10%) and cherry (9%) pie just isn't for after-dinner dessert. 35% of Americans say they've had pies as lunch (66%) and midnight snacks (59%) pie was the winner with 29% when asked what dessert Americans would prefer a friend or family member bring to their house for a holiday dinner.

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Pie

By: Kaden Rodenberger

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Pie Fun Facts


Approx. $700 million in pies (approx. 186 million units) are sold in grocery stores
every year. This does not include restaurants, food service or price clubs, only
grocery stores. If you lined up the number of pies sold at U.S. grocery stores in
one year, they would circle the globe and then some.
According to a 2008 survey by Crisco and American Pie Council:

Nearly one out of five (19%) of Americans prefer apple pie, followed by
pumpkin (13%), pecan (12%), banana cream (10%) and cherry (9%)
Pie just isnt for after-dinner dessert. Thirty-five percent of Americans say
theyve had pies for breakfast. Pies as lunch (66%) and midnight snacks
(59%) also have a popular following.
When asked what dessert Americans would prefer a friend or family member
bring to their house for a holiday dinner, pie was the winner with 29%. Cake
(17%) and cookies (15%) rounded out the top-three spots.

Pumpkin pie was first introduced to the holiday table at the pilgrims second
Thanksgiving in 1623.
Pie was not always Americas favorite dessert in the 19th Century, fruit pies
were a common breakfast food eaten before the start of a long day.
According to a 2008 Pie Slice of Life Survey, conducted by Schwans Consumer
Brands North America, Inc., Carol Brady of
was picked by 40%
of survey respondents as the TV mom that would bake the best pie.
Claire Huxtable was second with 22%,
Bree Van de
Camp was third with 16 percent,
Debra Barone was
fourth with 13% while The Simpsons Marge Simpson came in fifth with 8%.
The same survey also revealed that when asked Who Makes the Best Pie?, Mom
rates highly (27%), and store bought convenience pie came in a close second with
a 26% slice of the pie beating out Grandma who garnered 17%.
This 2006 Four Points Pie Portrait is an examination of how Americans enjoy
their signature dessert, in honor of Four Points by Sheratons simple pleasures
offerings: pie in all its restaurants, express pie via room service.

The American Pie Council

There are 4 kinds of pies including:


1. Fruit Pies= Usually two crust either lattice or
solid top crust
2. Cream Pies= One crust pie. Cornstarchthickened pudding.
3. Custard Pies= One crust filled with custard.
Pumpkin pie is the most common custard pie.
4. Chiffon Pies= Light and Airy. One-crust pies.
Main Ingredients
1. Flour= Gives the structure to the pie.
2. Fat= makes the pie tender by stopping gluten
from forming.
3. Water= provides moisture to help develop the
gluten and produces steam.
4. Salt= Contributes the flavor to the pie.
Handling the Crust
1. Do not over mix the dough when adding liquids.
2. Do not roll the dough to aggressively.
3. Do not stretch the dough just to make it fit into
the pie plate.
Preparing the Pie

1. One-crust pies fill after baking.


2. If filling after the baking prick the bottom and
the sides before baking to prevent air bubbles
and blistering.
3. Always flute the edges of a one-crust pie.
Quality of the Dough
1. If the dough is tender it will cut easily with a fork
and melt in the mouth.
2. If the dough is flaky it will have thin layers of
dough separated by spaces of air.

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