Here is part 2 of how to make a pie crust. Did you miss part 1? You can find it here. After you made your dough and it has been refrigerated for 1 hour or overnight, it’s time to roll out. These instructions are for a 9 inch bottom crust. 1. Take the dough out of … Continue reading
Category Archives: pies
a guide to pie crust: fruit pie tips
Pie takes a lot of a patience, knowledge and experience to be really good. I’ve made several pies this summer but I haven’t posted most of the recipes. I feel like I haven’t ‘perfected’ the recipes so I’m waiting to see what works best. Even though I don’t have a lot of pie recipes to … Continue reading
a guide to pie crust: how to make a pie crust – part 1
Here I will show you step by step how to make a pie crust. The following recipe makes two 9 in. pie crusts. Above are the basic ingredients: 4 cups flour 2 tsp salt 3/4 to 1 cup cold water 2 cups butter, cold and cubed Directions: 1. Combine flour and salt in a large … Continue reading
peach hand pies
I made a blueberry pie last week and it was amazing. I saved the scraps of the pie crust and decided to make peach hand pies since I had an overripe peach that needed to be used. To start you’ll need your pie crust scraps and a peach pealed and sliced. I rolled out my … Continue reading
blueberry pie
Check out my latest creation…blueberry pie! I went blueberry picking and wanted to make a pie. I have to say that I felt so accomplished since I picked the blueberries myself and made a pie from scratch. It doesn’t get any better than that does it? I made two pie crusts the night before. I … Continue reading
a guide to pie crust: how to make a lattice crust
Oh lattice crust…are you really as complicated as you look? Yes and no. Yes, because you have to work quickly and in order to do so you need to know what you are doing. No, if you know what you are doing :). This was actually the first time I’ve attempted this design. These are … Continue reading
a guide to pie crust: do’s and don’ts
do’s don’ts Do keep your pie fats/butter and liquid ingredients cold. You could even chill the ingredients by placing them in the freezer for 15 min for maximum flakiness. Do use a fork or pastry cutter to cut pie fat/butter into the flour. You want to be able to see the chunks of butter in the … Continue reading
a guide to pie crust: makings of a good pie
Okay let’s talk pie! To have a good pie we must have the makings of a good pie. So what is that? Well, it’s the right flour, fat and liquid (and probably baking soda but we’ll talk details another time.) Below are the most commonly used ingredients used for pie… Flour: all-purpose bleached or all-purpose … Continue reading
a guide to pie crust
Since starting this blog I’ve mentioned a couple times how much I like pie. (I seriously really like pie). I couldn’t get it out of my head so I decided to make a coconut cream pie this weekend. It was going to be amazing and I was finally going to satisfy my pie craving but … Continue reading
Good ol’ Apple Pie
So today I had the day off and I wanted to do two things…work out and make apple pie. Pie is something that I have under appreciated until about six months ago. I don’t know what changed but I even like it better than cake now. It’s just so homey and good. (me talking about … Continue reading