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- Working dough too much causes it to be less flaky
- Pie crust should be rolled to 1/4 to 1/8 inch
- Blind bake first if using a moist filling
- Letting dough "rest" allows the gluten strands to relax
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Pie Crust Tips
- Refrigerate ingredients prior to mixing even flour
- Use pastry or all purpose flour
- Lard or shortening make more tender crusts
- Use a pastry blender or two knives to blend fat
- Handle with hands as little as possible
- Liquids should be ice cold
- Substitute cold sour cream or heavy cream for water for flakier crust
- Sugar sweetens and tenderizes dough
- Overworking toughens dough
- Refrigerate for 15 minutes to avoid soggy crust before filling
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Pie Crust Questions
What ingredients do you use in your pie crusts? 6 AnswersButter and flour, obviously - the main ingredients. A pinch of salt - it doesn't sound important but it makes a difference. Sugar for a sweet crust. A ... read more
Does the earths atmosphere include gas within the earths crust? 2 AnswersEarth's atmosphere is the only planetary atmosphere in the solar system capable of sustaining life. It is made of 78 percent nitrogen, 21 percent oxygen, and a ... read more
I am looking for a for prune pie recipe. 1 AnswerSame as my answer to the other question above this one, check out epicurious.com for most any recipe you want, Prune Pie as a search there yielded 23 results. read more
Are the crusts of bread really more nutritious then the rest of the loaf or was my mother just trying to get someone to eat them? 2 AnswersAccording to the German Reserchers the crust of the bread coonsists of a rich source of antioxidant called the Pronyl-lysine, that provides a stronger health be... read more
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Pie Crust Articles, History, and Trivia
- Food & Wine Magazine: Easy as Pie (Crust) (2007)
- Food Timeline: Pie Crust
- PhancyPages.com: Sapid Pie Crust (1977)
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Successfully created a dairy free chicken pot pie with whole wheat crust.. And it was tasty too!
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Prepping for the big dinner tomorrow. Avett Brothers on the iPod, cleaning, beer, making pie crust...a nice long night.
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