Picture a flaky, golden croissant. This treat earns its flaky texture from butter, which gets folded into the dough over and ...

If you have ever feared making pie crust from scratch, you need to give this Hot Water Pie Crust a try. It is easy to make, ...

For this reason, an all-butter piecrust is often considered the holy grail of pie, but a combination of butter and shortening or lard can make for a best-of-both-worlds crust. Using acidic ...

From sticky dough to a soggy bottom, here are five common pie-making problems and how to fix them so your crust turns out ...

Above all, your choice of fat can make or break your pie crust. Pastry chefs and home bakers have long debated whether shortening (like Crisco), butter, lard or a combination is the best choice ...

Here's one for your annoying pastry chef cousin: “I made the crust myself.” Here’s how to manipulate a store bought pie crust so you can make food your way, and avoid another year of that ...

This crust requires cutting the butter and shortening into the flour ... honey were also welcome additions. This pie had the best crust I've ever made. It was buttery and so easy to prepare ...

this pie was pretty easy and quick to make. I made the crust first, and because I didn't have a pastry cutter, I had to work the butter and shortening into the flour and spice mix with my fingers.

Good piecrust, most will agree, is nothing short of baking perfection. Flaky and tender, a properly made crust melts in your ...