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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Hot Water Crust Is the Sturdy, Patchable Pie Crust Your Deep-Dish Pies Deserve
My fellow Americans, I know we know a lot about pie. We take pride in being as American as the apple pies we bake for any and every…
Mason Jar Lid Mini Pies
Imagine your favorite pie, baked in the cutest mini version. This post will show you how to bake mini pies in mason jar lids. Most stores that sell…
Red Velvet Graham Cracker Crust
Ingredients 2 cups Red Velvet Graham Crackers crumbs finely ground 1 stick butter melted Preparation Grind up red velvet graham crackers into food processor. You want a fine…
Crumb Crust
Ingredients 1 1/2 cups crushed cookies or crackers, such as: vanilla wafers, graham crackers, gingersnaps, saltine crackers, or round buttery crackers 1/4 cup sugar 1 teaspoon kosher salt…
Puff Pastry Cheese Twists
Ingredients 1 sheet frozen puff pastry, 1/2 (17.3-ounce) package 1/3 cup grated Parmesan 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 2 teaspoons minced garlic 1 teaspoon dried oregano 1/2 teaspoon…
Cheesy Pastry Twists
Ingredients 2 sheets ready-rolled puff pastry, thawed 1 egg yolk, beaten lightly 1 cup (100g) pizza cheese, coarsely grated 1/2 cup ( 40g) parmesan cheese, finely grated Preparation…
Quiche Toast Cups
Cute mini quiches made using plain old sandwich bread. Who can possibly resist these? Ingredients 1 rasher of bacon, rind removed, diced (50g / 1.5 oz) 1-4 onion,…
Cinnamon Roll Pie Crust
Just the crust! Make this cinnamon swirly pie crust for your favorite pie. Ingredients 1 pie crust 1 Tablespoon unsalted butter, melted 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon 1 large…
No Bake Oreo Pie Crust
Oreo cookies are great for making pie crusts. Those chocolate wafers are not very sweet and pack a lot of chocolate flavor into every bite. For most…
Basic Pie Crust
Make two 9-inch pie crusts with this simple, go-to recipe. Ingredients 1 cup (2 sticks) cold, unsalted butter 2¼ cups all-purpose flour, plus additional to flour the counter…
