Need a quick and easy dessert for your holiday dinner? Just pick up a store-bought pie and dress it up with these great and simple ideas! These small hacks will make your pie look and taste homemade!
The holiday preparation continues this week on the blog.
Today I want to showcase 5 easy ways to decorate store-bought pies for the holidays.
Supermarket pies can still look beautiful and will taste even better with my ideas for some fun toppings and additions.
Although we have a fantastic pumpkin pie recipe on here and even a step-by-step picture tutorial for making the perfect pie crust, I know that many of us just don’t have the desire to tackle pie baking.
This post is especially for you and I hope you can create a swoon-worthy dessert table that will leave people guessing if you made those pies or not.
Add a Delicious Homemade Topping
Although your pie may not be homemade, your toppings can really stand out with just a few simple ingredients that will add a lot of flavor to your pie.
One of my favorite toppings is a Spiced Whipped Cream that gets its hint of spices from ground cinnamon, ground ginger, and a little sugar. It is the perfect accompaniment to your store-bought pumpkin or pecan pies for the holidays.
Another idea for layering on the flavors is to add texture through a fun crunchy pie topping.
One of our favorites that I created for our pies last year was an easy Cranberry Crunch Pie Topping made from amaretto cookies and fresh cranberries.
Add Unique Details
One of the greatest tools that I got for my holiday baking this past year was a set of piecrust cutters that I found on Williams Sonoma.
Not only are these great tools to keep handy for masking any flaws on your homemade crusts, but they can double as a great detail to adorn store-bought pies.
Purchase pie crust from the refrigerated section of the store and then roll out on a lightly floured surface.
Dip your cutters in a little flour and then push down and press these cutters to create your shape.
Bake these adorable details in a 400 degree oven for 6-8 minutes on a parchment lined cookie sheet.
Allow these to cool and then decorate the tops of your pies with these.
These little details are also so pretty to sprinkle on your dessert table and add that extra festive touch.
Make a Mini Pie Spread
When I spotted these adorable mini pies in the bakery section of our local Walmart, I knew this would be another fun spin on pies to try for the holidays.
These mini pies are less than $1 each and come in a variety of flavors year-round.
For smaller families, these store-bought pies offer the perfect serving size and give everyone exactly what they love the most.
Adorn these with the smaller size pastry cutouts and add a bowl of spiced whipped cream in the center so that everyone can create their own pie experience.
Give the Gift of Pie
One of my favorite things to give as a hostess gift is a sweet treat for their hospitality.
Nothing is sweeter than a little individual treat just for me after entertaining, at least that is my opinion, and one of my favorite gifts to give happens to be my little peppermint cheesecakes in a jar.
If you are short on time though, consider purchasing these mini pies as hostess gifts for the holidays.
Dress it simply in some festive ribbon and tie a bow around it to create a sweet little gift to give for the holidays.
At less than $1 each, these are a sweet way to say thank you without spending a lot.
Create a Beautiful Display
I love that when I posted a picture of this pie display on Instagram & Facebook that people were asking if this was even real.
I think it really goes to show that with a few easy details and staging, you can take store-bought pies to another level.
With this display I used mismatched cake stands in varying heights to create a display.
Don’t be afraid to drape a cloth napkin over a stand to make it cohesive or even create a stand out of a teacup and plate and cover it with the cloth napkin, if you are short on serving pieces.
If you have multiple dishes out, consider adding these cute chalkboard label frames to help people navigate the dessert table.
Sprinkle pastry cutouts along the tablecloth to decorate the display and pull in leaves, bare branches, or create a unique centerpiece like I did this year to add some color to the table.
I hope these ideas are inspiring and that you will find a new way to love store-bought pies this year with these creative details!
Oh, and enjoy all that free time you have now that you aren’t baking this year.
Winning!
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