A Sweet Side Hustle: Slightly Crooked Pies

By: Scott Merrill

Outlets: Business NH Magazine

Published: January 26, 2026

Words: 459

Last Updated: 1 day, 22 hours ago

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When Lauren Collins Cline, owner of Slightly Crooked Pies in Bedford, baked her first pie at 23, she wasn’t trying to launch a business. It was 2002 and she was hosting her first Thanksgiving. She wanted “to bake a pie from scratch,” she says, using air quotes. She notes she used a store-bought crust because, “well, baby steps.” But that apple pie, made from a Williams-Sonoma recipe, was a surprise hit and …

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