I’m Chad Collier, the founder and head baker at Papa C Pies.

Founded in 2009, our family business owes our recipes and love of pie to Grandma Elsie Mae. My Grandmother always made the most delicious apple pies. One year during the holiday season, we asked her to write down her recipes. She couldn’t do it! She said she didn’t learn from a recipe – her mother taught her by making the pies with her.

My father – Papa C, for whom the bakery is named – learned to bake alongside Grandma Elsie and carried on the tradition by teaching me. Elsie always said, “You need to see and feel the ingredients come together” for the most delicious pie. When you make something often enough, and you love to make it, you don’t need a piece of paper to tell you how. You can get a taste of Elsie’s exceptional apple pie recipe today it’s the exact recipe for the classic Apple Pie on our menu! From this first recipe, many additional flavors have been added to the bakery’s menu of options. But they always start with premium, high-quality ingredients, just like Grandma Elsie would buy.

From our family to yours, we hope you enjoy our handmade pies!