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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Puff Pastry
Puff pastry builds a layered structure that can carry sweet or savory ingredients. Rough puff and other dough preparations sit alongside cheese twists in this collection of pastry recipes.
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Chocolate Crust (Minus Nabisco’s Famous Chocolate Wafers)
Ingredients 40 Nabisco Nilla Wafers 1/3 cup salted butter 1/3 cup cocoa powder (I like Ghirardelli 100% premium) Procedure Put the Nilla Wafers in a 1-gallon, zip-top bag, press out excess air…
Rough Puff Pastry
Rough puff pastry is remarkably flaky, but can be made much easier and faster than full puff pastry. It’s made more like pie dough. I like to use…
All Buttah Pie Crust Dough
The name says it all — this dough is all butter, all the time. Allow plenty of time for chilling, and it’ll turn out crazy flaky. — Erin…
Oreo Pie Crust
Learn how to make this super simple Oreo pie crust in both baked and no bake versions. Use this homemade crust for cheesecake, pies, or other desserts. It…
Pie Dough Roses
Cut rolled pie dough into circles (LOTS of circles). You place four circles in a row on your work surface, with each circle slightly overlapping. The circles are…
Fast and Easy Puff Pastry
Wonderfully flaky, buttery, tender pastries, turnovers, cheese straws, elephant ears (palmiers), shells for savory fillings, and more can be yours with a minimum of effort. Since this pastry…
Old-Fashioned Flaky Pie Dough
This is the sort of recipe pastry chefs tend to favor, but it doesn’t require any fancy ingredients, equipment, or training. Just smash some cold butter in a…
Easy Pie Dough
The only pie dough recipe you’ll ever need. This makes enough for two single-crust pies or one double crust pie. For a slightly more tender crust, replace up…
