3 terrific pies to sample on your southeast Minnesota road trip

June 30, 2018 at 1:02AM
Blueberry-blackberry pie at the Smiling Pelican Bakeshop. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Summer day trips are incomplete without pie. Karna Hudoba usually bakes at least 20 varieties (those flaky crusts are powered with lard) at her Aroma Pie Shoppe (618 Main St., Whalan, Minn., 507-467-2623).

The Stockholm Pie Co. (N2030 Spring St., Stockholm, Wis., 715-442-5505, stockholmpieandgeneralstore.com) prepares a similarly large number of tempting variations.

And Sandra Thielman's towering banana cream pies — and over-the-top, berry-packed pies — are a sight to behold at the Smiling Pelican Bakeshop (W3556 State Hwy. 35, Maiden Rock, Wis., 715-448-3807).

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Rick Nelson

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Rick Nelson joined the staff of the Star Tribune in 1998. He is a Twin Cities native, a University of Minnesota graduate and a James Beard Award winner. 

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