These Pi Day Recipes Celebrate Both Pie and Math

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Greg DuPree / Food Styling by Margaret Monroe Dickey / Prop Styling by Claire Spollen

March 14 is Pi Day, officially commemorating the mathematical constant pi, a number that starts with 3.14. For us, it's also an excuse to bake up all kinds of pies — well, round pies, that is, because, you know, we're dealing with the math of a circle. From classic diner-style cherry pie to dreamy blueberry-banana cream pie and savory curry chicken pot pie, this collection offers up Pi Day recipes that are festive, delicious, and mathematically perfect. Read on for even more of our favorite pies to celebrate the occasion.

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Chocolate Granola Pie

This approachable chocolate granola pie starts with granola, a bar of bittersweet chocolate, and a refrigerated piecrust — though you can certainly prepare your own crust if you'd like. The hardest part of making the pie will be waiting the recommended two hours before you serve it.

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Blueberry-Banana Cream Pie

Line a graham cracker crust with silky custard and sliced fresh bananas, add a layer of whipped cream and cream cheese, and top with a jammy blueberry compote for this fruity take on a classic icebox pie.

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Mango Pie

Bursting with sunny mango flavor, this pie's creamy filling comes together easily in the blender using canned mango pulp, cream cheese, sweetened condensed milk, and a touch of gelatin to make it sliceable. Adding ground black cardamom to the graham cracker crust provides warmth and additional depth of flavor.

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Cherry Pie

This is the cherry pie of nostalgic dreams, completely made from scratch — no premade crust or canned pie filling here. Instead, our recipe features a buttermilk crust, which has just a touch of tang to echo the tart cherries. The use of frozen sour cherries means this pie can be baked any time of year.

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Espresso Martini Pie

This decadent pie version of the Espresso Martini cocktail gets its kick from instant espresso powder, Kahlúa coffee liqueur, and vodka throughout its layers.

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Chess Pie

You'll just need pantry staples for this classic Southern dessert, a simple yet lush custard pie made from ingredients like eggs, milk, butter, sugar, and vanilla. A small amount of fine yellow cornmeal provides a welcome bit of texture; just enough lemon zest and juice is added to cut the sweetness.

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Japanese Curry Chicken Pot Pie

This comforting dish combines chicken pot pie and Japanese curry. Store-bought Japanese curry mix flavors a velvety, gravy-like sauce; crisp, golden-brown puff pastry tops it off.

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Peanut Butter Chai-Spiced Pie

Peanut Butter Chai Pie — Photo: Victor Protasio / Food Stylist Torie Cox /Prop Stylist Claire Spollen

Creamy, dreamy, and truly effortless, this pie blends peanut butter, cream cheese, and whipped cream with honey and warming chai spices. We especially like it with our walnut-date piecrust, but you can pair it with whatever crust you fancy.

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Lemony Sumac Pie with Ritz Cracker Crust

In this no-bake pie from pastry chef Paola Velez, Ritz crackers make a salty, crumbly base for the puckery filling of lemon and sumac curd. It's topped with pieces of tropical fruit, such as kiwi quarters, pineapple wedges, Cape gooseberries, papaya slices, sliced strawberries, and/or raspberries, for a beautiful presentation.

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Chocolate Pecan Pie with Bourbon

Pastry chef David Lebovitz's Chocolate Pecan Pie with Bourbon is everything you want in a dessert. Inside the all-butter crust, a nip of sweet, caramel-scented bourbon adds depth to the traditional super-sweet filling; chocolate levels it up with a rich texture and just a hint of balancing bitterness.

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Piña Colada Pie

PiÃ±a Colada Pie — Greg DuPree / Food Styling by Margaret Monroe Dickey / Prop Styling by Christina Daley

Fan-favorite coconut cream pie meets piña colada in this showstopping dessert. Luscious coconut custard, rum-spiked pineapple jam, and coconut-tinged whipped cream fill an easy, buttery shortbread crust to invoke all those tropical-island vibes.

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Deep-Dish All-American Cinnamon Apple Pie

Pastry legend Rose Levy Beranbaum brings us this beloved cinnamon-laced apple pie. Fresh apple juices, warm spices, and butter cook down to make a sumptuous syrup that gets layered among circles of apple slices.

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Salted Caramel Pie

Use two cans of sweetened condensed milk and a bit of fleur de sel to make a salted dulce de leche filling for a golden graham cracker crust, then top it off with billows of lightly sweet whipped cream to complete this crowd-pleasing pie.

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Tangy Key Lime Pie

This airy, fluffy version of Key lime pie is light rather than dense, and the filling feels more like a mousse than a rich custard. Adorn the pie with freshly whipped cream and lime zest strips for a delicate finish.

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