Mary Louise Parker has offered up her cherry pie recipe for Esquire magazine - and stripped down to her lingerie to show readers how to bake it in a saucy kitchen photo shoot.

The new sexy spread depicts the Weeds star kneading pastry while leaning over a kitchen counter wearing a pair of lacy knickers and black bra.

The brunette beauty is also photographed wearing just an apron to cover her modesty as she proudly shows off the finished product.

Parker, 44, tells the publication, "I like posing nude and I persuaded the editor to pose nude, too, so that he could see what it's like for me. Nudity is the greatest costume because no one is looking at you as a person all they see is your body."