pie crust
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Make Perfect Pie Dough in Your Stand Mixer
Making pastry by hand is actually pretty easy, but it’s temperature-dependent enough to be intimidating. A good pie crust has flaky layers, which you get by manipulating butter that’s pliable — not soft or melted — into long, thin sheets. But the window between “pliable” and “soft” is just a few degrees Celsius, and confidently…
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Use Ritz Crackers To Make Extra-Buttery No-Bake Pie Crusts
Graham cracker crusts fill a very important dessert niche: a quick, simple crust for when you want pie, but can’t be moved to turn on your oven. As someone who hates sweating and literally always wants pie, I wish I could get more excited about them.
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Prevent Soggy Pie Crusts With Epsom Salts
1If you have to pre-bake a pie for some function or another, chances are the crust will get a little soggy by the time you serve it. Luckily, pastry genius Stella Parks has a blindingly elegant solution: Magnesium sulfate.
