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If you've seen a pie in a bakery with a lovely lattice pie crust, and wondered if you could duplicate it at home, the answer is - absolutely. Making a lattice crust takes just a few more minutes than making a regular top crust, and adds a nice touch to fruit pies. Read on to learn how to make a lattice pie crust, step by step.
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Step 1: What You Need to Make Lattice Pie Crust
- Single pie crust, homemade or ready to bake
- Cutting surface large enough for the pie crust when rolled out.
- Paring knife
- Ruler, or other straight edge, or a lattice pie cutter
- Fruit pie, with bottom crust and filling already in place.
Step 2: How to Make a Lattice Pie Crust
- Roll the crust out as if you were making a standard top crust.
- Cut the top crust into straight strips 1/2-3/4 inch wide, using the straight edge and paring knife.
- Lay the strips on the filled pie, either weaving them in and out, or just laying them on top of each other. You can twist the strips into spirals, if you like before laying them on the pie.
- Trim the edges of the strips so that they are flush with edge of the pie, after you've laid all the strips on the pie.
- Fold the bottom crust up over the edge and crimp to seal the bottom crust and the lattice edges.
- Bake as directed by your pie recipe.
Step 3: How to Use a Lattice Pie Cutter
- Roll the top crust out as usual, making sure it is larger in diameter than the lattice pie cutter you're using.
- Place the cutter gently on the top crust, and trim away the extra crust.
- Press the cutter down on the pie crust firmly. then remove. The cutter should remove the small squares of pie crust, leaving you with a lattice.
- If any squares remain, cut around them carefully with a paring knife and remove.
- Place the top crust on the filled pie, and crimp the edges.
- bake as directed by your pie recipe.
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