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

Plenty of pie crust recipes promise a different ‘secret’ to achieving the perfect pie crust, from vinegar to shortening to ...

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 ...

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, ...

Fat is responsible for creating the flakiness of the pastry. When you make a pie crust, you cut in the fat, leaving pea-sized ...

From pumpkin to apple to pecan to pear, people expect to see a pie on the table after their Thanksgiving meal. If that’s not ...

(And you can substitute vegetable shortening for the lard, if you like.) And, as long as you’re taking the trouble to make pie dough from scratch, do yourself a favor and make enough dough for three ...

The shortening makes the crust easier to roll out ... It’s the spices and the added flavors that make a pumpkin pie good. This recipe from Bon Appetit magazine adds orange zest and a little ...

The holiday baking season is upon us. The supermarkets have displays of the ingredients to prepare cakes, cookies and pies.