Making a pie crust with shortening is a classic way to ensure you have a soft flaky crust. But what if you don’t have any shortening on hand? Or maybe you just don’t want to use shortening and are wondering if there is another way. No one wants to give up that amazing texture that…
Flaky, buttery, melt in your mouth pie crust….nothing can beat it! Every pie needs a perfect pie crust but what are you to do when you are missing some necessary pie crust ingredients? Well, don’t get too distressed about the future of your pie- it will be just fine! There are plenty of ways to…
When reading different recipes for pie crusts, you may have come across a few that suggest using pie weights…what exactly does that mean? Why do you need to weigh down your pie? And, most importantly, is this a direction you can just skip or will there be terrible baking repercussions? I can answer all of…
You may have come across this term in recipe books time and time again, but still you’re not quite sure what it means. Or perhaps you’ve tried it once or twice, and still haven’t got that perfect pie crust that you were hoping for. While it may sound like an exercise in extreme adventure baking,…
So you’ve decided to make your family a delicious summer fruit tart or take advantage of the fall harvest by baking a sweet pumpkin pie. However, there’s just one snag: the recipe calls for blind baking the crust and the addition of pie weights, and that’s not something you keep hanging around your kitchen. But…