AboutCarol Schlitt Expertise I can answer questions on home food safety, sanitation, home food preservation and commercial food safety (HACCP).
Experience I am an Extension educator, nutrition, wellness and food safety. I am a certified HACCP manager and a food safety instructor for the Illinois Department of Public Health.
Organizations International Association for Food Protection, American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (Certified CFCS), National Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences, Society for Nutrition Education.
Education/Credentials BS - University of Illinois
MS - Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville
Question I recently received a license to bake pies out of my home and to sale wholesale or retail. The license's restriction is that I can only sell pies that do not need refrigeration. So my question to you is: What pies do not need refrigeration? So far I have come up with apple, blueberry, triple berry, and strawberry. I thought that pumpkin was okay until I saw the answer to Dana's question, how to store a pumpkin pie. Would pecan pie need refrigeration?
Thank you,
Debbie's Pies
Answer Hi Debbie,
Any pie without eggs or dairy products is considered a pie that does not need refrigeration. Currently all fruit pies meet this criteria. Pumpkin has both eggs and dairy products and pecan has eggs -- therefore both must be refrigerated for safe storage.
Apple, peach, cherry, blueberry, etc are all safe pies -- as long as they don't have eggs or dairy products.
