Ultimate Apple Pie Guide: Best Recipes, Baking Tips & Top Pie-Eating Contests

Nina Keller • September 29, 2025

Discover this Ultimate Apple Pie Guide, featuring crowd-pleasing apple pie recipes—Double-Crust Apple Pie, Caramel Apple Pie, and Dutch Apple Pie—along with practical baking tips for flaky crusts, perfect fillings, and smart apple prep. The guide also covers fun pie-eating contests at local fairs, flavor experiments, and ways to stay connected via a newsletter for monthly pie picks and stories.

Where to Find the Best Pie-Eating Contests in 2025: Apple Pie Festivals, Competitions & Event Calendar

Tom Berger • September 29, 2025

This guide spotlights the best apple pie festivals and pie-eating contests in 2025, with a comprehensive festival calendar covering state fairs, harvest celebrations, and dedicated pie events. You'll find practical tips for preparing, registering, and competing—whether in amateur contests or family-friendly bake-offs—covering rules, time limits, pacing, hydration, and how to plan a pie-loving itinerary.

Irresistible Apple Pie Recipes and Pro Tips to Win a Pie-Eating Contest

Nina Keller • September 29, 2025

Discover irresistible apple pie recipes—from choosing tart apple varieties like Granny Smith and Honeycrisp to crafting a buttery, flaky crust and thickening fillings—for crowd-pleasing pies. The post also shares pro tips to win a pie-eating contest, including pacing, routines, hydration, safety, and how to find pie contests on the events page while connecting with fellow pie lovers.