Pies & Tarts
Apple squares, peach cream pie, and orange cream pie offer different fillings within the pie and tart collection. Pastry and crumb bases provide structure while fruit, cream, or other ingredients shape the finished slice.
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Pastry Crusts
A pastry or crumb crust sets the foundation for its filling. Butter dough, chocolate crumb crust, and rough puff preparations offer different textures for pies and other baked dishes.
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Martha Stewart’s Pâte Brisée
Pâte brisêe is the French version of classic pie or tart pastry. Pressing the dough into a disk rather than shaping it into a ball allows it to…
Microwave Pecan Pie Pastry
½ cup all-purpose flour 2 tablespoons pecan meal ¼ teaspoon sea salt 1 tablespoon shortening or lard 3 tablespoons ice water Dried beans In a small mixing bowl…
Nut-Crumb Crust
⅔ cups graham cracker crumbs ¼ cup pecan mean 2 tablespoons butter, melted 1 tablespoon sugar ¼ teaspoon cinnamon ¼ teaspoon grated nutmeg Mix together all the ingredients.…
Pate Sucree Shell
2½ cups all-purpose flour 1 pinch salt (optional) 3 tablespoons sugar ½ pound (2 sticks) cold, unsalted butter; cut into pieces 4 tablespoons ice water 2 large egg…
Patsy Cunningham’s Pastry Crust
3 cups flour 1¼ cups Crisco ½ teaspoon salt 5½ tablespoons water 1 teaspoon vinegar 1 egg In a medium bowl combine flour and salt. Using a pastry…
Paula Deen’s Cream Cheese Crust
8 tablespoons butter, cubed and softened 1 3-ounce package cream cheese, softened 1 cup all-purpose flour Preheat oven to 325ºF. In a large bowl, blend together the butter…
Pecan Pastry Crust
2 cups all-purpose flour; unsifted ½ cup pecan pieces; very finely chopped 3 tablespoons granulated sugar ¼ teaspoon sea salt ⅔ cups vegetable shortening; chilled 4 tablespoons ice…
Pie Shell for Pecan Pie
1¼ cups all-purpose flour plus extra for dough and surface 2 tablespoons powdered sugar ½ teaspoon sea salt 8 tablespoons chilled unsalted butter; cut into ¼-inch pats 2…
Rum Oat Crust
⅓ cup rolled oats ¾ cups all-purpose flour 1 tablespoon granulated sugar ½ teaspoon sea salt 6 tablespoons Crisco; chilled 1 egg yolk; beaten 2 tablespoons dark rum…
Sweet Pastry Crust
3 cups all-purpose flour 1 cup granulated sugar 1 cup unsalted butter; cooled 1 pinch sea salt 1 large egg In a large bowl, combine the sugar, cooled…
