How to make our easy butter pie crust recipe that makes consistent
flaky pie dough every time.
The typical vessels for cream pie consist of 1)
a flaky pie dough or 2) a graham cracker crust.I love
a flaky pie dough more than anything, but it really ought to be eaten at room temperature.
These guys are made with a nice
flaky pie dough (one of my faves from Ree Drummond).
Ingredients For the crust: I used Serious Eats
flaky pie dough recipe!
3) While still on the parchment, roll out
the flaky pie dough into an approximately 10 - inch circle.
It's not that it can't work, I just find hand - cutting more reliable to create
flaky pie doughs.
Not exact matches
Sweet - tart and filled with fall flavors, this
pie tastes equally delicious topped with any one of our three easy pastry options: Basic
Flaky Pie Dough, Crumb Topping, or Cobbler Topping.
Flaky gluten - free
pie dough wrapped around sautéed kale, roasted sweet potatoes, and oodles of cheese makes a spectacular vegetarian main dish (or side dish, or appetizer) for any holiday table.
And these blueberry mini
pies were incredibly light and
flaky, and the
dough was smooth and incredibly easy to work with.
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I use vodka in my
pie crust because it adds wetness to rolling the
dough, but evaporates during the baking process, leaving a very
flaky crust.
When baking
pies, keep butter as hard and cold as possible to help trap the cold pieces of butter between the layers of
dough to create small air pockets and a
flaky crust.
These
pies are sweet and savory; the
dough is
flaky but not too light.
Don't skim on an all butter puff pastry so you can get those delicious buttery,
flaky layers of
dough similar to a
pie crust.