5 Patriotic Pies [Flag Pies]

Stars and Stripes Pie from Woman's Day

There may be nothing more American than apple pie, but when it comes to the 4th of July, you need a patriotic dessert with a little more color...or at least some stars and stripes!  I also don't like apple pie, so that might be the real reason I love all of these fun 4th of July pies!  If you have some serious pie skills, you can try out this stars and stripes pie from Woman's Day.

Pretty Pies and Pie Crusts

Pies are just about the easiest things to dress up, about a million times easier than a cake, and tell me who doesn't like extra crust with their pie. 

Actually, don't answer that.  Because I will have to judge you if you don't like pie crust.

Here are some fun ideas for dressing up your Thanksgiving pie!

Country Living:

A little sugar dusing makes it even prettier!

Martha Stewart is always full of beautiful ideas:

I like this idea from Take A Megabite too:

You can use leafs cut outs, or you can use the dough you cut the leaves out of:

And if you aren't a pretty pie crust crimper, you can ditch it all together and use one of Paula Deen's sneaky tricks:

There are about a million ways to dress up your pie.  What is your pretty pie trick?

Ginger Pear Hand Pies [Silhouette Hand Pies]

Ginger Pear Hand Pies from Twigg Studios

Cherry Pie Parfait [Summer Dessert]

Cherry Pie Parfaits from Courtney Whitmore

Chocolate Truffle Pie

Chocolate Truffle Pie from Cookies and Cups

Mini Brownie Pies

Mini Brownie Pies from Bakers Royale

Cinnamon Roll Pie Crust

Cinnamon Roll Pie Crust from Taste for Adventure

Chocolate Chip Pecan Mini Pies

 Mini Chocolate Chip Pecan Pies from Pizzazzerie

Fall Apple Pie

Fall Leaf Apple Pie from Amy's Cooking Adventures

Mini S'mores Pies

Mini S'mores Pies from Lil' Luna

Mini Pie Bites

Mini Pie Bites from Chef In Training

Peanut Butter and Chocolate Pie

Do-Si-Dos Peanut Butter and Chocolate Icebox Pie from Bakers Royale

Lattice Pie Bars

Lattice Pie Bars from Sprinkles Bakes

Pie Crust Primer

Pie Crust Recipe from Bake at 350

Turkey Tarts {Thanksgiving Treats}

Chocolate Turkey Tarts form The Kitchn

Halloween Pumpkin Pie Pops

Pumpkin Pie Pop from The Party Animal

Pie Lattice Cookies

Lattice Cookies from Not Martha

Fall Leaf Pie Crust

Pie Crust from The Story of Kat

Miniature Pie Box Template

Miniature Pie Boxes from Marion's Vintage Bakeshop

Pie-rate Ships

Apple Pie-rate Ships by Diamonds for Desserts