pie in american cuisine
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How to Blind Bake a Pie Crust (Because You Probably Should)
Baking a pie or tart is theoretically simple—filling goes in the crust, bake, and eat. But the devil is in the details, as they say, and one part of the fine print is blind baking. In order to prevent a gummy, soggy crust from plaguing your pie’s undercarriage, you’ll need to master this technique. Luckily,…
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Make This Single-Serve, Crustless Pumpkin Pie in Your Microwave
For whatever reason, I hate-follow a bunch of keto-focused influencer accounts on Instagram. They’ll lure me in with a bunch of meat, then hit me with a bell-pepper-as-bread “sandwich,” a monstrosity I have been familiar with since the Weight Watching days of my very early 20s. They’re also obsessed with microwaveable, crustless “pumpkin pies,” which…
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Three of the Most Decadent Single-Serving Dessert Recipes
Valentine’s Day is, among other things, a great excuse to eat obscene amounts of chocolate (as is any day before or after Valentine’s Day). Relationships are cool and everything, but whether you’re in one or not, you deserve to celebrate love with delicious treats. You can easily find recipes that serve two or more, but…
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How to Bake Smaller Batches of Your Favourite Holiday Desserts Without Ruining the Recipe
The holidays are largely about enjoying many of your favourite foods — it’s not really a holiday meal unless your plate is overloaded with an entire constellation of colours and textures. However, if you are hosting a small holiday dinner, the total volume of food, prepared in their usual proportions, can become overwhelming, especially if…