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Tips For Perfect Pie Crust Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Pieplate / All my dishes 1 year, 3 months ago I know that lot of people are afraid to make their own piecrust. Follow these tips and fear no more. Homemade is sooo much better than the prefabricated ones. Prep:150m Cook:75m Servings:8	Pieplate
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Ingredients

These tips can help with any crust recipe.

Directions

ALWAYS:

chill fats

chill mix after you have cut in fats

use as little liquid as possible to prepare the dough--test to see if you have added enough by pressing some against the side of the bowl with your spatula. If it clumps together, that's enough. The water will spread through the clumps while you refrigerate it.

handle the dough as little as possible--don't overmix it

chill the dough at least 30 m before rolling out

don't cut the fat too fine--no piece larger than small peas, and most of it like coarse cornmeal

Preparing the crust:

roll dough only radially (from the center out to the edge)

resist the temptation to roll back and forth

if the dough starts to pull back after you have rolled it, let it rest at least 30 m in the refrigerator before you continue to roll it out

after rolling, let the disk rest in the refrigerator on a dinner plate, at least 20 m

your disk of dough should be at least 2" larger than your pie plate

Baking:

use a dark metal or a Pyrex(R) pie plate

use bottom heat if at all possible, at least for the first 20 m

set pan in the lowest 1/3 of the oven

preheat oven to 400-425, depending on your oven. You want a HOT oven

bake at this temperature for at least 15 m, or until the dough has set

then, lower the temperature to 360

bake until deep golden brown. Darker is better than lighter.

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Comments

greekgirrrl 1 year, 3 months ago said:
Okay.... I'm gonna try it!

sday5 1 year, 3 months ago said:
Makes sense. I think I can. I think I can.

pleclare 1 year, 3 months ago said:
Time for me to try! Thanks!

jett2whit 1 year, 3 months ago said:
Great tips! I have a recipe for pie crust that my mother gave me that is titled "Mamas Easy Pie Crust". I always need more helpful hints tho'!!Saturday I had baked an apple pie that is pictured under my avatar.

ahmed1 1 year, 3 months ago said:
Wonderful post my friend!

shepherdrescue 1 year, 3 months ago said:
Great post and lots of tips I've never heard before. Thanks, I'm sure my crusts will be much much better following these. Alton Brown would be proud!

granni 9 months, 3 weeks ago said:
Thank you for this post, very helpful information that i've never seen written down before. I love homemade pie crust...makes me think of my Mom busy in the kitchen making hers.

trigger 7 months ago said:
Wonderful tips thank you

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