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Making Successful Pie Pastry
An experienced cook tosses together a batch of pastry quickly and easily and invariably turns out well-shaped pies with tender, crisp and somewhat flaky crusts. Some of the…
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Almond Crust
1½ cups blanched almonds 1 egg white ¼ cup sugar Preheat oven to 375ºF. Using a knife, chop the almonds fine. Or chop them briefly in a food…
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Basic Pie Pastry
2 cups flour ½ teaspoon salt ⅔ cups shortening ⅓ cup cold water, approximately If using a food processor, put the flour, salt and shortening into the container.…
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Brazil Nut Crust
Brazil nuts 2 tablespoons sugar Using a food processor, chop enough Brazil nuts to make 1 cup. Blend the ground nuts with the sugar. Using the back of…
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Butter Pecan Crust
½ cup unsalted butter 1 cup all-purpose flour ¼ cup granulated sugar ½ cup pecan pieces Preheat oven to 375ºF. Blend together butter, flour and granulated sugar until…
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Chocolate Crumb Pie Shell
1½ cups chocolate cookie crumbs ¼ cup unsalted butter; softened 1 tablespoon granulated sugar Preheat oven to 375ºF. In a large mixing bowl mix ingredients until thoroughly blended.…
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Chocolate Pecan Crust
1 8½-ounce package chocolate wafers ¾ cups pecan pieces; finely chopped ½ cup unsalted butter, melted Preheat oven to 350ºF. Crumble cookies to make about 2 cups crumbs.…
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Crisco Double Crust Pastry
2 cups flour 1 teaspoon salt ¾ cup Crisco ½ cup water In a medium bowl stir together flour and salt. Using a pastry blender cut Crisco until…
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Crisco Single Crust Pastry
1⅓ cups all-purpose flour ½ teaspoon salt ⅓ cup Crisco 3 tablespoons cold water In a medium bowl stir together flour and salt. Using a pastry blender cut…
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Crisco Pastry Leaves
2 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon sea salt ¾ cups Butter Flavored Crisco 5 tablespoons (or more) ice water 1 tablespoon whipping cream Preheat oven to 400ºF. Combine…
