National Pie Day, Jan 23, celebrates one of the Nations’ favorite desserts. No matter how you slice it, pie in just about any form makes a crowd happy.

Fruit pies, berry pies, cream pies – they are mouthwatering servings of homemade goodness. The only other question to ask is, will it be al a mode?

The first pies appeared around 9500 BC in the Egyptian Neolithic period or New Stone Age. So, humans have been eating pies for a very long time. And with so many to choose from, we shouldn’t have any problem finding one we like.

The American Pie Council created National Pie Day in 1986 to commemorate Crisco’s 75th anniversary of “serving foods to families everywhere.”

Ever wondered why are pies round? There are a few reasons. First, when forming the dough and rolling it out, a circle is a more natural result of this process. Also, the dough used to be wrapped around the ingredients much like hand pies are still made today. A round shape bakes more evenly, too. Now, if a pie was squared, mathematically there’d be more pie.